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The Senate released the text of a 370-page spending bill recently that includes about $20 billion for border- related provisions and $60 billion for Ukraine.
Read moreGillian Richards is a research associate in The Heritage Foundation’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies.
Read moreRecent news reports show students at Deer Creek Public Schools licking peanut butter off other individuals’ feet as part of a fund-raising event. The shocking video quickly became national and international news. Most adults reacted with shock and wondered why school administrators allowed this to happen.
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We’ve reached the midway mark in our legislative session. All House bills that passed have moved to the Senate. We’ll begin hearing bills from that chamber in House committees soon. We’ve even had a few bills signed into law by the governor already.
Read more[Scott Rasmussen is president of RMG Research Inc.]
Read moreI recently wrote the following email to my state senator after she issued a press release criticizing SJR 34—a resolution that would allow Oklahomans to vote on whether to change the way Oklahoma appellate judges are selected: As a resident of your Senate district, I was disappointed to see your press release this afternoon regarding SJR 34, which would move judicial selection from a group of unaccountable bureaucrats to the model created by James Madison and enshrined in the United States Constitution. While I expected you to oppose the policy, what really bothered me was your blind devotion to the talking points of the Oklahoma Bar Association in lieu of clear thinking on the issues involved.
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