Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Jari Askins still planning to lead Senate at times 40 min ago | Add a comment She may no longer be on standby to break ties, but Democratic Lt. Gov. Jari Askins says her role as president of the Senate hasn’t changed and she expects to preside occasionally over the...

Oklahoma GOP senators name spokesman 11 hr ago | Add a comment GOP senators name spokesman The head of the committee to get Republicans elected to the state Senate has been named communications director for the Senate Republicans. Friday, Randy Swanson was...

Scissor Tales: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 21 hr ago | Comments 5 In Huntington, W.Va., the residents don’t talk much about living in the fattest city in America. Most of them probably don’t even realize it, according to health officials. Most people,...

Oklahoma legislator wins award for helping education Yesterday | Add a comment The University of Central Oklahoma-based Oklahoma Council on Economic Education presented District 64 Rep. Ann Coody, with the 2008 Friend of Economic Education Award. The annual award was...

Bush signs jobless benefits extension Yesterday | Comments 2 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...

IN BRIEF: Bills needed to flood funds in Oklahoma Yesterday | Add a comment PUBLIC SAFETY BILLS NEEDED FOR FLOOD FUNDS Legislators will have to pass new bills if financing is to be approved for $25 million in flood control measures across the state and for $25 million in...

Oklahoma state election leader Paul Ziriax selected Yesterday | Add a comment Paul Ziriax, leadership assistant at the state Senate the past six years, has been selected to serve as secretary of the Senate and state Election Board secretary, Senate President Pro Tempore...

Alaskan Sen. Ted Stevens gives last Senate speech Yesterday WASHINGTON — "Uncle Ted” Stevens, an old-style Senate giant and the chamber’s longest-serving Republican, delivered his swan song address and yielded the Senate floor for the...

Oklahoma GOP Senate majority focuses on justice change Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 11 Unshackled after two years of sharing power with Democrats, the first Republican majority in the state Senate has a bead on changing the civil justice system to curtail so-called pain-and-suffering...

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...

Crucial auto bailout vote in US Congress postponed Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 19 WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional officials say Democratic leaders have decided to put off a bailout vote for the auto industry until December and will insist that the Detroit Three first come up...

Perino: Bush would sign jobless benefits extension Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 6 WASHINGTON -- With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly sign legislation pending in Congress to provide...

Detroit automakers' rescue stalls in Senate Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 4 WASHINGTON -- A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit's...

Offer would keep residency program at OSU hospital Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment OKLAHOMA CITY -- A proposal made by St. John Medical Center to take over the operation of the Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa and maintain its residency program is being lauded as...

Oklahoma Senator opposes high pay in auto industry bailout Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 4 WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Coburn said Wednesday that Congress shouldn’t help domestic carmakers until they renegotiate their labor agreements. Coburn, R-Muskogee, said the so-called Big...

Capitol Hill High School meeting attracts only few Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 18 A few weeks before Democratic state Rep. Richard Morrissette decided to call a parent summit at Capitol Hill High School, he met a senior there who exemplified the challenges he wanted to address....

Rep. Tom Cole gives up job as chief of panel Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — Rep. Tom Cole withdrew his bid Wednesday for another term heading the House GOP campaign committee, saying it was better to avoid strains among House Republican leaders. Cole,...

In brief: Energy Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Energy panel Seeks leader WASHINGTON — Rep. Henry Waxman of California won backing from a House Democratic leadership panel Wednesday to replace veteran Rep. John Dingell as chairman of the...

In brief: Clinton to ID his donors Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Clinton to ID his donors CHICAGO — Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to disclose the names of most donors to his presidential foundation and library. The concession is aimed at...

Dow falls below 8,000, S&P at 5-year low Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 9 NEW YORK - Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling below the 8,000 mark, as the fate of Detroit's Big Three automakers and the economy disheartened...