Oklahoma City, Edmond Students Chosen for White House Internships
Two Oklahoma City-area students have been chosen as White House interns.
They are Mary Hestilow, of Oklahoma City, from the University of Oklahoma; and Satyam Khanna, of Edmond, from Columbia Law School in New York City.…
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Sen. Tom Coburn Cancels Town Hall Meetings
Because the Senate is cancelling its Independence Day recess next week, Sen. Tom Coburn will have to cancel the town hall meetings he had scheduled for Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Midwest City. The Tulsa town hall meeting was set for July 6, while the Oklahoma City and Midwest City meetings were to be held on July 7.…
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Oklahoma Supreme Court rules state employee birth dates, employee ID numbers should be confidential
In a case that stretched almost 18 months, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled today in favor of several state employee groups on the birth date issue. For background stories by The Oklahoman, check our continuing coverage page. Also, I blogged about this issue at the end of last year. We’ll have more on this, but [...]
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Coburn and Lieberman on Health Care: Watch the News Conference
Sens. Tom Coburn and Joseph Lieberman unveiled a plan Tuesday to cut $600 billion in Medicare spending over the next ten years.…
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Some Oklahoma ex-officials making six-figure pensions
Re-posting Sunday’s story: BY PAUL MONIES Database Editor pmonies(at)opubco.com More than 60 state retirees, including former statewide elected officials, district attorneys and judges, are receiving annual pensions of more than $100,000. In many cases, those annual pensions exceed the retiree’s highest annual salary and dwarf the amount the retiree contributed during his or her years [...]
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Washington Post: Paging Dr. Coburn
In an editorial on Friday, the Washington Post urges Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, to return to the Gang of Six and articulate the need for new revenues as part of a deficit-reduction package.…
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President Obama’s Father’s Day Proclamation
President Barack Obama issued a proclamation on Friday in observance of Father’s Day:
FATHER’S DAY, 2011
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Parenthood is the ultimate gift and an incredible responsibility. Every day, fathers across our country give everything they have to build a better future for their family, asking nothing in return but their children’s love and success. On Father’s Day, we honor the men in our …
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Rep. John Conyers, Jr. Pays Tribute to Clara Luper
Rep. John Conyers, the venerable Detroit Democrat who co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus in 1969, paid tribute to Clara Luper in a statement for the Congressional Record on Wednesday. Luper, the Oklahoma City civil rights activist, died last week.
Statement of Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
In honor of the life of Clara Mae Shepard Luper
June 15, 2011
Today, we honor Clara Mae Shepard Luper and her lifelong work towards achieving equality for all in the state of Oklahoma. She …
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The case of the missing Oklahoma plutonium
You can file this as Exhibit A in how not to test your website. I stumbled across this while searching for state contracting regulations at the Oklahoma Department of Central Service’s website. (Click the image for a larger version.) Wow. The state’s buying depleted plutonium. Sounds like a great story, right? Well, after clicking on [...]
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Rep. Tom Cole: Libyan Actions Need Congressional Approval
U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore, whose district includes Tinker Air Force Base and Fort Sill and who sits on the subcommittee that approves defense spending, says in his weekly column that President Barack Obama must ask Congress for approval of U.S. military actions in Libya:
It has been almost three months since President Obama sent U.S. forces to Libya _ without bothering to seek authorization from Congress. This action violates both the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution _ both …
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