Republi-Cup 2009 starts in the Midwest Region. Please vote for the candidate who would make the best leader for the Republican Party.
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In an effort to jump-start the Republican Party… or at least provide some hope of finding a leader out of the conservatives, MoonlightPatriot.com is happy to present Republi-Cup 2009!
Republi-Cup 2009 will feature a 32-Politician tournament in a single-elimination tournament. Top seeds from each region include Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Former [...]
Racism still exists. From nearly every group towards every group, racism exists. One would be far flung to proclaim that racism in America is dead…. but one would also be hard pressed to find an elected politician to admit that racism is a two way street.
Take the [...]
So much for expecting courage from Congress. Instead of listening to the American people’s wisdom, the Blue Dog Democrats sold out the next generation’s future by cutting a deal on Obamacare.
Giving in to big PhRMA and millions of dollars in campaign [...]
As the Korean cease fire passes another year anniversary, North Kore claims that the truce no longer valid.
Kim Jong Il, village idiot in Eastern Asia, continues his annoying string of international incidents by claiming that the forty-year-plus truce is not worth the paper it is printed [...]
Thank you, House Republicans! The House Republican leadership created a very simple flowchart diagramming the proposed Obamacare health plan. It takes a couple of seconds to load, but it makes a ton of sense after you let it load.
Link to Democratic Health Plan Flow Chart
If your [...]
The United States’ minimum wage will increase to $7.25 today.
Expect unemployment to continue to increase through at least November, peaking around 11.5%.
Why? Well, it is time to transport ourselves back to that macroeconomics class at 7:30 in the morning.
Generally speaking: as prices go up, consumers will [...]
As popularity for the Obama healthcare plan continues plummet — falling nearly five-percent a month — the Obama marathon continues to pass healthcare reform now and ask questions later. Even left-wing economists are in on the game by taking shots at various Senators.
The Gelding [...]
Seeking a promotion, Memphis Mayor Herenton resigned his seat in order to spend time working towards a Congressional run in 2010. Chaos immediately ensued.
Technically, the city will host an election within 90 days. Many expect this election to occur in sync with the November election [...]
Naked Cowboy will announce his candidacy for Mayor of New York City tomorrow. Let me repeat that: Naked Cowboy is running for office.
So far, Mayor Michael Bloomberg will face a Democrat, the Naked Cowboy, and the ever persistent Rent is Too Damn High movement, [...]
The immediate result of a challenge to reengage American education and science marked its 40th anniversary today. Too bad continued strength in American education seems to have stalled.
From “Head Start” to “No Child Left Behind”, American education policy finds itself in a series of failures — in nearly [...]
Led by fiscal conservative Arnold Governator, California’s budget is in worse shape than some of its neighbors. Only short $26,000,000,000 for the next fiscal year, some in California suggest that California’s government is so far down the way of the snafu that only a [...]
Ted Kennedy (D – MA) has provided the United States with decades of service — supporting many great causes in his time. One of the closest concepts to Mr. Kennedy’s heart is health care reform. Sadly, on this issue, Mr. Kennedy is dead wrong.
Mr. Kennedy, et [...]
Currently, the Misery Index is 8.1 — a number which is very misleading.
American unemployment still clocks in at 9.5%, as of June, while inflation barometers show actually the opposite of the norm: deflation. A negative 1.4% change in prices over time provides for Ronnie Reagan’s old campaign tool to run [...]
Two weeks into fiscal year 2009-2010, several state governments have no idea what they are doing. Granted, this ignorance is the norm for many state officials. That said, a new level of incompetence provides for some extremely poor decisions under duress.
Sonia Sotomayor: Bad Choice
Perhaps one of the longest-lasting powers of any President is the choice of Supreme Court Justices. Within the first four months of his administration, Mr. Obama received a de facto green light for picking a new justice as Justice Souter announced [...]
Seattle appears to be moving towards a cleaner system of transit. The ‘new’ light rail line for Sound Transit serves suburban Seattle with service to downtown including elevated, tunneled and street level light rail.
Of course, Seattle has enjoyed standard rail service, including a rather large [...]
