Sen. Harry Coates is disappointed one of his bills was not given a hearing Thursday even after the chairman of the Senate Public Safety Committee said he would hear the measure.
House Bill 1056, by Rep. Jeannie McDaniel and Sen. Coates, would have created the Parole of Aging Prisoners Act in an effort to address the costs associated with Oklahoma’s ever increasing aging population and prison overcrowding.
The United Nations’ overwhelming approval Tuesday of an arms trade treaty sets up a showdown between President Obama, the U.S. Constitution, citizens, elected officials and independent organizations supporting the Second Amendment. Member-states voted 154 votes to three, with 23 abstentions, to control trade in guns.
The Senate, however, has vowed to block ratification, which requires a two-thirds majority and is needed for the treaty to be legally binding on the United States.
This Sunday, Tulsa’s Jazz Depot will feature renowned local trumpeter Mike Bennett with the NSU Jazz Ensemble.
As director of jazz studies at Tahlequah’s Northeastern State University and a noted professional jazz saxophonist, Dr. Tommy Poole has been able to bring in guest artists from all over the country to perform with and instruct the students in his NSU Jazz Ensemble. With trumpeter Mike Bennett, however, he gets something the out-of-towners can’t give.
The signature California sound of the Beach Boys will be rockin’ the Event Center at River Spirit Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18.
The Beach Boys are regarded by many as an important catalyst in the evolution of popular music. The band is known for their vocal harmonies and for creating a signature sound which celebrated the Southern California culture of surfing, cars and romance.
Over the weekend, it was announced both nations will enable direct convertibility.
As a result of Australia’s unprecedented reliance on China as a target export market, accounting for nearly 30% of all Australian exports (with the flipside being just as true, as Australia now is the fifth-biggest source of Chinese imports), the two countries may as well be joined at the hip.
