OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and a number of other state officials were sworn in Monday and have officially begun their duties.

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the point Publisher What an incredible and changing world we are living in today on this eve of another new year. Reports out of China indicate as many as 230 million people there have come down with COVID-19 in just the last 20 days! Reason would indicate it will make its way back to the U.S.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and 17 other Republicans joined Democrats as the Senate passed a $1.85 trillion monstrosity of a spending bill Thursday that does a whole lot more than just waste money. The vote was 68-29.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who has been highly critical of the omnibus bill and the process that has led to its passage, noted that there were 226 proxy votes cast for the bill and said that the House lacked a physical quorum as required by the constitution.

OKLAHOMA CITY –Sen. Nathan Dahm, RBroken Arrow, has filed Senate Joint Resolution 2 proposing an amendment to Section 1 Article 1 of the Oklahoma Constitution. If passed by the Legislature, the proposed amendment would be put to a vote of the people in the next election.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com OK, let’s just accept it. Christmastime is a confusing mixture of Bible stories, family traditions, myths and fun Santa Claus tales. Especially for kids like little Luke.

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My thoughts this Christmas are focused on what a blessing it has been for the past 4.7 decades to have had the opportunity to communicate with many families scattered across Choctaw County and even afar.

The “Twitter Files” released by owner Elon Musk are not just about the social media platform itself.