If it is worth doing, then it is worth doing correctly. Potential reorganizing of American healthcare is definitely worth getting right.
Not to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who wants to overhaul American healthcare by summer’s end, regardless of quality of product. Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid [...]
Senator Roland Burris (D-IL) will not seek election for his post in 2010.
Showing a bit of class — or unwillingness to face heat for questionable relations with impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich — Senator Roland Burris [...]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "won" the 2009 election spawning mass protests by Iranian moderates. Ahmadinejad's response involved the brutal deaths of hundreds of' [...]
$1,000,000,000,000.00.
Perhaps that number is unfair. Really it is only $100,000,000,000.00 per year… assuming that health care costs do not continue to increase. (Which they will.) Considering that only 141,578,000 Americans have a job, so the cost per worker for a given year is an additional [...]
07-07-2005: We Will Not Forget
Our friends across the pond suffed terror four years ago today.
Memorials to the lost can be found easily online. The Guardian maintains a respectable offering to remember those lost during the 7/7 attacks.
To our friends.
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Manuel Zelaya, booted from power in Honduras in a judiciary-spawned coup, plans to return to his home country early this week.
June 28 marked the start in a [...]
Mexican legislative elections held on July 5 may play a pivotal role in a series of issues that link both sides of the Rio Grande.
Polls open today for the 2009 Legislative Elections in Mexico. Mexican nationals will have a choice among three parties, the PRI, PAN, and [...]
Good morning, America.
I am Sam, contributor for Moonlight Patriot dot com. I am a registered Independent who finds the concept of defining oneself as a liberal or conservative detrimental to the national interest. If there has ever been a time for this nation to focus on a legitimate national dialogue, [...]
The United States of America declared independence 223 years ago today.
Moonlight Patriot dot com launches today, the 223rd Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Moonlight Patriot dot com is an effort to provide independent-minded commentary on the current [...]
Only a few days left until it arrives… be sure to check back on the Fourth!
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Obama’s visit to the Middle East is not a diplomatic mission. Instead, it is a purely political effort. Not an apology-thon as many would suggest.
News outlets report that Obama suggested that Iran “may have a right to nuclear energy”. It is a scary thought for [...]
IT IS COMING… 40 days away.
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In a relatively close race, Brad Henry won the Okie for Best Idea of the Year, okiepolitics heartily congratulates the Governor.
Congratulations, Brad! Governor Henry rumored to be excited enough to wake up at 1:30 in the afternoon to see if he won the Okie.
After one respectable award, [...]
KTUL in Tulsa reported on the reason why Jim Inhofe is always so cranky.
Inhofe reared his ugly head in response to Obama castrating funding for Inhofe’s compensation cannon plan. After listening to blatant pandering to campaign financiers — his record shows that Inhofe does [...]
With Fallin’s seat to be vacated, the District Five seat is in play this election cycle. Two candidates, Johnny Roy and Kevin Calvey already have campaigns running. Others, Mike Thompson and Jim Roth, appear to be making strides towards starting a campaign. Others, like Mayor Mick, seem [...]
With Fallin’s seat to be vacated, the District Five seat is in play this election cycle. Two candidates, Johnny Roy and Kevin Calvey already have campaigns running. Others, Mike Thompson and Jim Roth, appear to be making strides towards starting a campaign. Others, like Mayor Mick, seem [...]
As the polls close for the Eugene McCarthy Honorary Pinko Commie, okiepolitics heartily congratulates State Representative Marian Cooksey (R - Edmond).
Congratulations, Pinko!
Now it is on for a more respectable award: the Best Idea Award. It was unusually difficult to come up with five options for this category. [...]
The okiepolitics Goober-10 Power 10 is a power poll based on the 2010 Oklahoma Gubernatorial Race.
Contributors to okiepolitics provide top ten ballots each month to the Goober-Ten poll.
May 1, 2009 Poll Results:
xx. Miller Ken (R - Edmond) State Representative ; likely to take too much damage from [...]
okiepolitics is proud to present the 2009 Okies — awards for the 2009 Legislative Session.
Readers at okiepolitics will have the opportunity to vote on several different awards for the 2009 legislators.
