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Sometimes in life, especially during vulnerable phases or growing pains, all you want to do is blend in.
That’s why some of my favorite people have always gone against the grain.

“I’m really anxious for (the OSBI) to come in and sit down and talk to me and get started. … I think there’s a lot of questions that people have and I have those answers, but no one ever sat down with me to ask me.”

“I’m really anxious for (the OSBI) to come in and sit down and talk to me and get started. … I think there’s a lot of questions that people have and I have those answers, but no one ever sat down with me to ask me.”

My records requests in the days following Lockett’s 43-minute execution weren’t overly broad considering the situation: emails to and from the governor and key state officials, DOC logs and investigative reports.

My records requests in the days following Lockett’s 43-minute execution weren’t overly broad considering the situation: emails to and from the governor and key state officials, DOC logs and investigative reports.

I know there is absolutely nothing sexy about levees, those earthen embankments with “toe drains” and “pump stations” in them. But I also know that the Tulsa area’s 21-mile levee system protects hundreds of thousands of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars of property, and that it’s broken.

I know there is absolutely nothing sexy about levees, those earthen embankments with “toe drains” and “pump stations” in them. But I also know that the Tulsa area’s 21-mile levee system protects hundreds of thousands of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars of property, and that it’s broken.

We’re over the moon that the folks at Harvard’s prestigious Nieman Lab took an interest in what we’re trying to accomplish here in Tulsa at The Frontier.