Insurance commissioner runoff: Marty Quinn, Bob Sullivan clash on cause of rising rates
While elections for offices like insurance commissioner might conjure images of policy wonks dryly debating the complexities of actuarial tables and depreciation, the race...
Drummond: Secretary of State Ben Lepak should resign after public intoxication arrest
Oklahoma Secretary of State Ben Lepak plans to address his Aug. 14 charge of public intoxication “through the legal process” and retain his appointed...
Trevor Pemberton, Zach West nominated as federal district judges
On his Truth Social account Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced a slate of nominations to the federal judiciary, including a pair in Oklahoma where...
District 1 OK County: Jason Lowe, Kayla Baker compete in unusual Democratic runoff
Amid critical questions about how to handle the troubled jail, a pressing sales tax vote and crumbling infrastructure, incumbent Oklahoma County District 1 Commissioner...
Fact check: Candidates clash over past allegations in Oklahoma superintendent runoff debate
State superintendent of public instruction candidates Robert Franklin and James Taylor debated Aug. 13 at Cameron University in Lawton. The debate was presented by...
SQ 844: Property tax reimbursement reform has educators uneasy
A state question on Oklahoma’s Aug. 25 ballots would change how counties are reimbursed for ad valorem tax revenue when properties qualify for manufacturing...
SD 34 runoff: Dana Prieto, Aaron Forst talk Freedom Caucus future, childcare, projects
In one of two State Senate races where a Republican incumbent has been pushed to an Aug. 25 runoff Oklahoma Freedom Caucus co-founder Sen....
Tulsa District 9: Ben Johnson, Pete Regan, Shawn Tiemann disagree on Flock cameras
With Carol Bush the only Tulsa City Council member voluntarily retiring in 2026, the race to replace her in southwest Tulsa’s District 9 is...
HD 91 runoff: Teresa Sterling, Roberto Seda tout problem solving skills in Moore, SWOKC
Republicans Roberto Seda and Teresa Sterling are hoping to draw on their professional backgrounds in law and law enforcement to solve problems on behalf...
Russell Westbrook statue will require good execution
n the latest bit of news that will make you feel old, Russell Westbrook has retired from professional basketball. I can still vividly remember...
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Trump is living inside a billionaire bubble in the White House
President Donald Trump has long boasted that he understands ordinary Americans better than other politicians.
But this week offered signs that he may be...
American consumers are still footing the bill for Trump’s tariffs
Corporate America is receiving its tariff refunds faster than most observers expected. Walmart and Target were the latest retail giants to report giant refunds:...
Trump’s attack on a journalist overshadowed a more effective threat to freedom of the...
In recent days, President Donald Trump attacked a reporter, and one of his appointees went after a news organization.
Both were attacks on journalism, but...
