Session Priorities Take Center Stage

As we gather once again at the Capitol for a new legislative session, the pace has already been brisk and purposeful. Opening day began with a joint session of the Oklahoma House and Senate, followed by the governor’s State of the State address.

He Ate with a Coming Appetite

He was lanky and seemed to be frozen at 6’1”. This one-man buffet-wrecker never seemed to get enough food. He told his family and friends that the more he ate, the hungrier he got. This plate-cleaner would often plan his next meal while he was eating.

Tecumseh Golden Age Center

Although February is the shortest month of the year, it has several “special” days such as Groundhog Day on Feb. 2 That meant we were halfway through the winter season.

CAPITOL COMMENTS

Midway through last year, President Trump signed the Working Families Tax Cut legislation into law. This sweeping legislation extended the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and delivered new tax relief for millions of hardworking Americans.

Senate Report

The second session of the Oklahoma Legislature is officially underway. The Senate and House gaveled in for the first day of session on Feb. 2, and my fellow senators and I joined our House counterparts in their chamber for Gov. Kevin Stitt’s final State of the State address.

Cows & Cabbage

It is a new year with new goals and possibilities.Have you made New Year’s resolutions? Mine is always the same. I will be more organized and focused.Most years, that flies right out the window before the end of the first month.

Six Steps

I took six steps and stopped, swiveled left, then went right while scanning my surroundings. Basically, I was standing in the middle of the tiny house, and if I took another six steps, I’d have spanned the entire width of our humble abode.

Letters To The Editor

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Intern Chronicles

Normally by this time in the year I would be ecstatic looking forward to Summer. When the world outside around us is so cold, dreary, and dark, it is a whole lot easier to think about sundrenched days full of carefree fun and breezy summer skies.

Tecumseh Golden Age Center

Greetings from the Golden Age Center! However, one of the biggest snows that has ever hit Oklahoma has closed the center for a few days. In this digital age, the snow has certainly not cut us off from what is going on throughout the town, the state, the country, or the world.