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Joe’s bipartisanship speech misses mark

VIEW from behind the plow

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Tourism official addresses Rotary

Tourism official addresses Rotary

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Newly-appointed HPS board member is a woman with plenty of Hennessey roots

Hennessey’s board of education is back to full strength.

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Zyzer wins county bid for blacktop projects

Kingfisher County commissioners opened bids from potential contractors to provide blacktop work on county roads Monday.

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A SPENDING INCREASE IS NOT A ‘CUT’

When State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters recently unveiled his proposed education budget, critics immediately claimed he was seeking to cut school funding and teacher pay.

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Here’s how to raise teacher pay

Critics of state Superintendent Ryan Walters’s proposed education budget have been particularly unhappy that, instead of an acrossthe- board pay raise, Walters prefers a more targeted raise where high-performing teachers could earn as much as $10,000 more each year. Critics believe an across-theboard pay raise will be more effective at retaining teachers and drawing in new teachers, which could help to reduce class sizes.

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Chapter 31: It’s the tough times that define us

Sen. Tom Coburn’s Book

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