Here are this year’s categories:
Eugene McCarthy Honorary Pinko-Commie Best Bill Award Worst Bill Award Frank Keating Diarrhea of the Mouth Award Ron Paul Psychopath [...]As the rest of the blogosphere notes President Obama’s 100th day in office, it is hard not to bring up the laundry list of his challenges and accomplishments. Even soonerpoll ran their machine to find that anywhere from 41.5% to 52.5% of Oklahomans approve of Mr. Obama.
Great.
From immediately [...]
Brad Henry would fail a McCarthy test, and will be surely labeled as a commie pig/Obama socialist by some near psychotic right-wing bloggers. At least he captured a little bit of common sense between sleeping in and his afternoon nap.
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Granted, I am not a fan of our elected officials Especially since my pet dachshund is better suited to lead than the legislature — and all she does is yip and poop everywhere. They do too, but at least my dachshund is cute.
Perhaps we should recall them. [...]
Whatever you do, don’t panic…
Although you will probably get sick with the swine flu.
At least we have this one to save us.
Are we at calling in sick alert Red, Pink or Well Done?
[...]Some people should just know better than to park a suspicious vehicle in that part of town.
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The House voted against making a Flaming Lips (Really Good Band - Oklahoma City) song “Do you realize” the state’s rock song.
Several republicans reported that the issue was a “waste of time”. Apparently changing the state flag and hating life [...]
Mike McCarville spent some time earlier providing cracker-jack commentary concerning the District Five Race. Upset that Former State Representative Kevin Calvey released a press release stating that his Congressional campaign raised $125,000 in a couple of weeks without noting Calvey’s own $100,100, McCarville took his blog [...]
Instead of following the traditional legislative process, the legislature plans on sending bills directly to the people.
In Oklahoma’s great Progressive tradition (think T-R, not closet-liberal), there are several routes to true democracy, allowing the people to decide various issues. House Bill 1017 (1990) is a notable version [...]
Muskogee Mayor John Tyler Hammons made some enemies when he ran for office as a college kid. To make matters worse, Hammons won.
Perhaps voters in Muskogee were sick of the garbage that dominates local politics more often than not. Perhaps Hammons provided a breath of fresh air to the political [...]
Mike Thompson (R - Oklahoma City) announced his candidacy for the Fifth District Congressional seat on Saturday. Too bad no one cared.
Quotes from an estranged Obama cabinet member dominated the day, with condemnations coming from around the horn. Gary Jones defeated the Ron Paul zealot of the [...]
State Senate Majority Leader Glenn Coffee (R-Oklahoma City), the herpes guy who is in trouble with the IRS, slammed the group running ads against his taxpaying and nepotistic spending issues. Coffee pulled out one of the worst names in politics “trial lawyers.”
**GASP**
It [...]
Our conservative friends got a little riled up Wednesday. Maybe they were so happy that Uncle Scam took 35% of their income… or maybe it was the TEA Party held in Austin. Several in the crowd called for leaving the Union, and idea almost as stupid [...]
For the critics of anti-tax zealot Glenn Coffee (at least he lives what he believes — not paying taxes), there is another elected official scandal in Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City Councilman Skip Kelly got arrested on a DUI complaint. Completely unacceptable. Driving while intoxicated is outwardly dangerous and outright dumb.
Let [...]
Conservatives out in full force… protesting? My goodness! Who knew?
In series a popular grassroots protests, conservative Americans voiced their opinion against the recent bailouts and stimulus spending. Almost immediately, opponents on the left called the protests “astroturf”, fake grassroots.
Conservatives usually stand as the “silent majority”…Â to see [...]
Does it bother anyone else that the television news on Easter weekend 2009 the lead stories were a lady falling into a panda pit and pirates.
PIRATES!!!
Besides the obligatory talking like a pirate most of the weekend, one has to ask… what in the world is going on [...]
In order to spark more name identification, Randy Brogdon (R - Owasso) provides a new anti-Obama doctrine. Every time Governor Brad Henry decides to spend an Obama-stimulus dollar, then Brogdon will submit a tax cut bill.
