State Sen. Joseph Silk, R-Broken Bow, will seek the GOP nomination for U.S. Congress in the 2nd District. Silk, a champion for the rights of unborn children, will probably face U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullins, R-Oklahoma. Mullins has not formally announced his intention to run for a fifth term. When Mullins first ran, he committed to…
If Oklahoma expands its Medicaid program to cover able-bodied adults, as allowed by the federal Affordable Care Act, Oklahoma government will have to either raise taxes or divert money from other programs, U.S. Sen. James Lankford warns. “No question, if we expand Medicaid in Oklahoma, no one really knows what dollar amount that will mean…
Civil Air Patrol’s Oklahoma Wing is comprised of 18 units across the state. The newest flight is located at R.L. Jones Airport at the Tulsa Technology Center at 91st Street and Elm Place on the border with Jenks. “We started looking into the possibility of a new flight at the Tulsa Technology Center location when…
The Oklahoma Senate Rules Committee learned about the importance of census participation and the negative impact that can occur from underreporting as recent presentations were made by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits and the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy. Sen. Paul Scott, R-Duncan, requested the interim…
U.S. Veterans Administration Chaplain Service will hold free Community Clergy Training on Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Tulsa Wesleyan Church at 701 S. Mingo Road. Training topics will include: Identifying potential conflicts between civilian and military cultures. Identifying actions community clergy can take to assist military personnel and their families with…
Management of Oklahoma’s 529 college savings plans has been opened for competition, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said. Started in April 2000, the Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan currently contains more than $925 million in more than 56,000 accounts. The Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan is a direct-sold plan, meaning parents and grandparents make their contributions…
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 69 million Americans will increase 1.6 percent in 2020, the Social Security Administration announced. The 1.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 63 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2020. Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries…
Dr. J. Michael Ritze from Broken Arrow was recently awarded Recertification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a senior FAA aviation medical examiner (AME). The aviation medical examiner (AME) is a designee of the FAA and is empowered to determine if a medical certificate can safely be granted for aviation duty. Therefore, no doctor/patient…
Bob McEwen, Nonie Darwish, U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern, State Sen. Nathan Dahm and Father Frank Pavone are the scheduled speaker for the 2019 Faith and Freedom Conference October 26 in Tulsa. McEwen is the executive director of the Council for National Policy. A six-term congressman from Ohio, speaks about how God and free enterprise were…
Only five states have a higher sales tax rate than Oklahoma, according to a study by the Tax Foundation. Also, comparing average local sales tax rates, Oklahoma has the fifth largest sales tax rate – 4.42 percent. Only Alabama (5.15%), Louisiana (5%), Colorado (4.73%) and New York (4.4%) have higher average rates. Five states –…