Transparency: New Sunspot map highlights Oklahoma open records, open meetings complaints
Dr. Joey Senat, associate professor of journalism at Oklahoma State University, has compiled some recent violations of the state’s Open Meetings/Open Records Acts in Oklahoma. Read more at the FOI Oklahoma blog. –Paul (Full disclosure: I’m among the board members at FOI Oklahoma.)
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Kevin Durant’s Support System
The Washington Post has a story about how KD’s family, from the DC area, spends time with him during the season.
And here’s my picture from the last off-season when Durant was on Capitol Hill and posed with then Congresswoman, now Governor, Mary Fallin.
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Sen. Jim Inhofe’s Memorial Day Tribute
WE REMEMBER THEIR SACRIFICE
By U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa
This Memorial Day, our nation owes a debt of gratitude to America’s finest; our service-members and veterans. Their service and selfless sacrifice has shaped our nation and ensured our freedom for centuries. Without their commendable service, our nation would not be what it is today – a free and thriving democracy.
Originally known as Decoration Day, Americans first honored deceased Union and Confederate troops by decorating their graves in 1868 …
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Coburn, Inhofe Vote for Ryan Republican Budget
Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, and Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, voted Wednesday for the House Republican budget that would change Medicare from a government health care program into one in which seniors would be given money to buy private health insurance. The Republican budget, authored by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, failed in the Senate by a vote of 40-57. The Senate and House don’t typically vote on each other’s budgets, but Senate Democratic leaders, smelling blood on the Medicare issue, brought it …
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As tuition increases loom, some Oklahoma Higher Education funds flush with cash
Re-posting Sunday’s print story below. Check out the latest financial snapshots for college and university revolving funds BY PAUL MONIES Database Editor pmonies(at)opubco.com Some revolving funds for colleges and universities are flush with cash as higher education leaders warn of impending tuition increases from budget cuts. The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center’s three revolving [...]
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Rep. Tom Cole: House Medicare Reforms “Sensible”
In his weekly column, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore, says Medicare’s financial situation requires action. The House passed a budget last month that would change Medicare from an open-ended government program into a system that pays seniors, starting in 2022, to buy private health insurance.
Time is Running Out to Save Medicare
By Congressman Tom Cole
Medicare will run out of money by 2024. The latest annual report from the trustees of Medicare and Social Security states bluntly that Medicare, along …
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Saturday sneak peak: Oklahoma Higher Education revolving funds
I’ll have more on this in Sunday’s paper, but you can get a sneak peak of the financial snapshots of Oklahoma colleges and universities below. These are the balances in the revolving funds for Higher Ed for December 2009, March 2010, December 2010 and March 2011. I obtained this information through an open records request [...]
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Sen. Tom Coburn Asks: Why Doesn’t the Senate Do Anything?
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, who withdrew this week from the bipartisan “Gang of Six” talks on deficit reduction, has a column in the Washington Post Thursday in which he directly questions the Democratic leadership of the U.S. Senate and says it will take more than just six senators to solve the nation’s debt problem.…
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Try out our interactive before and after Oklahoma redistricting maps
UPDATE: We have taken down this page with the interactive before/after maps. I apologize for any inconvenience. (8/15/11). We’re in the home stretch of redistricting in the state House and Senate. I had a story today about the major changes to Senate District 43 that straddles Oklahoma and Cleveland counties. With the help of Web [...]
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Rep. Dan Boren: Debt Can’t Wait Until After Next Election
Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee, on Wednesday said this in reaction to the news that Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, was dropping out of Gang of Six talks on deficit reduction:
“I want to thank Tom Coburn for taking a leadership role on the issue of debt reduction. He deserves great credit for sounding the alarm since he became a member of Congress. It is vital for the future of our country that we get this corrected with great urgency. I hope …
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