OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, recently filed legislation to responsibly freeze or eliminate homeowners’ property taxes while shifting to a system whereby local governments and public schools are funded through adjusted sales and consumption taxes.

Oklahoma Watch For the first time in a decade, registered independents will be barred from voting in all partisan primaries for the next two years. The Oklahoma State Election Board announced on Dec.

to point Publisher In recent weeks, cloaks of secrecy are slowly coming off longtime government wraps relating to what... or who is behind the thousands of unidentified flying craft (formerly called UFOs).

More than 160 members of the Oklahoma National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., last week, just months after Gov. Kevin Stitt indicated his reluctance to send guardsmen out of state.

City of Hugo officials have recently stated that street department equipment problems have prevented the city from paving streets that it customarily does during warm and dry summer months. In the past two annual budgets, the city has budgeted approximately $200,000 for street paving.

The next legislative session starts Monday, Feb. 2, and with it comes the opportunity for high school juniors and seniors to participate in the Oklahoma House Page Program.

“When you come to this country, you learn which side of the road to drive on, stop at stop signs, and — above all — not defraud the American people. We are discovering that Minnesota state welfare funds somehow made their way overseas. The money is being tracked to the Middle East and Somalia, and we must get to the bottom of how it was used.”

Sen. Markwayne Mullin tends to show up on conservative political talk shows more than the other members of the Oklahoma delegation.

To The Editor: I am a contractor who serves a local business. I recently heard they were having a Thanksgiving meal onsite and I wanted to make it a little special for the special staff.

the point Publisher Students at Hugo High School were given an opportunity this week to explore what their lives after high school might look like. Military service? Continuing education...