Hope for Tulsa medical training, indigent care 3 hr ago | Add a comment DEBATE over how best to meet the Tulsa area’s indigent-care needs and give life support to Oklahoma State University’s doctor training program got a new twist last week after a hospital...

Bush signs jobless benefits extension 18 hr ago | Comments 1 WASHINGTON -- With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end...

Congress rushing to extend jobless benefits Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON - Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress rushed Thursday toward keeping unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for Americans whose benefits are...

Norman projects may get funding Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment NORMAN — More federal dollars may be available for urban projects when the new administration takes over in January, a Washington lobbyist told Norman officials this week. Projects that...

Study debunks ginkgo as anti-dementia drug Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 5 CHICAGO — The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn’t help prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in the largest test of the extract in older...

People return to ashes in L.A. Tue, Nov 18, 2008 LOS ANGELES — People burned out of a mobile home park returned to the site Tuesday on a windless day that helped crews mop up fires that ravaged nearly 1,000 homes. Santa Ana winds calmed to...

IN STOCK: AIG Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment AIG New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday asked troubled insurance giant American International Group to reveal whether it intends to give bonuses or raises to its executives this year....

US: October budget deficit hits record of $237.2 billion Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 1 WASHINGTON - The federal government began the new budget year with a record deficit of $237.2 billion, reflecting the billions of dollars the government has started to pay out to rescue the...

Harvard seeking spending cuts amid economic crisis Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Add a comment CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Harvard University says it is considering spending cuts because the economic slowdown may reduce federal grants or the school's substantial endowment. In an e-mail to...

Change might come to Oklahoma's election system Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Comments 15 Vote-counting went smoothly during the general election in Oklahoma last week, but the state's election machinery is outdated and may soon be headed for the scrap heap. State Election Board...

Mustang museum seeks larger space to display tractors Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Add a comment MUSTANG — Officials at the Mustang Historical Society Museum have a problem. The museum has scores of antique farming equipment, which is good, but no place to display it, which is the...

U.S. automakers hope Obama will bring aid Wed, Nov 5, 2008 | Comments 1 DETROIT — Detroit automakers and their allies in Congress said Wednesday Barack Obama’s victory could help U.S. automakers line up federal funding needed for them to survive a terrible...

Pelosi weighs stimulus bill in lame-duck session Wed, Nov 5, 2008 | Comments 1 WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she hopes Congress can return this month to approve spending measures to stimulate the depressed economy. She said much depends on finding...

Defense spending helps buoy state in rough times Tue, Nov 4, 2008 | Add a comment Football coaches say defense wins championships. At least one Oklahoma-based economist agrees. Federal defense spending is one of the strongest drivers of the state’s economy, says Chad...

I-40 funds keep project on track Mon, Oct 6, 2008 | Comments 10 Completion of the new Crosstown Expressway by 2012 is part of a $3.8 billion state highway construction program approved Monday by state transportation commissioners. Nearly $195 million of the...

Senate sends big spending bill to Bush to sign Sat, Sep 27, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Automakers gained $25 billion in taxpayer-subsidized loans and oil companies won elimination of a long-standing ban on drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as...

War and taxes divide McCain, Obama in first debate Sat, Sep 27, 2008 | Comments 46 OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- In a faceoff that returned again and again to judgment, John McCain portrayed himself as a battle-tested elder running against a naive rookie, while Barack Obama...

Congress passes Iraq war spending bill Thu, Dec 7, 2006 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate passed a $162 billion war spending plan Thursday, sending to President Bush legislation that will pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the next...

House votes to provide $162 billion in war funding Thu, Jun 19, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- A much-delayed Iraq war funding bill sailed through the House on Thursday, along with a doubling of college aid for returning troops and help for the unemployed and...

Levin seeks to expand hate crimes bill, end Iraq war Tue, Jan 22, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior Senate Democrat said Tuesday that he wants to use a major defense policy bill to expand federal hate crimes laws to protect gays, bring troops home from Iraq...