Honoring a Guthrie Veteran

After our mid-March deadline to pass House bills through the House chamber, we've officially swapped bills with the Senate. This is done through a process called 'engrossing,' and it's the formal steps taken to officially move a bill between chambers.

Marked safe from dandelion blowing winds

Judging by Sunday’s severe weather predictions from the Oklahoma TV weather fear mongers, I’d have thought a breadand-toilet-paper-shelf-clearing weather event was coming to our part of the state, complete with papaya-sized hailstones falling out of the sky accompanied by a swarm of F-5 tornadoes...

Adventures with Allie

Taxation without representation is one of the main reasons why the U.S. colonists rose up against Great Britain’s rule, starting the Revolutionary War. So why aren’t there any laws about it today?

Hobby Seeking

When I was young, dumb, and broke I never considered the importance of hobbies — I didn’t have the patience or resources for them anyway.

Third Reading Deadline

Our last day to pass bills through their chamber of origin, also known as our third reading deadline, was on March 14, and I passed three more of my bills through the House ahead of this deadline.

Payne County’s Our Daily Bread Mobile Market has a new director

CUSHING - Our Daily Bread Mobile Market, which delivers groceries to Yale, Glencoe, Cushing, Perkins, and the Family Resource Center at Oklahoma State University, recently selected a new director, Morgan Andrews.

Ditching Decorum: Diversity in Entertainment

One of my guilty pleasures is the Netflix original series “Bridgerton” which is based on a series of books which I also have indulged in. In the book series, nowhere does it specify racial background.

Legislative Update

This week, we spent long days on the House floor voting on legislation, and I want to highlight a few of the bills that stood out to me.

Adventures with Allie

I am an animal lover. I have always been an animal lover, I will always be an animal lover. I even sign off all of my columns with the phrase “be kind to your pets” and I talk about my two dogs as if they were my children.You know what I don’t love? An over-abundance of coyotes. Or foxes.

Disagree Without Dehumanizing

Over the last few days, I've had numerous constituents reach out to me regarding comments made by a state senator at a public forum in Tahlequah, and I want to acknowledge that what he said hurt my heart.