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This article is going to be much shorter than my normal writing because I really am nearly speechless on this one. It seems there was a “disagreement” on the floor of the Oklahoma House of Representatives this morning over rules that say lobbyists are not allowed to speak on the House floor in favor of bills they are paying for, or supporting.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Republican party said Friday, that Newt Gingrich will make a campaign stop in Oklahoma. The former House speaker will visit the Sooner State on Monday. He is scheduled to make two stops. The first stop is in Tulsa, the second stop is in Oklahoma City. Gingrich should arrive in Tulsa for a 2 p.m. visit to the Mabee Center at Oral Roberts University. He's then scheduled to visit the Jim Thorpe Museum in Oklahoma City at 6:30 p.m.

An Oklahoma state lawmaker is pushing to include churches under the "Stand Your Ground" law. Representative Mike Ritze wants to give people clear legal authority to respond to dangerous individuals who threaten the safety of people at a place of worship. "They don't have to do it, we are not mandating it. It just recognizes the right that they can do it just like they can in their homes, vehicles, and businesses," Rep. Ritze said. The lawmaker points to the murder of a pastor in Anadarko and the recent bomb threat at Fairview Baptist Church in Edmond as the reasons...

GINGRICH: No. It just means that we're going to have to pick up all those delegates in late May, just before the California primary, when we hope to pick up more delegates out here. That still means that on super-Tuesday, we're looking at Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, we're looking at Ohio. It means the week after super- Tuesday, we're looking at Alabama and Mississippi. Now, we have hopes that we're going to keep picking up delegates everywhere and continue. This race is going on for a long time, I think. And what Texas moving back means, combined with California being in...

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin delivers her State of the State address on the floor of the Oklahoma House in Oklahoma City, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Senate has overwhelmingly approved an anti-abortion “personhood” bill that declares life begins at conception. The vote Wednesday upset doctors who fear the proposed law will jeopardize reproductive medicine. The bill now heads to the House, where it is expected to pass. Republican Gov. Mary Fallin typically won’t comment on pending legislation, but she has described herself as strongly “pro-life.”RELATED: VIRGINIA LAWMAKERS PASS TWO OF THE MOST RESTRICTIVE ANTI-ABORTION BILLS EVER...

OMAHA, NE --(Ammoland.com)- Sarah McKinley, an 18-year-old Oklahoma mother who was forced to shoot an armed intruder in her home last New Year’s Eve, has released an open letter to Nebraska residents that supports the efforts of the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association (NFOA) and other citizen groups in trying to pass a Victim Protection Act in Nebraska. A copy of her letter is attached or can be found at ProtectVictimsNOW.org. On the evening of January 31, 2011, Mrs. McKinley and her infant son were home alone, as her husband had passed away just a week before after a painful fight...

Oklahoma’s proposed anti-abortion Senate Bill 1433 states a fetus “at every stage of development (has) all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of this state.” In response, pro-choice Oklahoma State Senator Constance Johnson introduced an amendment......

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 13, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Within weeks, the top lawyers in a dozen states may file a federal lawsuit against the Obama administration’s controversial requirement that all insurance plans include access to abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, and sterilization, the attorney general of Nebraska told LifeSiteNews. Jon Bruning told LifeSiteNews.com that 12 states had signed onto a scathing critique of the mandate and were preparing to take more serious action. Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning On Friday, ten state attorneys general addressed a scathing letter to President Obama, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis....

n his New York Times bestselling book, Throw Them All Out, Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer revealed how members of Congress enrich themselves and their relatives using earmarks and insider information. Now, the Washington Post, following in Schweizer’s footsteps, has conducted a study that found 16 members of Congress have used their power of the purse to benefit companies, colleges, and community groups tied to their relatives. *snip* Among those cited in the Washington Post report were the following (below):

Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, who had been a Rick Perry supporter before he dropped out of the race, had some kind words for Rick Santorum in an interview on Aaron Klein's show on WABC radio. "In terms of the candidates that are there right now I’d certainly say Rick Santorum has a better record addressing the four major issues that concern me," he said, referring to defense, economy, energy and trimming the regulatory system.

