“The FBI, they knew. They raided our house with gun drawn—they had no clue what they did to us,"

With Elisens’ help, the FBI constructed an elaborate sting operation that involved Varnell building an inert bomb in a cargo van and parking it outside a bank building on a weekend when it was closed.

“What we’re doing now is we’re really going to start to support candidates who support education platforms,” Cherry said. “This is not over. Even though we’re not at the Capitol, it’s not over.”

Cody McDonell, spokesman for the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office, said the state is working on a test that would allow law enforcement to swab the inside of a driver's mouth to detect the presence of marijuana. 

City officials say the new system of having two detention facilities located within blocks of each other has helped save taxpayer money