Two young boys were growing up on their parents’ small farm. This meant that raising show-worthy pigs and calves for livestock shows was a normal thing in life to them.

The price of death and destruction that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the millions of Russian citizens he leads have been willing to pay... has not yet risen to a point that he has indicated the possibility of concession or failure.

The White House on Monday urged private companies to bolster their cyber defenses, citing evolving intelligence suggesting the Russian government is exploring “options for potential cyberattacks” targeting U.S. critical infrastructure.

Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has told the U.S. ambassador in Moscow that U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin have strained ties between the two countries to “the verge of breaking.”

It was a shortened week at the Capitol due to spring break, but we still had heavy agendas on Monday and Tuesday with more than 70 bills on the agenda. We’ll continue to work diligently on the roughly 200 bills still eligible for consideration in our chamber as we approach the March 24 deadline to advance them to the House of Representatives.

The following is a man’s recipe for eventually learning to live all alone… Shoot, I really hate it when the wife’s feelin’ bad. It just gets her down and seems to mess up her days.

As nearly 3-million residents and citizens of Ukraine have fled the country and the body count of their brave family members continues to rise at the hands of Russian thug Vladimir Putin, the thoughts and prayers of millions of citizens worldwide continue to be issued for their safety and success in defending their country.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Senate advanced a measure Wednesday by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, to help schools better address the needs of students struggling with mental health issues.

Vladimir Putin waxed nostalgic for the days of the Soviet Union, and appears poised to deliver Russia back to the heady days of bread lines and forced service. Russians have responded by taking a page out of the old Soviet playbook, too — fleeing across the border. The New York Times reports that the war in Ukraine and the economic sanctions imposed as a result have created a large and growing exodus.

American Farmers and Ranchers, formerly the Oklahoma Farmers Union, weighed in against Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat’s Oklahoma Empowerment Act, which would essentially give every family of school children in the state a check to spend however they want on education services.