Fresh off primary victories in three states, presidential candidate Rick Santorum demonstrated his strong support for the individual right to keep and bear arms by visiting H&H Shooting Sports Complex in Oklahoma City en route to a rally today. H&H is a NSSF Five Star member range owned by Miles and Jayne Hall. The Santorum rally originally was scheduled to be held at H&H, but a surge of requests to attend the event forced a change to the Magnuson Hotel and Convention Center, where a crowd estimated at close to 2,000 gathered. The candidate delivered a speech that focused largely...

There is a special election in Oklahoma on February 14th for state senaor in district 46. If you live in that district (it's in the OKC area) or know anyone who does, please vote and encourage others to vote for the Republican, Jason Reese! Thanks! It goes without saying that he is by far the best candidate. This could be a close election due to the makeup of the district, so getting Republicans to the polls is crucial.

LAS VEGAS — Newt Gingrich is wooing NASCAR voters. As he charts a possible course to the Republican nomination, aides say Gingrich will paint frontrunner Mitt Romney as the candidate of the PGA golf tour while the former House speaker pursues the blue collar mantle of Dale Earnhardt. It’s a strategy that exploits the class warfare Gingrich professes to oppose. Still, it could pay dividends once the GOP race again swings South. Gingrich sees delegate-rich Texas as a firewall in April. But he must slog through more than 30 contests before that....

MOORE, Okla. - While he wasn’t carrying a wrench and a plunger, Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher — a.k.a. “Joe the Plumber” — offered a pumped-up Tea Party crowd in Moore a lot of common sense and “Average Joe” ideas on a blustery Friday night. Sponsored by the Oklahoma City, Norman and Grady County Tea Parties, along with the Bott Radio Network, Wurzelbacher spoke before a large dinner crowd of Republican and conservative activists at First Baptist Church of Moore as part of the “Renovate Washington, Not the Constitution” political event, as a way to kick off the 2012 election season. Wurzelbacher,...

When Ron Paul talks about repealing the income tax and replacing it with nothing, most people think it can’t be done. But at least on the state level, it can. In fact, there are nine states, including Paul’s home state of Texas, that don’t levy income taxes. Those states have far outperformed high-income-tax states on every measure of economic success. Now Oklahoma is poised to fully repeal its income tax and join the ranks of non-income-tax states. While Oklahoma is already a relatively business-friendly, low-tax state, income-tax repeal would launch it into the top tier of the most economically competitive...

STILLWATER - It looked like a regular class. Students took notes while the instructor talked about the points listed on a screen behind him. But this Friday evening session on the Oklahoma State University campus didn't count toward a college degree. This class was for a license to carry a concealed firearm. Forty-two people - students, faculty members and Stillwater residents - registered for the session, a first for the university. The group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus hosted the class, with certified instructors from the Stillwater Armory, a gun store, range and training center, leading the course. Weapons...

A man inside his home said he fatally shot an intruder who had a gun Thursday morning.

You might think this is a story out of 'The Onion' but it is a real story. An Oklahoma lawmaker files a bill to ban the making and selling of food or products that use aborted human fetuses. State Senator Ralph Shortey says he's done research and found reports that companies have used stem cells in the research and development of food.

TULSA - Gun sales among women are on the rise. The number of criminal background checks for gun purchases hit an all-time high in December, according to the FBI. Experts said there are many reasons why Americans, especially women, are choosing to arm themselves. For some it's a new hobby. Others are concerned about gun rights this election year. Some just no longer feel safe in their neighborhoods. Here in Oklahoma, interest in guns has also spiked, especially among women. Enrollment in the "women's only" conceal-carry class at the Red Castle Gun Club is up 400 percent. "That's remarkable and...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Guns, smoking and texting while driving are among issues that lawmakers are expected to revisit when they return to the state Capitol on Feb. 6. Thursday is the deadline in both chambers for lawmakers to file bills for consideration in the upcoming session. Sen. Steve Russell, R-Oklahoma City, has filed Senate Bill 1092, which would allow those who meet certain requirements to openly carry a weapon. Russell also has a measure that would allow hunters to use suppressors to reduce the sound of their weapons. The measure has yet to be assigned a bill number, according to...

