By: Tyler Parette
January 23, 2017 // Updated: February 20, 2017
By Enid News & Eagle Editorial Board
Gov. Mary Fallin issued a poignant statement Thursday on the passing of a true Oklahoma original.
Although she is a Republican, Gov. Fallin acknowledged the death of a man considered a liberal, yellow… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
January 20, 2017 // Updated: January 23, 2017
https://soundcloud.com/listenfrontier/what-would-an-aca-repeal-look-like
Carly Putnam, with OK Policy Institute, and Sabine Brown, talk with Frontier Editor In Chief Ziva Branstetter about the Affordable Care Act, what its repeal would look like, and who would be most affected.
https://www.readfrontier.org/multimedia/listen-frontier-what-would-an-aca-repeal-look-like/… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
January 18, 2017 // Updated: January 23, 2017
By Darcy Jackson
CLAREMORE, Okla. — State questions that were meant to reduce prison population may soon have an affect on your community.
At least, that’s what some in local law enforcement fear as crime and punishment changes go into… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
January 3, 2017 // Updated: January 13, 2017
By Kendall Brown
In the wake of the latest anti-abortion law struck down earlier last month, anti-abortion activists in Oklahoma are now taking a different, more innovative route: social media.
The newest anti-abortion bill in the state — dubbed the… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
January 1, 2017 // Updated: January 13, 2017
By Ginnie Graham
Narrowing divides among Tulsa residents is going to be the focus of DeVon Douglass as the city’s newly named chief resilience officer.
Douglass, 28, drew attention last year with rave reviews as a moderator for the summer’s… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
December 30, 2016 // Updated: January 13, 2017
By Rick Green
An increase in Oklahoma’s gasoline tax will likely be on the table next legislative session as it’s one of the smallest in the nation, it hasn’t been adjusted in nearly three decades, fuel prices are comparatively low… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
December 28, 2016 // Updated: January 13, 2017
By Laura Eastes
Last week, when Oklahoma’s chief budget negotiator divulged that the state was short $868 million in revenue for the coming year, it reinforced concerns that once again lawmakers would have another difficult budget to balance and citizens… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
December 23, 2016 // Updated: January 13, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma budget writers are bracing for yet another gaping hole to work around for the upcoming fiscal year — the third consecutive year with a significant shortfall.
Officials estimate a $600 million deficit for the budget that’ll… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
December 22, 2016 // Updated: January 13, 2017
By Janelle Stecklein
OKLAHOMA CITY – Even though state budget writers face a hole hundreds of millions of dollars deep, top officials haven’t ruled out an income tax cut next year.
The state may be looking at an estimated $868… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
December 18, 2016 // Updated: January 23, 2017
By Tim Talley
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma budget writers are bracing for yet another gaping hole to work around for the upcoming fiscal year – the third consecutive year with a significant shortfall.
Officials estimate a $600 million deficit… Read more [More...]