OKLAHOMA CITY, OK —US Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senate Republican Conference Vice Chair and member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, released the following statement following the arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

“Maduro was a dictator who ruled through fraud, repression, and corruption, and his regime enabled drug trafficking that sent deadly narcotics into the United States. The Venezuelan people deserve free and fair elections and a peaceful return to freedom and prosperity.

According to industry reports, Venezuela seized significant American corporate assets in the oil industry in 2007, under President Hugo Chávez, as part of a broader nationalization of heavy oil projects in the Orinoco Belt.

to point Publisher As you are reading today’s missive, another year has slipped into the history books and we shift our gaze to a new year that will be filled with opportunities that can have big and positive impacts on our lives.

The Oklahoman A graduate assistant at the University of Oklahoma who gave a student a failing grade on a controversial essay will no longer be teaching at the university, school officials have announced.

“We need vibrant immigration,” the 55-year-old told “The Shawn Ryan Show” during a five-and-ahalf hour conversation that dropped Monday.

the point Publisher Each year as the Christmas season arrives, we are engrossed by so many activities that are intrinsic to the Christmas season. Our spirits are lifted by the joy on the faces of little children and on their parents and other family members around them.

Brown University officials are still searching for public input in hopes of identifying the killer who killed two university students, shooting one Republican student leader in the face. Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov were killed in a mass shooting on Saturday.

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.