Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, filed two bills and a joint resolution to push back on tech censorship and social credit scores. “During the 2020 election, we saw firsthand the unchecked power of Big Tech,” Dahm said. “Censoring a major newspaper, crushing the dissemination of stories it didn’t like, silencing those that didn’t follow the…
Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, has filed Senate Bill 1525 to make Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin available over the counter. “It’s incredible to me that the sole focus of the current administration and the capitol S ‘Science’ is on a vaccine that isn’t quite as ‘safe and effective’ as they make it out to be,” Dahm…
Rep. Rusty Cornwell, R-Vinita, has filed legislation to temporarily pause the issuance of commercial medical marijuana licenses until existing facilities are fully in compliance with state law. House Bill 3208 would sunset the moratorium after two years but allow the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) to implement a moratorium on licenses as they deem necessary….
Rep. Wendi Stearman, R-Collinsville, filed three bills in support of the rights of Oklahomans against oppression and against the exploitation of the COVID-19 virus. House Bill 4321 would prohibit the State Department of Health, medical facilities and doctors from bribing parents into having their children vaccinated. “No State or private entity should use financial incentives…
Rep. Tammy Townley, R-Ardmore, has filed House Bill 3890 to name the Holy Bible as Oklahoma’s official state book. “We are people of great faith,” Townley said. “The Holy Bible is an integral part of numerous faiths and is deeply important to many Oklahomans. Even when we don’t always agree with each other, we always…
Rep. Sean Roberts, R-Hominy, plans to continue his push for a referendum to remove Oklahoma’s sales tax on groceries. “Currently only six states allow full taxes on groceries, Oklahoma being one,” Roberts said. “We currently have a surplus in funds and revenues are up, so now is the time to bring this much needed relief…
While State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister’s budget request includes a modest percentage increase in funding for school districts, it includes a much larger increase of 27 percent for her agency’s budget. The request for increased administrative spending comes even as lawmakers note it appears less money is going to classrooms in Oklahoma than…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — While much of the discussion surrounding abortion focuses on women, unplanned pregnancies involve both a man and a woman. And the men involved have complicated feelings on the subject. A new Care Net study conducted by Nashville-based Lifeway Research surveyed 1,000 American men whose partners had an abortion after he made her…
A national website, ivoterguide.com, has information, including financial reports, on candidates who are running in Tulsa in the February 8 elections. The site has information on the Tulsa School District Board race in District 7, the Zone 2 race in Broken Arrow and Union School Board Zone 2. Oklahoma has 2,218,374 registered voters The Oklahoma…
In a year in which the COVID-19 pandemic caused upheaval throughout the travel sector, the Oklahoma travel and tourism industry increased its market share of domestic travel and generated $7.1 billion in direct spending by visitors, according to new research by the Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department. Oklahoma brought in an estimated 17 million visitors…