Category Archives: Business

Nationwide Year-Round Sale of E-15

By Staff Report

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins issued the following statement applauding President Donald J. Trump’s support for the nationwide year-round sale of E-15:

“Yet again President Trump is honoring his commitment to America’s farmers and energy producers by announcing his support for the nationwide year-round sale of E-15. As Congress continues to work through the details, the President has been clear – get a bill that allows nationwide E-15 to his desk, and he will sign it to unleash American homegrown row crops for biofuel use like never before.

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Credit Card Debate False Assumptions

By Jonathan Small

“Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.”

Those are the words of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. Oklahomans are seeing this lack of belief in freedom firsthand as out-of-state interest groups seek to raise the minimum wage. Not to be outdone, lawmakers in Washington share the same unbelief in freedom as they seek to pass the poorly named Credit Card Competition Act.

The CCCA attempts to push down interchange fees—or “swipe fees”—for credit card users by prohibiting banks from requiring merchants to use a specific network like Visa or Mastercard. The purported reason for doing so is to increase competition among payment networks. But market competition isn’t achieved through government mandates, and the CCCA primarily serves to expand the role of the federal government—and worse, the Federal Reserve—in the credit card market.

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Oklahoma 2nd Worst State to Retire

By David Arnett

With retirees dealing with inflation while often living on a fixed income, the personal-finance company WalletHub has released its report today on 2026’s Best & Worst States to Retire, along with expert insights, to highlight where seniors can maximize savings while enjoying a high quality of life.

To help retirees find a safe, enjoyable, and budget-friendly place to live, by their subjective standards, WalletHub evaluated all 50 states across 46 key measures, covering affordability, health-related factors, and overall quality of life.

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Genius Earns More on OnlyFans

By Staff Report

Kit Barrus, a math and psychology graduate who ranks among the top creators on OnlyFans, says her income now eclipses that of most professional mathematicians. 

“I make more in a month than many tenured professors make in a year,” Barrus says. “It’s not bragging, it’s reality. I’ve seen the salary data. The math checks out.” 

Barrus, 27, graduated magna cum laude and says her background in mathematics gives her a strategic edge on the subscription-based platform. Her OnlyFans earnings place her in the top 0.1% of creators globally, according to her own reporting. She credits her success to a mix of analytics, emotional intelligence and consistency. 

Kit graduated with university degrees in maths and psychology
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Grant to Expand Virtual Dermatology

By Staff Report

SkinCheck, an Oklahoma-founded digital health startup, announced yesterday it has been awarded $250,000 in non-dilutive funding through the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) Industry Innovation Program. The award will be distributed over a two-year period and will support applied research, clinical validation, and expanded access to virtual dermatology services across Oklahoma.

“Oklahoma faces some of the longest dermatology wait times in the country, leaving rural and underserved communities without timely access to potentially life-saving skin cancer screenings,” said Daniel Marques, SkinCheck Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer. “Expanding Dermatology Access for Underserved Communities in Oklahoma is not just the title of our proposal. It is central to our mission.”

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