President Obama came to Washington promising change and hope for the nation, and political affiliation aside, millions of Americans of all races took pride in his election.
On Wednesday, Attorney General Scott Pruitt had his Senate confirmation hearing. Pruitt is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency. We compiled some highlights.
As Oklahoma’s Attorney General, Scott Pruitt has spent his six years waging war against the EPA, which Preside-elect Donald Trump has selected him to lead.
Here’s our investigations on how he spent his time as attorney general and the days leading up to his confirmation hearing to be administrator of the EPA.
Repealing Obamacare could eventually cost 300,000 Oklahomans their health coverage, OK Policy estimates. It could also force more rural hospitals to close and cost lives. Demonstrators met with U.S. Sen. James Lankford last week to put a face on the issue.
President-elect Donald Trump talked of mass deportation during his campaign. Local officials say they don’t have a mandate to enforce federal immigration law and plan no changes in their current approach.
In a guest column, educator and blogger Dallas Koehn looks at the need for legislators to “consider the needs of the many, not merely their favorite few.”
Kathy Taylor, 61, said the city of Tulsa will continue to pursue “new to market” retail establishments, but that the focus will be on creating an easy and reliable environment for local developers to do their work.
In addition to Bynum’s eight major goals for the city, he plans to monitor 13 others with the help of the City Council, which helped him formulate the list.