OKMULGEE — The owner of an auto salvage yard shot one of six people he believed to be burglarizing his business Saturday. Okmulgee County sheriff's deputies said the owner of A&A Auto Salvage, in the 21000 block of South 236 Road between Okmulgee and Schulter, interrupted six people he said were trying to break into his business about 2 p.m. Saturday. The business owner, whose name was not released, shot one person and the other five fled. The person who was shot was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Tulsa. That person's name and medical condition were not released....

If the National Rifle Association had an award for Mother of the Year, it might already have a winner. When two men began to break into her home on New YearÂ’s Eve, Sarah Dawn McKinley of Blanchard, Okla., popped a bottle into her crying three-month-old babyÂ’s mouth and reached for her guns. According to her account and that of police, she defended herself and her child in terrifying circumstances. To say McKinley was in the middle of nowhere would exaggerate the centrality of her location in a sparsely populated area about 25 miles outside of Oklahoma City. To say her...

OKLAHOMA CITY — An amendment that would ban Oklahoma courts from considering international or Islamic law discriminates against religions and a Muslim community leader has the right to challenge its constitutionality, a federal appeals court said Tuesday. The court in Denver upheld U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange’s order blocking implementation of the amendment shortly after it was approved by 70 percent of Oklahoma voters in November 2010. Muneer Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma, sued to block the law from taking effect, arguing that the Save Our State Amendment violated his First Amendment rights....

A Chesapeake Energy drilling rig caught fire Thursday night outside of Sweetwater, Okla., according to a company spokesman and an online oil field drilling forum. The rig was drilling into a shallow gas pocket about four miles outside of Sweetwater when workers found an unexpectedly high pressure of natural gas at only 910 feet below the surface, Jim Gipson, a company spokesman, said in an e-mail. The site was supposed to be drilled to more than 12,000 feet vertically before being drilled horizontally, Gipson said. Soon after workers experienced the high pressure, the rig caught fire, sending flames several feet...

Sarah McKinley, the Oklahoma mom who shot and killed an intruder after asking a 911 operator if it was okay to shoot, was cleared of wrongdoing Thursday. Also this week police declined to bring charges against a Pennsylvania man who killed a romantic rival with a bow and arrow. And in South Carolina, a woman who shot a homeless person squatting in an empty rental home was also not charged. As these cases show, the so-called “castle doctrine” is being tested in a variety of new ways, as states have steadily expanded the rights of citizens to protect their homes...

An Oklahoma man accused of being involved in a home invasion that ended with the shooting death of one of the intruders is to be charged Wednesday with murder, a Grady County prosecutor said. BLANCHARD — The two men who invaded Sarah McKinley's Blanchard mobile home had just taken prescription painkillers and might have been after more medication, according to an affidavit filed Wednesday in Grady County. Those and other details have come to light in the days since New Year's Eve, when McKinley, 18, shot and killed Justin Shane Martin, 24, of Blanchard, with a 12-gauge shotgun after he...

Authorities don't plan to file charges against an Oklahoma woman who fatally shot a New Year's Eve intruder at her house while she had a 911 dispatcher on the phone, but the intruder's alleged accomplice has been charged in the death. A 911 tape released to Oklahoma City media outlets Wednesday reveals that 18-year-old Sarah McKinley asked a Grady County dispatcher for permission to shoot the intruder. McKinley's 3-month-old son was with her when she shot Justin Shane Martin, 24, at her Blanchard mobile home. "I've got two guns in my hand. Is it OK to shoot him if he...

On Christmas Day, 18-year-old Sarah McKinley lost her husband to lung cancer, leaving her the sole caregiver to their three-month-old son. On New Year’s Eve, the Oklahoma mother proved she was anything but defenceless after she shot and killed an intruder breaking into her home. Two men tried breaking into Ms McKinley’s house, one armed with a 12-inch hunting knife. While on the phone with 911, the young mother shot and killed one of the intruders with a 12-gauge shotgun after he passed the threshold. After her husband’s funeral the previous week, a man named Justin Martin stopped by Ms...

(CBS/AP) BLANCHARD, Okla. - A recently widowed young mother shot and killed an intruder on New Year's eve, while she was on the phone with a 911 operator. Sarah McKinley, 18, reportedly was home alone with her infant son just a week after her husband died of lung cancer, when two men tried to break into her house.

