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Editorial: Stitt, Legislature delivered big wins in 2025 Session

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Oklahoma’s 2025 legislative session yielded numerous policy wins for Oklahomans, demonstrating the intentional efforts of lawmakers to enact meaningful reforms. The success of this session owes much to the leadership of Gov. Kevin Stitt, House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, and Senate President Pro Tempore Lonnie Paxton, as well as the hard work of many lawmakers. House…

Editorial: A Successful Session

Tulsa Beacon

The 2025 legislative session has provided many policy wins for Oklahomans, and it is evidence of the intentional efforts by lawmakers to pass meaningful reforms. The success of this session owes much to the leadership of Gov. Kevin Stitt, House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, and Senate Pro Tempore Lonnie Paxton, as well as the hard work…

Editorial: Left-wing political fringe should not control OK petition process

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Supposed advocates of “good government” often decry low voter turnout, arguing that more citizens need to be involved in our political process. Yet, for some reason, many of those same advocates hold a very different view when it comes to Oklahoma’s initiative petition process. When efforts are made to put a question before all Oklahoma…

Editorial: Oklahoma needs Initiative Petition transparency

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Oklahoma’s initiative-petition process allows voters to determine major policy issues, but some system flaws have become apparent. That’s why Oklahomans should support bringing greater transparency to the petition process. Under Senate Bill 1027, the initiative-petition process would have to include clear language, transparent reporting of funders, and buy-in from a wider swath of Oklahoma. None…

Editorial: Oklahoma lawmakers seek to rein in costly state agency overreach

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A major focus of this year’s legislative session is reducing excessive government regulation. House Bill 2728, by state Rep. Gerrid Kendrix and state Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, would create the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2025. Under the bill, any state agency rule with an economic impact of $1 million…

Editorial: Tulsa Beacon endorsements

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District 71 – Republican primary runoff The Tulsa Beacon endorses Beverly Atteberry.   District 74 – Republican primary runoff Sheila Vancuren would most likely be a moderate Republican like her husband Mark. Kevin Norwood looks to be a great Christian man, however there is not much to look at politically and his materials do not…

Editorial: An agenda for Oklahoma statewide candidates

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Candidates for Oklahoma’s statewide offices, such as governor, attorney general, and lieutenant governor, are kicking off their campaigns. While candidates and campaigns are very important, equally if not more important is what those candidates would accomplish—and how they would accomplish it—if elected. Oklahoma has great opportunities and significant challenges. To address both requires candidates to…

Editorial: Accountability and solutions needed in Education

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When an organization only achieves a 20% success rate, drastic change has to happen. Trinity Strategic Wealth would be out of business if only 20% of our clients were satisfied with their financial progress. Yet, for our shared Oklahoma enterprise of 500+ schools districts, where only 20% of 8th graders can read proficiently, there is…