May is a month of celebrating high school graduations and senior award ceremonies. Proud parents and students come together to celebrate their high school achievements and tears are shed as the realiz...

Hard-working Americans don’t need the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) to confirm what they have been experiencing for months: pain. Even at face value, however, the CPI remains above eight percent, ...

FALLON, Nev.– A Checotah, Oklahoma, native is serving with Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center supporting TOPGUN aviators at the Navy’s premier tactical air warfare training center. Petty Of...

In the House, we continue accepting or rejecting Senate amendments to our House bills. Some authors who rejected Senate amendments requested conference committees to work on a potential compromise for...

As National Police Week is here, we recognize the brave men and women of our law enforcement and pay special tribute to officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. I am immensely grateful ...

How selfish or selfless have Americans become in this present world? Recently I have found myself pondering this very thought. Many times I know my own family has struggled making it from paycheck to ...

Please join me in recognizing May as National Foster Care Awareness Month. As a father of six, three of which came into our lives through the blessing of adoption, this is an issue that is deeply clos...

I am a firm believer that you never stop learning during your lifespan. Each stage of our lives and even different opportunities and events that happen are all part of life lessons that we can either ...

To the Editor: After reading and re-reading James Finck’s latest piece (“Religious Intolerance 2022”), I agree with his statement that Mormons are an easy sect of Christianity to attack, especially by...

One of the committees I serve on is the House Appropriations & Budget Subcommittee on Human Services, and we’ve done extensive work this week to address mental health across the state. In addition, we...

It’s always wonderful to welcome our high schoolers to their State Capitol. This week, I had another great student from House District 15 participate in the House Page Program. Blakelee Pugh is a seni...

Dear Editor: I want to send out a huge THANK YOU to Sheriff Kevin Ledbetter, Monica Smith, officers and staff of the McIntosh County Sheriff ’s office, friends and the community for my amazing retirem...

Three years ago, I wrote an article about religious intolerance. My premise was that America had actually never been that religiously tolerant, that today religion, Christianity in particular, was the...

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ move to close the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center in Muskogee is an unacceptable blow to our veterans who risked their lives to defend our freedoms. It’s a der...

The mask of mental health is maddening to say the least. Why do so many seem to struggle with mental health issues today? My sweet friend just lost her oldest child this past week to a moment of weakn...

During this year’s legislative session, I have supported several bills to preserve the rights of the unborn with the goal of abolishing abortion. Governor Kevin Stitt signed into law landmark legislat...

“What happened after Easter?” Luke tells us exactly what happened in Acts 1:1-5, “In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to ...

All fell on deaf ears Dear Editor I was at the zoning commission meeting on April I was at the zoning commission meeting on April 18, 2022. A lot of citizens stood up and made their statements about i...

Today, Oklahomans join together in remembering the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing and the loved ones left behind on that horrible day 27 years ago. As we mourn the worst act of homegrown terror ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) holds its Fall Forum, our annual policy conference, allowing advocates to gather and discuss policies to improve the state for our youn...