BLANCHARD, Okla. -- An 18 year old Blanchard woman says she was forced to shoot and kill a man who was breaking into her home Saturday afternoon. Sarah Dawn McKinley was home alone with her three month old son at the time. She says she heard a knock on her door and looked through the peephole to see two men, one of whom she'd met a couple times before. "I saw that it was the same man. He had been here Thursday night and I had a bad feeling then," said McKinley. McKinley says she moved her couch in front...

Blanchard police responded to a home invasion Saturday. Chief Walt Thompson said Justin Shane Martin, 24, of Blanchard, was shot and killed after breaking into a home.

Magnitude 3.3 Date-Time Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 14:10:41 UTC Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 08:10:41 AM at epicenter Location 35.399°N, 96.528°W Depth 10.4 km (6.5 miles) (poorly constrained) Region OKLAHOMA Distances 8 km (5 miles) NW (311°) from Cromwell, OK 11 km (7 miles) SSW (202°) from Boley, OK 13 km (8 miles) SSE (163°) from Paden, OK 37 km (23 miles) E (80°) from Shawnee, OK 92 km (57 miles) E (96°) from Oklahoma City, OK 290 km (180 miles) N (5°) from Dallas, TX

Drug Enforcement Administration agents have raided an Oklahoma car dealership that the government suspects may be one of about 30 such businesses in the U.S. involved in funding the terrorist group Hezbollah. DEA agents say the car lot of Ace Auto Leasing in Tulsa is part of a huge network that is selling cars and drugs -- and then using the money to support terrorism against the U.S., myfoxphoenix.com reports. During Friday's raid, agents could be seen carryout out filing cabinets and other items. They also questioned employees and took inventory. "They're making big time money and it's going right...

OKLAHOMA CITY – If there was an interesting distinction between Republican presidential front-runners Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney during last night’s Full Moon Debate in Iowa, on the day of a red, lunar eclipse, no less, is their interest, or lack thereof, in space travel and the opportunities that await humanity – out there. For all of his faults – and there are plenty – Gingrich’s interest in “a permanent colony on the Moon,” that would lead to the mining of “precious minerals” is an interesting one. The former House Speaker has also suggested that “a mirror system in space...

TULSA – Tulsa police arrested a 45-year-old woman they said mixed chemicals together to make methamphetamine inside a Wal-Mart store. “She didn’t have the money to make the purchases of the chemicals that were needed so she was taking what was needed in the bottle,” Tulsa Police Officer David Shelby told FOX23.com. Police said the suspect, Elizabeth Alisha Greta Halfmoon, had been in the store since noon on Thursday, taking chemicals from bottles and mixing them in order to make meth. She had been in the store for six hours, according to police. Security officials called police once they spotted...

They arrested one of the dead girl's older sister's ex boyfriend. He's already in prison for murdering his most recent girlfriend. Forbes Crime did a great series on this. background.... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,365081,00.html

TULSA, OK (KTUL/CNN) - Police arrested a woman they said mixed meth chemicals inside a Wal-Mart store. They reported the suspect, Elizabeth Alisha Greta Halfmoon, had been in the store for about six hours, taking chemicals from bottles and mixing them in order to make meth. One police officer received minor injuries when the chemicals in the bottle burned his hand. Nobody else was hurt. Tulsa Police Officer David Shelby said it was the first time he had seen anyone actually try to mix meth in a store. "There are elderly people, there are children, there are all kinds of...

NORMAN, Okla. — Members of Occupy Norman marched quietly along a sidewalk in downtown Norman on Wednesday, despite being threatened and having a tent vandalized earlier in the day. Peyton Gates said an irate man yelled at Occupy protesters currently camping at Andrews Park. “He threw the hammer at us,” she said. “He also said, ‘I’ll do a lot worse than that.” While Gates and other Occupy Norman members did not see the man vandalize the tent, they said he made statements of admission to them and threatened them. “Are you ready to die for your liberalism” was a statement...