This is really stupid. Almost as stupid as Mike Thompson’s [...]
okiepolitics bowls the perfect game this Easter with its 300th post. Happy Easter to All; Peace on Earth.
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Between the Tulsa World and Mike McCarville’s favorite no longer obscure blog the Lost Ogle, Glenn Coffee continues to take heat from all sides.
From herpes to poorly timed raises to tax issues, 2009 has been rough on the State Senate Majority [...]
Senator Jim Inhofe proved his inpotence once again by being unable to prevent the shrinkage of his cannon… program.
In classic partisan bickering, Inhofe immediately took shots at the Democratic president for budget cuts against an army cannon development. Taking offense because his pet cannon project got [...]
With Fallin’s seat to be vacated, the District Five seat is in play this election cycle. Two candidates, Johnny Roy and Kevin Calvey already have campaigns running. Others, Mike Thompson and Jim Roth, appear to be making strides towards starting a campaign. Others, like Mayor Mick, seem [...]
State Representative Mike Thompson is expected to announce his candidacy for the District Five seat vacated by Mary Fallin. Thompson, notable for his $75,000,000 targeted tax cut for campaign donors in a year with a $900,000,000 budget deficit, has approached several donors in recent weeks and is retooling his [...]
Edmond voters decided to remain unconstitutional Tuesday by rejecting Proposition 1, an issue concerning a freeholder clause in the city charter. Oddly enough, this proposition was the root of the Charter Revision Committee. The same group ushered Dan O’Neil out of office in lieu of Patrice Douglas’ $60,000 campaign. [...]
Multiple reports suggest that Patrice Douglas, candidate for mayor in Edmond, helped to fund the controversial Bridges at Spring Creek project. Douglas, part of the First Fidelity Family which finances the Bridges at Spring Creek, sat on the EEDA, an economic development group during the projects development.
The Bridges at Spring [...]
While tabloid newspapers endorse candidates based on the who “came to me early in the campaign and asked for my endorsement” principle, the “who did not defeat a member of our editorial board in the last election” principle and campaign advisers celebrate endorsements from union [...]
To be honest, I have no clue what Fried Green Onions said in88 words. Something along the lines of an attack against okiepolitics and AARP. According to the picture, which involves three obscene gestures, the Christian hating FGO shows signs of a partisan with some sort [...]
Brian Bingman (R - Tulsa) wants to provide an alternative source of energy to Oklahoma. However, due to political pressure from the AARP, it appears that a measure would not pass out of committe. So Bingman aborted Scott Martin’s (R - Norman) HB 1750 instead of [...]
With his latest cut-and-paste job, Red S Tater argued that Barack H. Obama’s tax increase on cigarettes is bad. With inane arguments about “95% of American families” getting a tax cut and kvetching that “higher taxes discourage cigarette sales” maybe as much as by 10%.
**GASP**
Not 10% less smokers giving themselves [...]
Perhaps Mick’s standing as one of the first legit interviews at the Lost Ogle or their mutual passion to bring professional basketball to Oklahoma City, but the Lost Ogle seems to love Mayor Mick. In fact, their fanatical pro-Mick mindset has turned into a political aircraft [...]
The okiepolitics Goober-10 Power 10 is a power poll based on the 2010 Oklahoma Gubernatorial Race.
Contributors to okiepolitics provide top ten ballots each month to the Goober-Ten poll.
April 2, 2009 Poll Results:
those dropping out:
xx. Miller Ken (R - Edmond) State Representative ; likely to take too [...]
April Fools.
No surprises here… the state legislature blew their own regulation to fund education by April 1.
At least they are consistent. Say one thing, do another. Ignore Oklahoma’s future. Consistent.
Did you seriously think that they would fund education on time?
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The nationwide movement to allow students to shoot back at campus gunmen stalled again this year in Oklahoma. However, several member schools of the Big XII may have a little extra firepower next year.
Texas’ carry on campus bill continues to grow strength, even with resistance from [...]
In a quick Internet survey to follow okiepolitics’ new Internet survey widget, several campaign websites appear to be functioning… sort of. For the District Five seat soon to be opened by Fallin’s Goober Run, a few names pop up.
