Daily Oklahoman: Politics
- Oklahoma medical marijuana supporters cry foul on THC limits
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 10:44 PMBy Meg Wingerter Dig Reporter mwingerter@oklahoman.comOklahoma City — Oklahomans responded with an outcry when the state Department of Health proposed limiting THC in medical marijuana, but there's little clear evidence on whether a cap would hurt or help patients.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oklahoma business groups donate to lawmakers who backed Step Up
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 11:30 PMBy Chris Casteel Staff Writer ccasteel@oklahoman.comOklahoma business groups contributed heavily to state legislators who backed the Step Up plan and other priorities, according to campaign reports and the administrators of some key political action committees.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Stitt, Cornett back Trump on immigration, split on tax bill
Friday - 07/20/2018 - 05:00 PMBy Chris Casteel Staff Writer ccasteel@oklahoman.comMUSKOGEE — Mick Cornett and Kevin Stitt both backed President Donald Trump on immigration but split on the tax bill for teacher pay hikes, at a GOP gubernatorial forum here Thursday that also touched on gun rights, medical marijuana rules and other issues.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cornett, Stitt back Trump on immigration
Friday - 07/20/2018 - 12:13 PMBy Chris CasteelMUSKOGEE — Republican gubernatorial candidates Mick Cornett and Kevin Stitt said here Thursday that the nation's borders must be protected and that they would back President Donald Trump on immigration.The two were asked at a Muskogee County Republican forum whether, as governor, they would issue an executive order requiring all state and local law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration law.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pharmacy board head allegedly offered official a job to sway marijuana rules
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 06:58 PMBy Meg Wingerter Staff Writer mwingerter@oklahoman.comOklahoma City — The lawyer for a former state official accused of sending threatening messages to herself over medical marijuana regulations said attempted bribes and pressure from heads of other state agencies had taken a toll on her.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 8 notable moments in Oklahoma's medical marijuana saga
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 11:53 AMJustin Wingerter,Richard Hall
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It's been a crazy couple of weeks since Oklahomans voted "yes" for medical marijuana. Here are 8 notable moments since the polls closed.
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Tuesday - 07/17/2018 - 06:31 PMBy Justin Wingerter Staff Writer jwingerter@oklahoman.comMuch of Oklahoma's congressional delegation was critical of President Donald Trump's verbal attacks on NATO and embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin, statements that have rattled America's allies in Europe and the president's Republican allies in Congress.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Health agency's top attorney resigns after medical marijuana rules controversy
Tuesday - 07/17/2018 - 11:40 AMBy Dale Denwalt Capitol Bureau ddenwalt@oklahoman.comJulie Ezell, the state Health Department attorney who recommended against adopting changes to medical marijuana rules last week, has resigned.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New 'right to try' law may give terminally ill more treatment options
Monday - 07/16/2018 - 04:47 PMNew 'right to try' law may give terminally ill more treatment options
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Q: What is the “Right to Try” law and why is its passage significant? - Trump-Putin summit opens without talk of election meddling
Monday - 07/16/2018 - 09:53 AMHELSINKI (AP) — With a wink and a slouch, respectively, President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin opened their long-awaited summit Monday as the American leader declared that “the world wants to see us get along” and predicted rosy future relations.Read more on NewsOK.com
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- GOP House members who opposed tax package for teachers defend their position in runoff primaries
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 11:25 PMBy Chris Casteel, Dale Denwalt, Kelsy Schlotthauer Staff WritersWhen teachers began their walkout in early April, state Rep. Bobby Cleveland told a local television station that they should be in their classrooms instead of at the Capitol.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Taxes on cannabis, gambling are unreliable, study says
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 11:50 PMBy Dale Denwalt Capitol Bureau ddenwalt@oklahoman.comAs Oklahoma prepares to collect taxes on marijuana, a new study from the Pew Charitable Trusts urges caution when relying too much on that money.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Medical marijuana chat with the DIG Team
Friday - 07/20/2018 - 11:09 AMA lot has happened since Oklahoma legalized medical marijuana last month. Our reporters are here to help.
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Join Ben Felder and Meg Wingerter of The Oklahoman's DIG Team for a live discussion about cannabis at 2 p.m. - Americans can legally download 3-D printed guns starting next month
Friday - 07/20/2018 - 12:17 PMGun-rights activists have reached a settlement with the government that will allow them to post 3-D printable gun plans online starting August 1.
