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Steve Lewis
February 2, 2018 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
The House and the Senate appropriations committees have continued their budget hearings looking at agency requests for…
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Steve Lewis
January 26, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
In preparation for the upcoming session, Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh appeared before the House and Senate appropriations…
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Steve Lewis
January 19, 2018 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
There were significant developments this past week regarding the budget crisis. A group of about 70 business…
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By:
Steve Lewis
January 12, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
An idea has surfaced again recently that, since the state will not or cannot properly fund public…
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By:
Steve Lewis
December 15, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
Chinese water torture is a process in which water is slowly dripped onto a person’s forehead allegedly…
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By:
Steve Lewis
December 8, 2017 // Updated: December 8, 2017
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Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
Today is the deadline to make a request for drafting of a bill to be introduced in…
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By:
Steve Lewis
November 3, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
I can’t imagine that any Oklahoma citizen not participating in or observing full time the actions in…
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By:
Steve Lewis
October 20, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
What’s going on with the special session?
I’m reliably informed that Republican House members, in their caucus…
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By:
Steve Lewis
October 13, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
There’s a phrase that most people have heard or used: “when push comes to shove.” Generally, this…
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By:
Steve Lewis
September 29, 2017 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol.
With special session underway, it’s rational to be cautiously optimistic that schools and state agencies will make…
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