Only Kevin Calvey has a 2010 website running with a modest [...]
Jim Reynolds (R - Moore) wants to reduce the maximum taxable property value from 5% to 3%. A recent piece in the jOklahoman finds that Oklahomans like to pay less taxes.
In a rally at 23rd and Lincoln, supporters cheered for speakers suggesting the counties have enough [...]
Candidates Patrice Douglas and Mayor Dan O’Neil released their campaign disclosure forms Friday. The Sun analyzed most of the data in the available reports, including big campaign donors.
Douglas, with a large spending advantage, sunk thosands of dollars into direct mailers, signs and newspaper advertising. Douglas is on track [...]
In a year where the Oklahoma budget is already shot, Randy Brogdon wants to spend $2,600,000,000 of tax payer money on a publicity stunt.
Instead of receiving stimulus money for roads and bridges and other projects, Brogdon would rather give the money back. In short, Brogdon would rather [...]
During a recent debate hosted by the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Dan O’Neil and Patrice Douglas began to deviate from the standard political rhetoric and entered the gaffe zone.
Douglas suggested that “The mayor is the person who leads the council and acts as chairman of the board. [...]
Yes, MAPs was a success. Yes, MAPs was a great idea. Yes, MAPs has shifted Oklahoma City from a major minor city to a minor major city. Yes, Tulsa should be jealous.
Vision 2025 should be considered an insult. At best it is a poor imitation of a good idea.
The BOK [...]
Randy Brogdon (R - Owasso) appears to be nearing a decision to join the Republican hunt for the Governor’s seat.
Brogdon, known member of the John Birch Society and unknown name rec, will most likely join Representative Mary Fallin. Other rumored candidates are J.C. Watts, Gary Richardson and Tom Cole.
[...]Most high schools seem to have too little money to acquire supplies. Whether this is due to the lack of common sense, poor legislative budget decisions, a legislative disregard for Oklahoma’s youth’s future or a consistent double standard demanded by educators outside of public education, remains [...]
In a recent opinion piece, the Muskogee Phoenix’s David Gerard explained his opposition to placing the Ten Commandments in the capitol. Before our friends quit reading and light their torches for a lynching party out to Muskogee, his point is not “anti-Christian” by any standard.
Gerard agrees [...]
Granted, Oklahoma’s leaders do not make us look as corrupted incompetent as Illinois, Louisiana, or Christmas past, but come on…
First it was Lance Cargill’s tax scandal. Speaker of the House forgetting to pay taxes: that is poor choice.
Now it is Senate-Pro-Temp Glenn Coffee with a tax issue.
Granted, [...]
Obama pandered to another swing state with the release of his NCAA tournament men’s basketball bracket. No women’s bracket? So much for change like equality among the sexes.
In short, Oklahoma’s Flagship University falls to Syracuse in the round of sixteen while Oklahoma’s Second University will lose to Louisville in the [...]
Get out your brackets, ladies and gentlemen. No, not that bracket. The Doxie Dash Bracket — which will feature 96 dogs this year!
DD5 will be at the Myriad Convention Center on May 9, at 1 pm. Come support the Humane Society.
[...]A recent letter to the editor in the Edmond Sun brought the Bridges at Spring Creek back to the forefront of the mayoral dialogue in Edmond.
The piece asks both mayoral candidates one question: If you were sitting in the mayor’s seat on June 26, 2006 and given the opportunity [...]
On April 7, Edmond voters will consider a charter amendment enabling the city to create ethics laws for municipal elections.
The Charter Review Committee reviewed the last three elections in Edmond with many members finding each of them with dysfunctional ethics. Whether it be $200,000 in campaign donations [...]
Some Republicans are Pot Smoking Hippies.
Props to Fried Green Onions for pointing out his fellow countrymen’s point of view on Marijuana. Who knew?
Who knew that the guy who wants the Episcopal Church to go to hell for loving their neighbors would be in bed with a bunch [...]
Red S Tater is a RINO. So are most conservative bloggers.
It is not their fault. The Republican leadership lost their way.
