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[9 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 89 views]

Oklahoma researchers look for cash in the switchgrass
At Oklahoma schools, Obama’s speech stirs little ado
Family may sue over Oklahoma inmate’s slaying
ODOT approves $4 billion 8-year plan for bridges and highways
With Mercury Marine moving on, Stillwater looks to its own
Cherokees using computers to preserve native language [MP3 Audio]

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[4 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 118 views]

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

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[19 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 71 views]

McCarville Report: Boren challenge a non-starter?
Okie Funk: Did Coburn condone violent rhetoric?
Oklahoma Women’s Network: 8 ways health reform will provide you security/stability
Fresh Greens: Sun oven saves the day!
A Downtown on the Range: My 4-page plea to the city council
Roemerman on Record: Tulsa is not a business
OK Policy Blog: State prison population growth slows

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[12 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 76 views]

From The Journal Record:
Members of an Oklahoma House committee that allocates money to state prisons toured a 2,500-bed private prison in Lawton on Tuesday as they search for ways to house Oklahoma’s growing inmate population and replace crumbling state buildings. … Committee Chairman Rep. Randy Terrill said private facilities are one way to replace state prisons that, in some cases, are 100 years old.
… Not all members of the committee were eager to endorse private prisons as part of a solution to the state’s overcrowded prison system.
“I have concerns with …

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