Nichols, Provenzano, Waldron, Matthews score zero The Tulsa area is home to a handful of the most conservative legislators in Oklahoma and home to a lot of liberals. That is the conclusion of the 41st Annual Oklahoma Conservative Index, published by the Oklahoma Constitution newspaper, and based on selection of 10 key 2019 bills by…
Tulsa Attorney Cheryl Baber announced her Republican candidacy for Oklahoma State Senate District 35. Baber is a former assistant U.S. attorney and federal law clerk who worked on several high-profile cases, including one in which she successfully defended two Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officers who were working to arrest an illegal immigrant fugitive. Baber…
President Pro Tempore Greg Treat appointed seven senators – including Sen. Gary Stanislawski, R-Tulsa – to serve on a pension group to study long-term pension reform as well as make recommendations to his office on pending pension reform legislation. Pending in the Senate is a House bill that would provide a 4 percent cost-of-living adjustment…
State Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, has been named chairman of the Oklahoma Senate’s Government Committee for the upcoming legislative session beginning in February. Pro Tem-designate Senate Greg Treat, R-Edmond, names chairs, vice chairs for Senate standing committees. Sen. Gary Stanislawsi, R-Tulsa, has been named chairman of the Senate Education Committee and Sen. Joe Newhouse,…