Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Jari Askins still planning to lead Senate at times 15 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...

Obama fills out White House communications team 52 min ago | Add a comment WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named longtime spokesman Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary and reached outside his inner circle for the post of White House...

Oklahoma GOP senators name spokesman 10 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...

Accord may push Iraq into turmoil 17 hr ago | Add a comment BAGHDAD — A towering statue of Saddam Hussein. A giant effigy of George W. Bush. Two targets, one central square in Baghdad. It was Saddam in 2003, but on Friday it was a likeness of Bush...

Scissor Tales: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 20 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,...

IN BRIEF Yesterday | Add a comment EDMOND Dickens weekend set Downtown Edmond merchants are preparing for Dickens Weekend, which will be Dec. 4-7. The weekend will feature carriage rides, sidewalk vendors offering hot cider and...

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...

Source: Obama likely to name Geithner at Treasury Yesterday | Add a comment WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama is likely to name Federal Reserve Governor Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary next week. An official close to the senator says the New York Federal...

Nebraska lawmakers put age cap in safe-haven law Yesterday LINCOLN, Neb. - The surprising and seemingly endless stream of teenagers dropped off at Nebraska hospitals over the last two months likely will come to an end Saturday. The Nebraska Legislature...

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...

Need for indigent care in Oklahoma is a source of accord Yesterday | Comments 2 State leaders may not agree on a solution to save the Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa, but they do agree that a plan to care for the indigent is necessary. A public-private...

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...

High costs in Iraq but success, too Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — A war that once seemed likely to end in a panic of helicopters fleeing the American embassy now seems destined to conclude as the result of a parliamentary process. A landmark...

In Brief: Harold’s sales final Yesterday | Add a comment Harold’s sales final Harold’s stores, which has announced going out of business sales — with prices reduced 30 to 50 percent — will accept returns on merchandise through...

Campaign sign thefts denied by former Oklahoma state lawmaker Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 2 A former Democratic state lawmaker denies allegations he took down campaign signs of the Republican candidate seeking to replace him. "If you want to give me a polygraph, I will take a...

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...