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• Fallin signs Okla. welfare drug testing bill

  Certain Oklahoma welfare recipients could be subjected to drug tests under a bill signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin.

  May 17, 2012

• State senators offer revenue-neutral approach to reduce income tax

  Senate leaders Tuesday unveiled a revenue-neutral plan to slash the income tax by one-half of 1 percent over the next two years, a move that clearly caught officials from the House and governor’s office off guard.

  May 16, 2012 1 Photo

• BrickFest lineup set for visitors

  With the weekend comes Pauls Valley’s way of welcoming in the summer through BrickFest and ready to go is a schedule of events people can take advantage of on Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5:

  May 2, 2012

• SLIDESHOW: Deadly tornado flattens homes in Okla. A tornado ripped through Woodward, Okla., early Sunday morning as part of a dangerous storm system that swept through the Midwest this weekend. At least five people in Woodward were killed and dozens more were injured.

  April 16, 2012

• Hilliard says he won't seek reelection

  Sulphur Democratic Rep. Wes Hilliard says he won't seek reelection to his south-central Oklahoma House seat in the fall.

  March 29, 2012

• Obama brings energy strategy to energy state; promises support for Keystone XL

  President Barack Obama said Thursday he will fast-track the southern portion of a pipeline from Cushing to Texas and consider a new permit proposal for a northern section of the line from Canada.love you back."

  March 22, 2012 1 Photo

• Dr. Coburn’s Statement on President Obama’s Visit to Cushing

  “Today, the President will visit Cushing, Oklahoma – home of the largest oil storage facility in the world – to tout his administration’s energy policy.  While I am always happy to welcome any president to Oklahoma, taxpayers should understand that the Obama administration has been hostile to the very sector of the economy he wants to take credit for supporting.

  March 22, 2012

• HIV suspect held on $1 million bond

  A 23-year-old Chickasha man jailed here in lieu of a $1 million bond will be back in Grady County District Court on amended felony charges, including three counts of second-degree rape, two counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon and two counts of knowingly intending to transfer the HIV virus.

  March 16, 2012

• TransCanada ready to build Keystone XL pipeline from Cushing to the Gulf Coast

  TransCanada will go ahead with a portion of the Keystone XL pipeline that will connect oil storage facilities in Cushing with refineries along the Gulf Coast in Texas.

  In January, President Barack Obama denied a presidential permit for the pipeline project, citing a lack of time to evaluate environmental concerns over the pipeline crossing the Ogallala Aquifer in the Nebraska Sandhills.

  February 28, 2012

• Roberts Seeks Local Control on Meth Issue

  Legislation filed by state Rep. Sean Roberts would allow local communities to impose ordinances designed to reduce meth crime.

              House Bill 2802, by Roberts, would allow towns to decide if the meth ingredient pseudoephedrine should require a prescription.

  February 24, 2012

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