Here’s an understatement for this upcoming holiday season: It’s not good times in Oklahoma right now.
The number of people seeking food assistance from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services continues to break records, and the state’s October unemployment rate of 7.1 percent was [...]
State Sen. Steve Russell’s plan to try to exempt Oklahoma from federal hate crimes guidelines drew heavy criticism last week from state Rep. Al McAffrey, the state’s first openly gay legislator.
Russell, a Del City Republican, has announced he will introduce legislation next session that [...]
Oklahoma’s middle-income families pay between nine and 10 percent of their overall income in taxes compared to the state’s wealthiest families, which pay only 5.5 percent, according to a new study.
According to the Oklahoma Policy Institute, which issued a statement about the study, [...]
Only Mississippi is ranked lower than Oklahoma when it comes to residents overall health, according to the latest annual rankings by the United Health Foundation.
The low ranking this year and in past years certainly don’t help Oklahoma’s economic development or its educational [...]
American households that faced food insecurity sharply increased in 2008, and Oklahoma remains a state that continues to struggle with hunger issues, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The report, which shows an 11.1 increase in food-insecured households over 2007, [...]
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is drawing criticism from a Washington, D.C. civil rights organization for threatening to filibuster a judge nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Inhofe’s action contradicts his earlier stance against judicial filibusters, according to a statement released by the Leadership [...]
Here are some excerpts from recent Okie Funk posts:
The news here is this: Although President Barack Obama's approval ratings have fallen, the GOP has failed to rebuild its broken infrastructure after a stinging defeat in the 2008 elections. The numbers also show the GOP remains [...]
Here’s an important question to ask this Veteran’s Day: What does U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn really think about the troops?
Well, apparently, not much. Coburn has placed one of his infamous holds on the Veterans' Caregiver and Omnibus Health Benefits Act of 2009, which is' [...]
Perhaps the most symbolic fact about why it’s so difficult to pass rational health care reform in this country involves U.S. Rep. Dan Boren’s no vote on the U.S. House bill Saturday night.
The bill, which passed the House and now faces stiff [...]
It’s welcome news some local college students and outside forces are now protesting the draconian abortion-reporting bill passed by the Oklahoma Legislature last session, but where were these people when the bill was first proposed and signed into law?
House Bill 1595 would create [...]
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe continued his surreal anti-environment antics this week by supporting a Republican boycott of a committee considering a climate change bill.
Inhofe, the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works committee, threw his fit because he wants a cost [...]