The settlement ends a multi-year legal battle that started when Cody Wilson, who describes himself as a post-left anarchist, posted plans for a 3-D printed handgun he called "The Liberator" in 2013.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oklahoma legislative leaders form 13-member marijuana panel
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 02:43 PMOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Leaders in the Oklahoma House and Senate have named a 13-member working group of legislators to recommend regulations for the new medical marijuana industry in the state.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - AG advises Board of Health to repeal Rx pot rules
Wednesday - 07/18/2018 - 12:22 PMBy Meg WingerterAttorney General Mike Hunter advised the state Board of Health to repeal some of the rules it approved a week ago, which attracted two lawsuits so far.Several rules, including requiring dispensaries to hire a pharmacist and limiting the level of THC in marijuana products, appear to exceed the board’s authority under State Question 788, Hunter said in a news release on Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Could the next president be from Oklahoma?
Tuesday - 07/17/2018 - 07:20 PMA number of Democrats are doing the things you do when starting a possible presidential campaign. Multiple news outlets have pointed to recent actions of former Vice President Joe Biden and senators Cory Booker of New Jersey, Kamala Harris of California and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the runner-up in the 2016 primaries.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 'Serial Immigration Violator' Charged With Seven Felony Counts In Chainsaw Attack
Tuesday - 07/17/2018 - 10:50 AMLOS ANGELES (CBSLA/AP) – A “serial immigration violator” accused of attacking his wife with a chainsaw in front of their children at their Los Angeles-area home was charged Monday with seven felonies.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lankford: It is a fact that Russians hacked U.S. presidential campaign
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Trump-Putin summit leaves wake of confusion, outrage in US Wave of condemnation hits Trump after summit with Putin - Testing more than 7,000 unsubmitted rape kits in Oklahoma could cost $9.5 million or more
Sunday - 07/15/2018 - 04:29 PMBy Darla Slipke Dig Team dslipke@oklahoman.comTesting more than 7,000 untested rape kits that have been identified in Oklahoma could potentially cost anywhere from about $9.5 million to close to $12 million, based on estimates provided in a report by a statewide task force that has been examining the issue.
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- Oklahoma Capitol Boxscore for Sunday, July 22, 2018
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 11:07 PMBy Dale Denwalt Capitol Bureau ddenwalt@oklahoman.comCapitol leaders announce marijuana study panel
Leaders in the Oklahoma House and Senate have named members of a bipartisan panel of lawmakers who will study medical marijuana policy.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Women advance in Oklahoma's most crowded state Senate primary
Friday - 07/20/2018 - 07:28 PMBy HANNAH PIKE Business Writer hpike@oklahoman.comIn a state where only seven of 47 state senators are female, two women and seven men entered the District 30 primary.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Panhandling Oklahoma teacher returns one year later
Friday - 07/20/2018 - 05:18 PMTeresa Danks — who was launched to fame after, on a whim, making a sign and panhandling for school supplies — popped the trunk of her car parked at the corner of North 193rd East Avenue and Interstate 44, the border of Tulsa and Catoosa, to show what she was supplying.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Should smokable forms of medical marijuana be banned?
Friday - 07/20/2018 - 06:40 AMPhillip OConnorRead more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bills top $100,000 for outside legal council in Oklahoma City panhandling ordinance litigation
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 05:59 PMBy William CrumOklahoma City has run up legal bills topping $100,000 for outside attorneys to help defend the anti-panhandling ordinance passed by the city council in 2015. A trial is set for September in U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trade Talk: Oklahoma insurers soon must cover the latest technology for detecting breast cancer
Tuesday - 07/17/2018 - 04:31 PMBy Paula Burkes Business Writer pburkes@oklahoman.comI had my annual mammogram on Thursday and was delighted to learn Oklahoma, effective Nov. 1, will require insurers to cover three-dimensional mammography, which is the latest technology for detecting breast cancer.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - City council endorses plan to sell Santa Fe parking garage
Tuesday - 07/17/2018 - 08:18 PMBy William Crum Staff Writer wcrum@oklahoman.comThe Oklahoma City Council agreed Tuesday on a plan to sell the largest of the downtown municipal parking structures, the 45-year-old, 1,518-space Santa Fe garage.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Police officers suspended for alleged 'white power' hand symbol in post-arrest photo
Tuesday - 07/17/2018 - 09:05 AMFour officers from the Jasper Police Department have been suspended after making and upside-down "OK" sign with their hands in a post-arrest photo taken by a Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle photographer, city officials told AL.com.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oklahoma official wants to limit single-use plastic bags
Monday - 07/16/2018 - 07:03 PMAPNORMAN (AP) — A municipal official in central Oklahoma is exploring how to limit single-use plastic bags, aiming to combat a leading source of litter and pollution.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oklahoma schools unsure impact of medical marijuana law
Sunday - 07/15/2018 - 04:34 PMBy Ben Felder Dig Team bfelder@oklahoman.com As Oklahoma prepares for a medical marijuana program that is still being developed, school leaders across the state have raised questions and concerns over the impact on students and school policy.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share