Category Archives: State

Call for Support of Family Caregivers

By David Arnett

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma House of Representatives today called on Congress to pass a federal version of Oklahoma’s first-of-its-kind tax credit for working family caregivers.

In 2023, Oklahoma became the first state in the nation to implement a comprehensive caregiver tax credit, the Caring for Caregivers Act, offering up to $3,000 annually to qualified residents. Now, lawmakers are urging their federal counterparts to help ease the financial burden on the nearly 490,000 family caregivers across Oklahoma. 

Rep. Tammy West, R-Oklahoma City, who proposed the state tax credit, introduced House Concurrent Resolution 1009 on the House floor Monday.

“Whenever someone cares for a loved one, unexpected out-of-pocket expenses inevitably arise,” West said. “Oklahoma led the way in recognizing and supporting this essential work and now we have the chance to lead again by advocating for national relief through the Credit for Caring Act.”

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Groom Students? No Jail, $50/Month in OK

By David Arnett

Updated Tempered Analysis: Do they hate us so much they publicly laugh as they destroy our children’s physical and mental health in Oklahoma? It is hard to know where to lay the blame but Leftist Educators, Superintendents, Administrators, School Board Members, Prosecutors, Judges, Legacy Media (local and national) and other slime-ball enablers should rot in hell for allowing a Transsexual Teacher-Coach guilty of sexual battery of a student to get away with no jail time, a $1,000 fine (payable at $50 per month), and “she” cannot be employed by or within a school system during her two years of supervised probation. Yes, you read that correctly, no jail time and only two years probation on a potential ten-year sentence.

V1SUT.Substack broke the latest today in an ongoing saga of “Nicko Mistystarr Deocampo Miranda (44), a ‘trans’ teacher and volleyball coach at Eisenhower High School in Lawton, Oklahoma, arrested for conducting a sexual relationship with a female student and volleyball player.

“From Miranda’s initial hiring in 2022, Lawton Public Schools allowed parents to believe she was a male teacher. In reporting her arrest, the local, legacy media similarly reported Miranda to be male despite her placement in the women’s area of the Comanche County Detention Center,” the story continued.

Nicko Mistystarr Deocampo Miranda
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New Muskogee Safety Complex

By David Arnett

Muskogee County leaders announced today the Bass Reeves Memorial Public Safety Complex, a transformative investment in public safety that will enhance emergency response times, reduce costs, and modernize aging facilities for first responders throughout the County.

The $27.8 million, 60,000-square-foot complex will house operations for Muskogee County EMS, Muskogee Police Department, the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office, City of Muskogee Fire Department, 911 dispatch, city and county Emergency Management, and the Muskogee County Fire Tax Board. Its downtown location near 6th and Columbus will allow for faster emergency response and improved coordination among agencies. The facility will include bay areas, storage facilities, classrooms, and administrative offices.  

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Major Disaster Declaration for OK

By David Arnett

WASHINGTON — FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been approved by President Donald J. Trump and is available to the state of Oklahoma to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding from Nov. 2-5, 2024.

FEMA’s mission is helping people before, during and after disasters.

Tornado Damage in Sulphur, OK. November 2024, Photo: USAToday.com
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OK AG Supports Transparency

By David Arnett

Attorney General Gentner Drummond today in a release is urging legislators to significantly strengthen government transparency by passing House Bill 2163. His push for the measure comes during Sunshine Week, an annual event spotlighting the importance of public records and open government.

Authored by Rep. John Pfeiffer and Sen. Brent Howard, HB 2163 would statutorily create the Public Access Counselor unit in the Office of the Attorney General to review complaints where the requester believes a state department, board or commission has not addressed the request in a timely and reasonable manner.

Let’s hope this includes the Attorney General’s own office that is years past due in responding to this publication’s request for information on the unsolved Gertrude Marshall Blakey murder now over 44 years ago. The Tulsa Police Department will not release the file, claims the investigation is ongoing, but no investigation is being done. Someone is lying like a snake in the grass.

OK AG Genter Drummond at a Tulsa area breakfast meeting
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