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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.

Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairwoman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) will hold a joint hearing titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.” This second hearing on the topic of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) will attempt to further pull back the curtain on secret UAP research programs conducted by the US government, and undisclosed findings they have yielded. The hearing will examine the Department of Defense’s (DoD) reluctance to appropriately declassify material on UAPs, and ways to make sure the American public is better informed on this topic.