Hunting for Bigfoot, public notices

When the Oklahoma Legislature convenes on Monday, lawmakers will begin the task of wading through nearly 3,000 bills. Simply put, a bill is proposed legislation intended to create, modify or do away with laws. Our own State Rep. Anthony Moore has filed seven bills and Sen. Brent Howard 22.

The picture behind Joe Biden

Before his swearing-in as president, Joe Biden attended Catholic Mass. At his inauguration, the invocation was delivered by the Rev. Leo O'Donovan, a Jesuit priest. Later, as Biden placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, he made the sign of the cross.

According to Constitution can Trump be tried?

House Democratic impeachment managers have delivered to the Senate a single, hastily passed article of impeachment against former President Trump. A trial is set to begin on Feb. 9.

Lighting up the midnight of our society

“It is midnight within the social order." Martin Luther King Jr. said this in a 1967 sermon called "A Knock at Midnight."

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is the 26th day of 2021 and the 37th day of winter. TODAY'S HISTORY In 1837, Michigan was admitted as the 26th U.S. state. In 1950, the Indian Constitution went into effect, marking the birth of the Republic of India.

Shot, potential growth fuel hope

Being able to get the COVID-19 vaccine – even if only the first of the two doses – is changing people’s outlook for 2021. Taking the shot and the prospect of defeating the disease is turning fear into hope and frowns into smiles because of the possibility of being able to return to “normal” life.

State budget could have extra money

With session just around the corner, work is extremely busy at the Capitol. We’re now in the midst of budget hearings in our appropriations subcommittees. I am serving as the chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary.

Trump wasn’t first to spread false information

As Joe Biden takes office as the nation's 46th president, one number should be deeply disturbing to anyone who cares about the health of democracy. That number is 32: the percentage of Americans who told an ABC/Washington Post poll that Biden "did not legitimately win" the November election.

Lankford opposes Biden on Keystone

The Keystone XL pipeline is the physical embodiment of Democrats’ crusade against traditional energy. President Biden wasted no time turning back years of Americans’ hard work developing, ironing out the route, and building this trans-border pipeline.

Will Rogers Says

● Both parties have their good and bad times, only they have them at different times. They are good when they are out, and each bad when they are in. – 1926 ● The difference between our rich and poor grows greater every year. Our distribution of wealth is getting more uneven all the time. . . .