Category Archives: Business

Help American Brewers Compete

By Jeremy Witzke

I have spent my life in the beer industry. As the former owner of the TapWerks OKC, my firm spent many hours pouring a cold draft grown by the American farmer into a cold glass for our customers. Now, the threat of cheap import beer into the U.S. is set to wreck one of this country’s most important industries.

The warning signs are already visible across our industry. Brewery utilization capacity in the U.S. has shrunk to 65% from 82% a decade ago. Because of this severe downturn, breweries large and small have closed in the last year. This structural shift has been driven by foreign products, as imported, non-union beer now accounts for almost 25% of the U.S. market.

Tulsa Home-brewers cooking a batch, PHOTO: TulsaToday File
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Part 2: Constitutional Debate Witnessed

By Ken Malloy

When I wrote recently that the Roberts Court appears to be restoring the constitutional boundaries between Congress, the President, and the federal courts, I had no idea that only days later the Supreme Court would decide a case that answered a constitutional question I had personally wrestled with thirty-five years ago.

This week’s decision overruling Humphrey’s Executor is being reported as another dispute over presidential power. I see it differently. I see it as the Supreme Court finally resolving a constitutional argument that took place inside the George H. W. Bush Administration in 1991.

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Congress Should Reject the CLARITY Act

By Trevor Dorsey, Sr. VP Prosperity Bank

America’s strength is more than our military power. It depends on economic leadership, energy security, strong law enforcement, and the ability to cut off hostile regimes from exploiting our systems to undermine our country.

That is why Congress should reject the CLARITY Act in its current form.

By creating broad exemptions and carve-outs for crypto special interests, the legislation would interfere with law enforcement and national security officials’ ability to identify who is moving money, where it is going, and whether it is tied to sanctioned actors. Without strong Know-Your- Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) standards, bad actors in Iran and North Korea can use crypto to fund terrorism, launder money for criminal activity, and undermine our critical defense tools.

The danger is not theoretical.

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Dominican Republic Nuclear Cooperation

By Staff Report

On Wednesday June 17, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Dominican Republic Minister of Energy and Mines Joel Santos signed a Nuclear Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (NCMOU) to advance peaceful civil nuclear cooperation between the United States and the Dominican Republic.

Dominican Republic
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U.S. Investment in Ag. Research

By David Arnett

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon hosted several land-grant university leaders at USDA for a roundtable discussion and announced Monday the opening of the FY2026 funding opportunity for the Research Facilities Act program.

“A nation that cannot feed itself is not secure and for too long, many of our land-grant universities have faced aging facilities and mounting deferred maintenance costs that threaten their ability to conduct world-class agricultural research,” said Secretary Rollins. “Today we are announcing a $125 million investment to ensure America’s farmers and ranchers continue to benefit from the innovation that secures our vital U.S. agriculture industry and allows us to feed, clothe, and fuel not only our nation but the world.”

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