the point Publisher I can’t remember any time during the past 50 years that I have experienced a total news overload until this week. We have some big news stories, but I don’t remember any time when we have had SO MANY big news stories at the same time.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. George Burns, R-Pollard, has introduced Senate Bill 1712, a bill aimed at guiding the transition of electric utilities from coal-fired electric generation facilities to advanced nuclear reactors.

Constitutional Law Professor In laying the foundation for his sweeping decision against former President Donald Trump, Judge Arthur Engoron observed that “this is a venial sin, not a mortal sin.” Yet, at $355 million, one would think that Engoron had found Trump to be the source of Original Sin.

“Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.”

DURANT –– The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) has been recognized on Forbes List of America’s Best Large Employers for 2024. CNO is ranked at number 32 of 600 organizations, jumping 90 spots from last year’s ranking, making them the highest-ranked in three categories: Government Service industry, Oklahoma-based company, and Tribal Nation.

Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com You probably woke that fateful morning, assuming everything would probably run along on the accustomed track.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt implored lawmakers to send him tax cuts and said the continuing fallout from the McGirt decision’s effect on tribal-state relations risks state unity, an assertion that left representatives of many of the state’s tribes sitting stonefaced in the gallery.

Sen. George Burns and Rep. J.J. Humphrey are returning SB 1252 this year. The bill calls for the State Tourism Dept. to adopt and manage Hugo Lake St. Park. The bill advanced last year in the Senate, but failed to draw a vote in the House.

the point Publisher During this election year, one of the things on my mind as I look over all the candidates seeking to “serve” the general population/taxpayers, is how they will be good stewards of spending our tax dollars. There are few public bodies that consider themselves to have more public tax funding than they need.

In a wide-ranging speech that repeatedly emphasized Christian principles, getting “government out of the way” and business recruitment goals, Gov. Kevin Stitt kicked off Oklahoma’s 2024 regular legislative session with a call for “flat budgets across state government” and a pledge to “sign any tax cut that comes to my desk.”