Governor Mary Fallin
Governor Mary Fallin today delivered the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the Oklahoma Legislature. In it, Fallin focused on the urgent need to improve the state’s budgeting process to ensure that legislators can adequately fund priority goals related to education, public safety, health and the state’s infrastructure needs. The full text of the State of the State Address can be found here. The proposed Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 can be found here. Highlights of the speech follow. Continue reading
Young Republicans announced Monday the formation of their 2017 slate of officer candidates after current OKYR Chairman, and founder of the Generation YR Coalition, Scott Chance announced his plans not to seek another term in order to pursue a seat on the National Young Republicans leadership team. 
District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler recognized nine Tulsa prosecutors Friday with the Top Gun Trial Advocacy Award. The award is given to top prosecutors in recognition of their contribution to public safety for the citizens of Tulsa County as outstanding Trial Advocates.
Editorial: Stories quoting no less than the scientific and academic standard in the field note liberals are the real authoritarians. Did you miss this? The political-science journal that had first published an oft-cited study claiming conservatives were more likely to show traits associated with “psychoticism” now says it got it wrong. Very wrong.