Category Archives: Oklahoma

Mixed bag for teachers, bad night for legislative incumbents

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In this April 10, 2018, file photo, Benita Boone, right, an educator joining on the 110-mile trip from Tulsa to the state Capitol, shouts as the walkers rally with other teachers while protests continue over school funding, in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Oklahoma Supreme Court says an initiative petition that would overturn a package of tax hikes for funding teacher pay raises and public schools is invalid.

Trump’s clout within GOP on the line in Tuesday elections

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President Donald Trump is not on the ballot, but he has invested time, energy and political capital in a slate of primary contests across America that will again test his clout within his own party. Voters weigh in on candidates in seven states Tuesday, but the contest that matters most to Trump is South Carolina, where he appeared at a rally to help Gov. Henry McMaster hours before polls opened.

The Latest: Polls open for Oklahoma’s primary election

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In this Thursday, June 14, 2018 photo, elementary school principal Sherrie Conley, left, who is running for state representative in District 20, gets out of a vehicle driven by friend Jana Robins, right, as she goes door-to-door campaigning in Goldsby, Okla, Thursday, June 14, 2018. Conley is part of a wave of about 100 educators, including dozens of Republicans, who are running for office in the aftermath of a teacher walk-out that shut down public schools for two weeks this spring and opened an unusually bitter chasm in the state's ruling party.

Oklahoma medical pot question hinges on conservative support

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Danny Daniels, an evangelical Christian in the rural Oklahoma town of Lindsay, is reliably conservative on just about every political issue. The 45-year-old church pastor is anti-abortion, voted for President Donald Trump and is a member of the National Rifle Association who owns an AR-15 rifle.

OK Republicans Praise SCOTUS Decision, LGBT Activists Look To Future

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In the hours following the US Supreme Court narrowly sided in a favor of Christian bakery's ability to turn away gay couples, several of Oklahoma's members of Congress praised the decision, while one of the state's most prominent LGBTQ rights groups appeared cautiously optimistic. The case surrounded Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, CO.

More LGBT issues loom as justices near wedding cake decision

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A flood of lawsuits over LGBT rights is making its way through the courts and will continue, no matter the outcome in the... . In this May 6, 2018 photo, Democratic congressional candidate Lisa Brown, center, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., greets walkers at the Lilac Bloomsday Run in Spokane, Wash.

The Latest: Police say 3 people shot at Oklahoma restaurant

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The National Rifle Association says it hopes a restaurant shooting in Oklahoma City in which the alleged shooter was shot dead by two armed citizens serves as a "wake-up call" for the state's Republican governor. The NRA said in a tweet Friday that the shootings Thursday evening were an example of "how the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."

Attorney General Primary Candidates Accuse Each Other Of False TV Ads

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The primary campaign season in Oklahoma is getting heated with both candidates for attorney general accusing each other of lying. The campaigns for Mike Hunter and Gentner Drummond have sent Oklahoma TV stations letters demanding the other's ads be pulled.

Monitor: 42 killed by Israeli strikes in Syria this week

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Thousa... Teachers hoping to sustain their momentum from spring protests face an early test in Kentucky as scores of educators are running for seats in the state legislature. . File-This Feb. 25, 2018, file photo shows Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin speaking during the panel Caring for our Veterans at the National Governor Association 2018 winter meeting in Washington.

Oklahoma governor to decide on juvenile life sentencing bill

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An Oklahoma measure awaits Gov. Mary Fallin's signature that would allow only judges, not juries, to sentence juveniles to life imprisonment without parole for murder. Lawmakers introduced the measure because of U.S. Supreme Court decisions that practically eliminated mandatory life without parole sentences for offenders who are accused of killing when they were 17 or younger, The Oklahoman reported.

Jim Bridenstine sworn in as 13th NASA Administrator

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Washigton, April 24 : US Vice President Mike Pence has sworn in Jim Bridenstine as the 13th NASA Administrator, the space agency said in a statement. For his new role at NASA, Bridenstine who was the Republican Representative from Oklahoma, resigned from the House of Representatives on Monday.

Billy Graham remembered at Oklahoma City bombing memorial

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Aren Almon Dan, right, looks at pictures with her nephew Zyden Clymer and niece Marlee Hill next to Aren's daughter Baylee Almon's chair at the 23rd Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony of the Oklahoma City bombing on Thursday, April 19, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Okla. less Aren Almon Dan, right, looks at pictures with her nephew Zyden Clymer and niece Marlee Hill next to Aren's daughter Baylee Almon's chair at the 23rd Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony of the Oklahoma City bombing ... more Doc Shannon, member of the DEA Trauma Team from Tulsa that responded to the bombing, looks at decorations at the 23rd Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony of the Oklahoma City bombing on Thursday, April 19, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Okla.