Category Archives: State

‘Going To Root Out Corruption’

By Rarchar S. Tortorello, Executive Editor, CityNewsOKC

Republican nominee for attorney general says his legislative experience has prepared him to pursue illegal marijuana operations, strengthen government oversight and enforce the law without political favoritism.

NORMAN, Okla. — Jon Echols says the Oklahoma attorney general’s office should be more than a prosecutorial agency. It should be “the lawyer for the taxpayers of the state of Oklahoma,” a check on government and a force against corruption, organized crime and federal overreach.

“We are gonna root out corruption,” Echols said. “We are gonna make state government follow the law, and we are gonna root out these illegal Chinese grows, and we’re gonna deliver on those promises.”

Jon Echols
Continue reading →

Birthing Regenerative Agriculture

By David Arnett

Speaking to the Republican Women’s Club of South Tulsa Monday morning, Joel Hollingsworth, owner of Smoke River Ranch in Strang, Oklahoma outlined his mission to create economically viable ranching models for the younger generation.

“I moved to Oklahoma to follow the call of God to be a part of a movement that’s happening not many people know about yet. Now that I’m here, I have met, and so has my wife Erin, so many people who have moved to Oklahoma to be a part of what I call a Christian forward movement for soil restoration and health restoration being born here,” Hollingsworth said. “We’ve got about five hundred head of cattle and Smoke River Ranch is basically my test bed for figuring out how we make ranching economically viable again.

Joel Hollingsworth @ Republican Women’s Club of South Tulsa, Sept. 21
Continue reading →

Health Clinic In The Schoolhouse?

By Deborah Campbell

Understanding Oklahoma’s Expansion of School-Based Services

Most Oklahomans have never been told that our public schools now face a major shift in how student services are defined and delivered. Two very different systems—school-based services and School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs)—are being discussed as if they are the same thing.

THEY ARE NOT.

Continue reading →

Discipline Retains Teachers

By Jonathan Small

As policymakers seek to improve the poor academic outcomes in Oklahoma’s public schools, strengthening teachers’ ability to maintain discipline will be a key component of that effort.

State Rep. Rob Hall, R-Tulsa, recently led a legislative study exploring that challenge and declared, “A well-ordered classroom is a precondition of effective instruction. It is the foundation upon which all other educational activities are built. Because when chaos reigns in a classroom, both teaching and learning become exponentially more difficult, if not impossible.”

Continue reading →

Circle Cinema: Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’

By David Arnett

Circle Cinema will host a special one-night screening of Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope‘ on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m., presented with Tulsa Artist Fellow, photographer and Black rodeo historian Adam Davis. The evening celebrates Black Western Heritage and leads into the Demery Family Rodeo, taking place Saturday, Oct. 3, in Beggs, Oklahoma.

Continue reading →