While education makes up the lion’s share of Oklahoma’s budget, health and human services represents the second largest category. This week, I want to break down some of the important appropriations w...

I hope you had a great Independence Day, the holiday which not only established the United States as a sovereign nation but was the foundation for Americans’ right to vote for their leaders. On Tuesda...

Every Independence Day should be a celebration of our freedom with lots of food, fun, friends, family and fireworks. There is just about no other holiday that is recognized so festively by fun and fir...

The upcoming elections illustrate why Oklahoma educators do not vote consistently. We are simply weary of voting either for or against what’s happening in faraway places like Seattle. Lately, statewid...

Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today celebrated the biggest win for life in a generation when the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey to allow decisions abou...

Americans are divided once again. This time it is not over a presidency or a mandatory vaccine, but over life itself. On Friday, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a landmark ruling going back ...

Dear Editor, Thank you to the voter who brought doughnuts to the Precinct Officials working for early voting at the courthouse on June 23. Working an election is a long day and is a lot of work. Every...

Mental health issues have been key with state leaders over the past two legislative sessions. The number of suicides among adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 increased in five states during the...

115 Years Ago: Checotah Enquirer • June 26, 1908 Grover Cleveland Dead Princeton, N.J., June 24 - Former President Grover Cleveland died suddenly at his home here at 8:40 this morning. Death was due t...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. For the past five decades, Title IX has protected women in educational programs from discrimination on the basis o...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Reps. Mark McBride, R-Moore, and Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, today expressed their support for the Safe Schools Act, supported in Congress by U.S. Sen. James Lankford. The bill would allow ...

Voters in McIntosh County are reminded to keep the integrity of the election system in mind when going to the polls next week. While ballot “selfies” or taking photographs of a marked ballot are legal...

The House this year passed several pieces of legislation regarding gender issues, each of which I was proud to support. The first bill, Senate Bill 2, was signed by the Governor earlier this year. It ...

President Biden’s open border policies have incentivized lawlessness and created chaos, not only in border communities, but also across the entire United States. Despite the record-breaking increase o...

Last week, I presented an overview of the Fiscal Year 2023 state budget, which takes effect on July 1. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be breaking down various areas within the budget to show how public...

Early voting begins Thursday, June 23, 2022, for voters in McIntosh County. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls for the Primary Election on June 28 have the option of voting early at t...

Isn’t nature breathtaking! It’s so intriguing and soothing to the soul. The green of the meadows, the brilliance of wildflowers growing on the hillside, the winding road that is often less traveled, a...

At the heart of it, the state’s budget is about the people and the services they depend on, from public safety to mental health, education, and other vital programs and services. For the past year, I’...

As a father of six amazing children, three of whom came into our lives through the blessing of adoption, I could not be more proud to represent and reside in the most pro-life state in the nation. I a...

A close friend of mine was sent to “reform school” as a young child. The conditions were abusive, and his “crimes” as a 9-yearold certainly did not warrant incarceration. As I understand it, it was a ...