Every year in mid-March, we recognize a week to celebrate the importance of open government and access to public information. Sunshine Week, which this year runs from March 10 to 16, promotes open mee...

HISTORICALLY --------------- current events through a historical lens------------------------ Father, son give insightful review of Temple Grandin I rarely get personal with my articles, but this week...

Ok I’m going to say this loud and proud - I’m a hover mom and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I’m also a hover aunt because my brothers’ children and grandchildren are also my bloodline. So I am very pro...

February courtships, marijuana, and beer share common chemistry New musky smells in the neighborhood or wafting into your car on the way to work in February aren’t just the latest dispensary or mariju...

“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 is a verse in the Bible that is often-quoted ...

Lawmakers Agree to Eliminate Oklahoma’s Grocery Sales Tax impact journalism in the public interest Oklahomans will soon get a little wiggle room in their grocery budget. The Senate on Thursday morning...

After a busy week of committee work, I am pleased to report that a few bills of mine passed in committee and are now eligible to be considered by the full House. The first bill, House Bill 3072, manda...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Over the past week, Oklahoma lost two individuals who did much for our state’s children in their own ways. Most people are aware of the passing of Toby Keith, the Oklahoma country musi...

taVonrUòà' LAST W0M> To say I have had an exhausting month and especially last week would be such an understatement. From recovering from RSV to OPA Legislative Summit in OKC to Night to Shine to heat...

Personally I have never been a fan of politics on any platform. However, the politics of life seem to be getting more and more out of hand today. The politics of life not only refer to the activities ...

Words most certainly matter For the Children CEO-OICA OKLAHOMA CITY - Words: the foundation of language, simple letters strung together to form a word. Then words are used to create sentences, then pa...

Educational On the day that 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley opened fire in his Michigan high school, a teacher found a graphic drawing of gun violence with disturbing phrases. The most haunting, however, w...

For most of us this week winter has finally come. It seemed the perfect weekend for our first arctic plunge as it was Wild Card Weekend in the National Football League, and I could hunker down with th...

OKLAHOMA CITY - With the convening of a special session by Governor Stitt, lawmakers were brought back to the State Capitol on Monday, January 29, a week prior to the start of the Second Session of th...

There are so many paths one can take in life and these paths often lead you to other places - some good and some not so good. I’ve always been intrigued by all the different paths we can take. Some ar...

As the legislative session gets underway, my focus, as always, will be on caring for people and supp orting policies that help those without a voice. I’m especially concerned about finding ways to imp...

CEO-OICA OKLAHOMA CITY - For you NFL fans out there, if you watched the late game on Sunday, you saw the Kansas City Chiefs come away with a narrow win against the Buffalo Bills. While the game was gr...

The Oklahoma House of Representatives is returning for the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature on Monday, February 5. We completed bill filing on Jan. 18 with 1,210 House Bills, 12 House Jo...

¿(bOonnCvà LAST WOR© My pastor this past Sunday preached the best message entitled “Tune Your Heart to Truth” and the difference between a liar and a lyre. While we all know a liar is a person who spe...

Safe Places Possible For All Students In my previous article, written after the tragic shooting in Iowa, I described the crisis in public schools related to students with a high potential for violence...