On Nov. 1, more than 350 new laws take effect, including one I authored. House Bill 2223 allows for easier updating of the Oklahoma Dyslexia Handbook by transferring responsibility of the handbook to ...

Dear Editor, I would like to personally thank Mayor Todd Warren, McIntosh County Commissioners Bill Phillips, Michael Burns, Monty Grider, County Emergency Management Director Suzie Whittle, the staff...

To start, let me say something about myself. I love sports. I was a three-sport athlete in high school and I still love playing sports now (though badly). I love watching sports, both on TV and in per...

Dear Editor, The Disabled American Veterans of McIntosh County, Chapter 3, would like to thank the following for their donations to the organization’s annual fund drive. 2021 Donors Betty Whisenhunt, ...

Dear Editor, The family of Steven Bentley would like to thank Hunn Funeral Home, The Eufaula VFW, The Eufaula VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Lake Dog Groomers, friends and family for your care, concern, love a...

Dear Editor, Apparently Markwayne Mullin doesn’t know how to do anything but lie and whine. In a piece in the Tulsa World earlier this month he got busted for lying in mailers sent to his brainless su...

As a Member of Congress, I have the honor of nominating students from the Second District to our country’s prestigious service academies. The decision to apply to a service academy is an incredibly pe...

Often our former wounds and pain will try to keep us bound to our past, but moving forward out of the disabling damage and the incapacitating injury or insults must be intentional. By deliberately dec...

AARP Oklahoma is fighting against Oklahoma Gas and Electric’s (OG&E) attempt to pass along $750 million worth of its mistakes to customers for decades to come and calling on Oklahomans to also raise t...

I have seen firsthand the consequences of President Biden’s failed economic policies here in the Second District. Nearly everywhere you go, there’s a sign out front that reads, “help wanted.” Small bu...

In the current environment of race sensitivity, I think it is necessary to ask certain questions. I think the best way to move forward as a nation is to have a dialogue. With Halloween approach-ing I ...

An issue I’ve been working on for some time on behalf of my constituents is mining near homes. I’ve been joined in this effort by Sen. Roger Thompson, and we’ve been working with the Oklahoma Departme...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Workplace shortages are hitting almost every industry, from short staffing in restaurants and other service industries to even more critical need areas. This is partly due to the pande...

“You are worthless, pathetic and yet I put up with you. No one else would even want you or want to look at you, but I put a roof over your head. I have to stomach you, though you make me sick.” These ...

In this column, I’d like to give a brief overview of some of the projects the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) has coming up for our House District. I’ve been in regular contact with the O...

Last week, President Biden’s top defense advisors: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, and Commander of U.S. Central Command General Kenneth McKe...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Cash prizes are available for students who enter and win the Zach Taylor First Amendment Essay Contest, sponsored annually by Freedom of Information Oklahoma. Winners will be announced...

Our core culture has been drastically changing for some time now, which has made it hard to live courageously in such a “cancel” culture world. Some have attempted to “cancel out” anyone who has an op...

On Tuesday, I attended an interim study hosted by the House Children, Youth and Family Services Committee to evaluate the protection of parental rights. The Oklahoma Parents’ Bill of Rights, which bec...

The past nine months of Biden’s presidency have brought about a wave of crises unlike anything I have seen during my time in Washington. While Congress is back to vote on the Democrats’ combined $5.5 ...