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The first Senate chairmanship change for the upcoming legislative session occurred last week when Senate President Pro Tempore Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, named Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, chair of the Senate Public Safety Committee. Sen. Spencer Kern, R-Duncan, was named the new vice chair. But the change in chairmanship did not occur directly as the result
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It’s easy to look at Oklahoma’s challenges and feel discouraged. Our public schools struggle for resources. Too many families struggle for basic needs. Rural communities fight for hospitals and essential services. Too often, political division overshadows the real solutions we can solve together. But something else is happening across Oklahoma. And it should give us
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