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The House, Senate and the governor this week agreed on a state budget for Fiscal Year 2025, which starts July 1. Final budget legislation will be presented on the floor of each chamber in the next week, and the governor has agreed to signing it into law.
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In politics, there is often a gap between the stated intentions for legislation and the real-world consequences. That’s the case with a bill approved by the Oklahoma Legislature this year. What was touted as an effort to protect women from stalkers would instead allow typical Oklahomans to be sued for speaking out on political issues.
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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker gave a commencement address this month at Benedictine University in Kansas. Butker is a devout Catholic and was speaking at a Catholic institution. As such, many of his observations, such as his expressed preference for the traditional Latin Mass, were intended for a Catholic audience.
Read moreAttorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s rewrite of federal Title IX rules that adds “gender identity” to the law, effectively meaning a law intended to protect women’s rights will now instead protect the rights of men to enter women’s bathrooms and other private spaces if the men claim to identify as women.
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VIEW from behind the plow
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Looking at old photos brings out the kid in me.
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