Analysis: Oklahoma ranked twelfth in freedom among the 50 states
Capitol Editor Patrick B. McGuigan
A new analysis of freedom in the 50 American states gives Oklahoma a positive ranking, assessing the state as the twelfth freest state. The Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Virginia released the analysis this week.
William P. Ruger and Jason Sorens, author’s of the study, summarized this analysis this way:
“Oklahoma is a solid performer and among the most economically free states. Indeed, it is the third-best state in terms of fiscal freedom, with low spending, taxation, and debt. However, like many Southern states, it has much room for improvement in terms of personal freedom.
U.S. Attorney Thomas Scott Woodward announced Thursday that financial collections by the Department of Justice U.S. Attorneys’ offices in criminal and civil cases across the nation reached an all-time high. Nationwide, the ninety-four U.S. Attorneys’ offices contributed to the collection of $6.68 billion during the government’s fiscal year – FY 2010 (Oct 1, 2009 to Sept 30, 2010), making it the most successful collection year so far.
Op-Ed: My reason for not accepting government money is a letter dated Feb 4, 1974, the year I graduated from medical school. My father, who owned a small contracting business, thumb-tacked it over his desk, to remind him not to bid on government jobs. 
The Mexican House of Representatives recently unanimously passed a resolution denouncing U.S. states that impose remittance taxes and called upon the Mexican government to take trade measures against those states. Such trade measures would be imposed in states like Oklahoma and Kansas as a way to respond and retaliate against this category of tax laws. 
Tulsa, Okla.-A press release from the Department of Justice and Acting U.S. Attorney Thomas Scott Woodward announced that the last defendant apprehended in a major narcotics smuggling ring was sentenced in federal court in Tulsa earlier this week.