Let us look at some of the platforms for the Party of Lincoln (1856, 1860 platforms):
“That the highwayman’s plea, that might makes right,” embodied in the Ostend Circular, was in [...]With the new updates to the Ford Center, Mayor Mick et al forgot a key component: timekeeping.
In a better-than-normal Bedlam game at the Big XII Championship, the finish resembled a professional wrestling storyline rather than an amateur basketball game’s conclusion.
With 2.3 seconds left on the clock, the State’s Flagship University [...]
The Oklahoma Senate passed SB 834 which would allow the State Board of Education to place school districts under a new set of rules… the rules enjoyed by Charter Schools. With a party-line vote and a Republican majority in the House, it appears that only Bad Brad can stop this [...]
State Senator Randy Brogdon announced his intention to run for governor through the release of his new website, “DraftBrogdon”.
Brogdon (R - Owasso) joins United States Representative and former Loot Mary Fallin in the Republican primary. The winner of the Republican primary will face the winner of the Democratic regional [...]
TMRO noted that HB 2175 would disallow state pensions to those booted from office.
Good idea, Jason Nelson. I can do you one better.
How about no state pensions, insurance, etc. for any scumbag who has an ethics violation. Any ethics violation. Here is to hoping for an amendment!
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Instead of building on a potentially problem solving endeavor, our friends at a blindly partisan blog took the opportunity to race to the bottom and misquote okiepolitics.
Our friends would rather depict someone trying to solve problems as “calling for mass sterilization” and promoting “homicide” then to [...]
With increasingly tense rhetoric, the great abortion debate started its 2009 session across the Oklahoma blogosphere.
From a displaced Oklahoman in the depths of Starbucks Hades lamenting over a national abortion policy to various bloggers handing out kudos, the anti-Freedom of Choice Act spin doctors are out in [...]
In the great American tradition, we will all set our clocks an hour forward, casuing a de factoloss of one hour of sleep. Failure to change a clock will result in one hour of tardiness, which will be a relatively frequent occurrence. Notice how no one ever shows up an [...]
In a recent post concerning the State House demanding OU to cancel on a scientist from Oxford, the Lost Ogle found just the tip of the iceberg of what is wrong with 23rd and Lincoln.
Quick to a partisan response, Red S Tater was quick to note that the [...]
What a difference a few days can make. Earlier this week, Mary Fallin announced her candidacy to run for Governor. okiepolitics called this development weeks in advance, preparing the segment District Five Top Five.
Within the last week, the buzz around the Fallin decision has grown [...]
In another cute rebuttal, pointing out okiepolitics’ reading comprehension difficulties, Red Stater posed a question to okiepolitics:
If you think Obama’s spend-ulus [sic] bill and the bailouts are so great… why is the stock market still tanking, the economy still going bust and people are still losing their [...]
In a unique response to a critique of a cut-and-paste job over at Red Stater, Red Stater provided an eclectic series of straw man arguments.
First, Red Stater continues with his far-right wing economic school of thought concerning the multiplier effect. Again, this is the same multiplier effect that conservatives [...]
The okiepolitics Goober-10 Power 10 is a power poll based on the 2010 Oklahoma Gubernatorial Race.
Contributors to okiepolitics provide top ten ballots each month to the Goober-Ten poll.
March 2, 2009 Poll Results:
others receiving votes:
11. Randy Terrill (R - Moore) State Representative ; sources suggest most likely [...]
okiepolitics suffered a setback this morning, with the server having a few issues.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
The regularly scheduled Goober-Ten post will be up tomorrow morning.
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Earlier today, Mary Fallin announced her candidacy to run for Governor at the Oklahoma County Republican Convention. Unlike last year when team Ron Paul tried to hijack the party, this year’s convention actually had substance.
For weeks, okiepolitics has noted that Fallin would announce sooner than the [...]
Believe it or not, Sally Kern (R - Oklahoma City) actually has provided a good idea for discussion.
HB 1303, authored by Kern, would amend legislation concerning standardized testing. Instead of having a more stringent window for exams, HB 1303 would open the window for end of course exams to more [...]
