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Steve Lewis
September 22, 2017 // Updated: September 20, 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.
I recently heard a well-regarded Republican legislator say that he was not sure he would vote to…
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By:
Steve Lewis
September 15, 2017 // 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.
As has now become ritual, the Department of Corrections (DOC) is sounding the alarm about the overcrowding…
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By:
Steve Lewis
September 8, 2017 // 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.
The Supreme Court ruled last week on the constitutionality of HB 2433 that, last session, removed the…
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By:
Steve Lewis
September 1, 2017 // 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.
Twenty-eight years ago, amidst a crisis in the Oklahoma economy, parents, teachers, business leaders and others told…
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By:
Steve Lewis
August 25, 2017 // Updated: August 23, 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.
It’s a reasonable and prudent thing for legislative leaders and the governor to be attempting to develop…
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By:
Steve Lewis
August 18, 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.
Those who are golfers, which I’m not, are familiar with a Mulligan. But you don’t have to…
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By:
Steve Lewis
August 11, 2017 // Updated: August 11, 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.
On balance, it’s a good thing that House Majority Floor Leader Jon Echols, with Speaker Charles McCall’s…
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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.
Years ago, when I was in the legislature, I was accused by an editor of one of…
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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.
Internal legislative politics is one of the most fascinating but obscure phenomena in our representative government. It…
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By:
Steve Lewis
July 21, 2017 // Updated: July 21, 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.
I’m hoping — wondering without knowing — if anyone is doing some serious planning for what will…
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