U.S. Senator for the seat left vacant by Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin: The Democratic runoff – no endorsements. Oklahoma Governor – Republican Runoff – the Tulsa Beacon endorses Mike Mazzei. Gentner Drummond is a Democrat in disguise, a RINO at best. He believes at the state level it does not…
This list is not a comprehensive list of endorsements, that will be available closer the the August 25 election date. It will be added to as decisions on endorsements are made. U.S. Senator for the seat left vacant by Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin: The Democratic runoff – no endorsements….
Over the past few weeks, I have had a number of conversations about State Question 844. Almost every one quickly turned to school funding. That concern is understandable. SQ 844 raises real questions about funding for schools and local governments. But after researching the measure, I came to believe it raises an even more fundamental…
America is witnessing a resurgence of ideas that many assumed had been relegated to history. Openly socialist candidates are winning elections. Socialist rhetoric is becoming increasingly mainstream. Class warfare is replacing free-market principles as the preferred language of many activists and politicians. And a growing number of young Americans are embracing ideas that previous generations…
This list is not a comprehensive list of endorsements, that will be available closer to the June 16 election date. It will be added to as decisions on endorsements are made. We have had many phone calls and emails asking whether we will be making endorsements and we will be. U.S. Senator for the seat…
2026 Tulsa Public Schools School Bond Election Vote NO This school bond says your taxes will be at the same rate. However in 2021 this rate was supposed to raise $414 million and now this same rate will raise $609 million for a bond issue that lasts the same amount of time – 5 years.. …
Monica Granstaff and her family waited 12 years to get high-speed internet access to their farm near Okemah. In early September, the Oklahoma Broadband Office joined her family to witness their first fiber connection. The Granstaff family represents the hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans that will be connected by our grant programs, improving their lives…
The gap between intentions and outcomes can be vast in politics, as the push to raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage demonstrates. Proponents say they want to help struggling citizens at the bottom of the state’s economic ladder. But in practice, their wage-policy preference yanks that ladder out of the hands of those low-income workers, leaving them…
“There is no reason a child cannot read before they are in third grade,” former State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister said in 2019. “But our teachers have to teach based on the science of reading, and that is not happening across this state. It is happening in pockets.” While I disagreed with Hofmeister on many issues,…
In a press release issued earlier this year, House Democratic Leader Cyndi Munson of Oklahoma City declared that Oklahoma ranks “last in the region for teacher pay.” That claim may align with a longstanding stereotype, but not with reality. By any measure, Oklahoma teacher pay is not the last in the region nor anywhere near…