May is graduation season. As I have done every year as Lt. Governor, I have given multiple commencement speeches. Advice flows freely during this time and it usually runs the gamut. What to do, what not to do, how to do ‘x’, be sure not to do ‘y’…Too often commencement speakers [...]
This should be the last week of session. Conference Committee meetings are occurring sporadically throughout the day, as last minute attempts are made to pass legislation. Some of it is good, but most of it is bad.
The Lt. Governor will be in the panhandle area this next weekend. Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb will be speaking at the Commencement ceremonies at Oklahoma Panhandle State University, this Saturday. The graduation starts at 10:00am and he will be the keynote speaker. I encourage you to attend and see the great students [...]
By Melyn Johnson, Main Street Guymon director
Friday night is the Outback. Come by the Main Street office for beans, burger, and beverage for $5 and listen to the live band. You can also take a look at the hundreds of motorcycles that are going to be lined up. Yep, it’s the night before the Five [...]
With a budget deal reached and a flurry of important legislation ready to be signed into law, it is clear that the 2013 legislative session will be a constructive, even historic, time for lawmakers.
For the last two sessions, legislative leaders and the Governor have all had a shared goal of reducing income taxes for Oklahomans—the problem was there were competing versions. But after working hard [...]
Last week, the Speaker of the House, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Governor came to an agreement on the Budget. The House also passed a bill that would lower the highest income tax rate for Oklahoma income tax to 5%. There are now only three [...]