Your residence address determines your legislative districts, school district, municipal district, precinct polling place and more. You may have a different mailing address, but it is the address wher...

This week, I’ll present during an interim study before the House Common Education Committee examining four-day schools. The study is hosted by Rep. Danny Sterling and took place Wednesday, Oct. 12, be...

Due to October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I will once again do my part to shine a light on this horrific plight in our community. However, I WISH (or should I say W.I.S.H. which stands f...

Last week, the House met in special session to distribute a portion of Oklahoma’s $1.8 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Because of my background as a psychologist, I was aske...

One-party Democratic rule in Washington is not working. Their out-of-touch policies and reckless spending have led our country down a path Americans can’t afford. The Republican Commitment to America ...

There is an old saying about never meeting your heroes for fear of being let down. I am sure there are many examples in which people can point to which would demonstrate this. I have been fortunate t...

On Sunday afternoon after church, I was feeling a little restless and decided to pack a little picnic lunch and head out to Honor Heights Park. As I went under the arch entrance, I wondered how many t...

Isn’t it funny that the older we get, the more childhood memories seem to flood our minds. These precious memories, some funny, some sad, some happy and some even mad, are what we cherish so dearly. F...

Every life lost to suicide is one too many, and the prevalence among our nation’s veterans is alarming. In fact, military suicide rates are four times higher than deaths that occurred during military ...

The Legislature is meeting this week to reconvene our second extraordinary session. We called this special session in May to give us time in the interim to consider projects that applied for a portion...

So Markwayne Mullin thinks President Biden should apologize to Oklahomans for ... what? Telling the truth? Doing what’s right? Things that Mullin has never done the entire time he’s been in office. Th...

When I think of my great grandmother Pluma Stumpff, I think of the Proverbs 31 woman. “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.” She works with her hands, brings food from afa...

This past legislative session, I passed a bill naming the American Quarter Horse the official state horse of Oklahoma. The governor recently held a bill signing ceremony on the front steps of the Cap...

There is hopefully good news coming soon for many Oklahoma expectant mothers. The Helping Every Life and Parent, or HELP Task force was convened by the governor to look at ways to support expectant mo...

In Democrats’ rush to green, they have overlooked the necessity of fossil fuels in this world. I’ve previously discussed our supply chains’ inability to support Joe Biden’s climate agenda, and now we ...

Beginning September 12, the Oklahoma History Center (OHC) began hosting “Observing With NASA,” an authentic data experience with astronomical imaging. This exhibit kiosk from the Smithsonian Astrophys...

Last week, Joe Biden stood in front of a crowd in Pittsburgh and delivered one of the most divisive speeches I have ever heard from an American president. Joe Biden ran a presidential campaign suppose...

The State Election Board website at www.oklahoma . gov/elections contains voter registration data, forms and applications, election dates and deadlines, sample ballots, election results and a lot of o...

I received news recently that the Oklahoma Department of Transportation is set to receive an additional $191 million from the federal government, which will benefit our House District 13. About $60 mi...

I am writing to bring attention to a matter we have recently encountered with the usage of the George C. Fussell Community Center located at Texanna Fire Department. McIntosh County GOP has had the ho...