by Gene Perry

In 1921, Oklahoma elected the second woman ever to serve in the U.S. Congress and the first to defeat an incumbent representative. Though Rep. Alice Mary Robertson was a pathbreaker for Oklahoma women, she was defeated after one term, and that path went back to the weeds…

Does Tulsa-OKC rivalry help or get in the way?
10 Commandments monument may soon be placed at Capitol
More budget cuts ‘very possible’ for state agencies
Oklahoma health care premiums rising almost 3 times faster than wages
Ugandan girl comes to OKC for life-saving surgery
OKC council approves rail transit hub study
1 percent of all future OKC construction costs to be used for public art
Cherokee Nation blocked from joining poultry pollution case

Norman Music Festival will become 2 day event
Further declines in state revenue expected
OKC school district appeals order to reinstate teacher
Oklahoma company planning to build electric cars
State awarded $1.5 million to boost foster care adoptions
Home designs meant to open neighborhood ‘dialogue’

Juvenile detention agency may have furloughs
Mint excludes Survivor Tree from Oklahoma quarter
Oklahoma County officials defend staff raises
Oklahoma bankruptcies up almost 30 percent from last year
Mercury Marine will pay back Oklahoma tax incentives
Edmond preacher gets rich mixing faith and financial advice
Over $100k in fines to Oklahoma Ethics Commission going unpaid
[Video] Oklahoma’s second ‘Gold Standard’ green home nearing completion

Rate of high school grads going to college stays flat
Eufaula mayor charged with embezzling $191, suspends police chief
1,500 Oklahoma autopsies still pending, including 108 from 2008
Cherokees ask to intervene in poultry lawsuit
Tulsa group calls for condemning Creek Nation land
Two cities wait for Mercury Marine to decide
Oklahoma female incarceration rate highest in the U.S., almost double national average