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Another storm, another prayer for God's mercy on Oklahoma

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:16:10 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

A row of backpacks on hooks in a roofless grade school corridor.

This is just one of many images that will stay with us because they represent the horror without actually being the horror.

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LNG project approval a sign of progress

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:03:06 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

It isn't much in the grand scheme of things, but considering the Obama administration's loathing of non-green energy sources, the news that a Texas company may soon be allowed to ship natural gas overseas is cause for some celebration.

The United States is awash in natural gas, which has depressed the market and led natural gas companies in Oklahoma and elsewhere to direct more of their resources toward finding and producing oil.

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Imperfect legacy for Oklahoma Democratic Party chairman

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:03:04 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

Among the accomplishments that Wallace Collins can cite as chairman of the Oklahoma Democratic Party is an increase in the number of Barack Obama photographs hanging in party offices.

While he was putting up photos, Oklahoma voters were taking down the party.

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Obamacare insurance exchange costs keeps growing

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:21:11 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

Gov. Mary Fallin's critics still haven't forgiven her for turning down a $54 million federal grant to set up a state-run insurance exchange.

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Excessive state job protections unneeded

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:21:10 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

State Rep. Mike Christian, R-Oklahoma City, claims lawmakers “beat the hell out of our state employees all session.” That outburst was prompted by a bill making some state employee jobs at-will positions.

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Oklahoma Legislature, governor should back effort to fund museum projects

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:21:09 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

AFTER years of stop-and-start progress, the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum may be nearing the finish line.

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Gov. Mary Fallin right to veto measure to raise school reserve cap

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:11:08 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

THIS year's state budget agreement includes an additional $91 million for public schools, but education boosters say the total school budget remains around $200 million lower (inflation adjusted) than what was spent in 2008 and student enrollment has increased by more than 30,000 since then.

Yet at the same time some officials make the case for greater education funding, other school officials have lobbied for a bill that would potentially allow them to not spend the extra money on students.

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President Obama should follow his own advice to graduates

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:11:06 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

IN a commencement speech to Ohio State University graduates on May 5, President Barack Obama said this: “You've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems.

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ScissorTales: Oklahoma DNA testing bill worthwhile

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:05:24 -0500

OKLAHOMA inmates who believe they were wrongly convicted of a violent crime may soon have a new tool available to help prove their point.

The House gave its approval this week to House Bill 1068, which would let those serving sentences of 25 years or more petition the sentencing court for DNA testing.

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As study unfolds, Oklahoma prison guards hoping for a cool August

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:52:13 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

OKLAHOMA made it through the past two broiling summers without a major prison brawl — remarkable, really, considering the state's lockups are packed with groups that don't like each other, in facilities that aren't fully air conditioned.

And, with little to stop inmates if they do decide to rumble.

Only three-fifths of the state's correctional officer positions are filled.

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Keystone pipeline protesters paying at the pump

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:52:12 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

By our reckoning, the protesters trying to stall an oil pipeline have consumed copious amounts of gasoline getting to and from protest sites and to fuel the police cars taking them to jail.

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Oklahoma House minority leader cooks up unappetizing resolution

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:52:11 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

Thousands of Oklahomans participated in a food drive last weekend when letter carriers picked up canned foods at mailboxes for distribution to regional food banks and local food pantries.

This voluntary, nonpolitical event is in stark contrast to what Oklahoma House Democrats tried to make of the issue of hunger with a resolution designating May 14 as “Hold Out for Hunger Day.” To politicize a serious problem could make those who disagree with the politics avoid participating in food drives.

House Minority Leader Scott Inman, D-Del City, used yet another whiny taxpayer-funded news release to criticize Republican leaders for declining to submit the resolution for a vote unless certain wording changes were made.

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Caution urged in forecasting Oklahoma tax revenue trends

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:08:13 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

WEATHER trends are often cited to support political positions, such as those either pushing a climate change agenda or opposing that agenda.

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'Leveling the playing field' can be problematic

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:20:17 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

Something must be done!

With that as their rallying cry, some public high schools upset that private schools in Oklahoma were winning multiple championships in football and boys basketball worked to get the rules changed a few years ago.

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Oklahoma lawmakers should make Florida-style Medicaid reform a priority in 2014

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:20:15 -0500

The Oklahoman Editorial

ON Oct. 11, 2010, Moise Brutus was in a motorcycle accident.

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