The Oklahoma House of Representatives has green-lit 99 interim studies to be held over the summer months, which means legislators will be back in Oklahoma City for meetings soon. More

Large state agencies and the big problems they address, including education, health care, and mental illness, naturally get most of the attention – and the money – at budget time.

Americans should be able to draw 100% of their social security benefits at age 65 but they can’t. 1983 began a gradual age increase from 65 to 67 which occurred

As the calendar begins its push to August and thus closer to the end of 2019, it seems that political talk abounds on our televisions, smartphones and computers. Here at

It’s happened to all of us. You sit down for dinner and then the phone rings. You get up to answer, thinking it may be an important call from family

A few years ago, I was at a polling place here in Indiana where a long line of people stood waiting to vote. A woman recognized me and called me

Tax breaks for seniors cost Oklahoma an estimated $310 million annually and do little to help the seniors most in need, according to a new report from the Center on

Recently, I received a message of the variety most editors dread: your paper ran an article with multiple mistakes. The message and its sender will remain anonymous, not at their

The population of Madill and the enrollment at my school, the University of Tulsa, might be similar (3,931 and 4,412, respectively), but the experience I have had the privilege of

As of this week, Oklahoma’s prisons hold 26,110 people, and an additional 32,174 are under the supervision of the Department of Corrections. The number of people imprisoned in Oklahoma has