On Sunday afternoon, Gov. Kevin Stitt took to X to lambast the invocation offered at Tulsa’s Nov.

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As we head into the final stretch of 2024, a recent survey of small business owners found that our local job creators feel more uncertain than ever. Between rising costs, few qualified applicants, and a massive federal tax hike scheduled to take effect next year, there are plenty of reasons why there’s quite a bit of “hand wringing” on Main Street.

Republicans since the 1930s have championed the concept of “smaller government.” That wasn’t always the case. Lincoln and Republicans in the 1860s believed expansion of government’s footprint would save the nation. Democrats, who controlled the southern states opposed growing government.

the River point landowners get letters... By Stan Stamper Publisher A number of landowners in Pushmataha County have reported being notified by the City of Oklahoma City, that they will begin “on site” evaluation and surveying this week for the design and construction of a water pipeline to move water from the vicinity of Moyers west to McGee Creek.

EDITOR’s NOTE: Often times the Daily Mail provides the greatest information about the internal workings of the U.S. Government.

MUSKOGEE — The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Armondo Joseph Palma, age 22, and Brooklyn Elaine Wilson, age 27, of Howe, Oklahoma, entered guilty pleas related to the sexual abuse of a minor.

Constitutional Amendment Would Reform and Replace Oklahoma’s Closed Primaries OKLAHOMA CITY — An initiative petition was filed in Oklahoma City Monday that proposes to reform and replace the state’s current closed primary election system with open primaries. In an open primary, all voters — regardless of party — would be able to vote in a single primary election in which all candidates appear on one ballot. The top two votegetters move on to a general election.

to point Publisher Even though last Friday’s rainfall across a dry and parched Choctaw County only totaled a fraction over one-half inch, it was nonetheless still a million dollar rainfall to area cattle producers. Hugo Lake, which has been struggling to remain a lake for much of the fall of 2024, has put on a badly needed foot of water, but much of the old Spencerville Crossing bridge area south of Carl Albert Bridge remains high and dry.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, a source close to the Trump transition team told Newsmax Tuesday.