A Tulsa County jury on Tuesday night acquitted a man of a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a neighbor in Broken Arrow. Jurors found Joshua James Vaughn, 34, not guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Tommy James Lovell on Feb. 10, 2009. District Judge William Kellough gave jurors the option of reaching a verdict on the lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter. The jury found Vaughn not guilty of that alternative also. First-degree murder in this case carried a possible sentence of life in prison, either with or without the possibility of parole. First-degree manslaughter has a...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Despite “suspending” his presidential campaign over the weekend in the wake of multiple allegations of sexual impropriety and marital infidelity, conservative businessman Herman Cain still held his pre-scheduled speaking engagement at the Marriott hotel for the Oklahoma Republican Party. Oklahoma GOP Chairman Pinnell introduced Cain by noting that Cain brought a lot to the Republican race and that tonight’s occasion was “joyous” and that this “Victory Rally” is part of making “Obama a one-term president.” As Cain entered, he was greeted with cheers and a standing ovation. He would later note that after he dropped out, he...

Ron Paul - 46% Herman Cain - 25% Newt Gingrich - 17% Mitt Romney - 6% Rick Perry - 3% Michele Bachmann - 2% Rick Santorum - 1% Gary Johnson - less than 1% Poll was conducted online at www.OklahomaStrawPoll.com from November 21st to December 5th.

In an effort to stimulate Oklahoma’s economy and allow the state to be more competitive with out-of-state companies, Sen. Harry Coates filed the Oklahoma Guest Worker Program Act Monday. Senate Bill 995, which is similar to Utah efforts, would allow illegal immigrants to legally work in the state providing a boost to sales and tax revenues. The bill will stop workers from continuing to flee to surrounding states such as Texas as well as attract hundreds of workers back to jobs that are chronically unfilled in the state. “Since the passage of House Bill 1804, we’ve seen a mass exodus...

If you still want to support Herman Cain for the Republican Nominee, it is imperative that you participate in the Oklahoma Straw Poll TODAY. Please follow the link here and participate in the poll: Oklahoma Straw Poll The vote requires a $5.00 donation.

DECEMBER 2--Police yesterday arrested the Oklahoma teacher who hosted a holiday party at her home that was attended by several young female students whom the educator videotaped wearing Christmas-themed bras and panties. Kimberly Crain, 48, was collared on felony complaints charging that she engaged in lewd acts with minors, manufactured child pornography, and possessed child pornography. Crain is pictured in the mug shot at right. According to a probable cause affidavit, Crain’s arrest came after a Shawnee Police Department investigator found incriminating images on a cell phone seized during a raid last month at her home. A cop was “able...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- As expected, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has officially dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination as a growing cloud of doubt and suspicion hung over him in the wake of numerous allegations of sexual impropriety. But despite his decision to drop out, he is still planning to appear at the previously scheduled "Victory 2012" rally on Monday evening at the Oklahoma City Marriott, according to Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Matt Pinnell. Pinnell said, in an email to Red Dirt Report: "While not a presidential candidate, Herman Cain is still committed to helping make Barack...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Two weeks ago, the Oklahoma Republican Party announced that GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain was scheduled to appear at the Oklahoma City Marriott hotel on Monday, Dec. 5 for a "Victory 2012" rally. And despite recent sexual harassment allegations and a more recent report of marital infidelity, involving an Atlanta woman, allegedly over 13 years, the pizza man with the 9-9-9 plan is expected to still go forward with his visit to Oklahoma City. "Still a go for Cain," said Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Matt Pinnell in a message to Red Dirt Report earlier today. Pinnell said...

I do not believe that students should be allowed to carry loaded firearms with them to class. Allowing concealed weapons on campus aims to fix a problem that doesn't exist, and will most certainly create new problems if it were ever to be implemented. Beside the fact that allowing students to carry guns around is both unnecessary and limitlessly dangerous, it is also not constitutionally viable. Vigilantes are by nature unjust because they don't provide their victims with a fair and just trial, as is dictated by our nation's laws. You can expect nothing more than a "shoot first, ask...

An Indian tribe that wants to drill for oil is clashing with a Missouri company that seeks to install windmills on the grassy prairie here, in a fight over access to land that illustrates the growing tensions between developers of old and new forms of energy. The Osage Nation, which owns the mineral rights in the area, has drilled for oil for decades. The proposed wind farm would be located on a patch of this land where the Osage said they have discovered oil. The farm's turbines and substation would impede the extraction of the oil, the tribe said. "It's...

WAGONER COUNTY, Okla. - Authorities are investigating a shooting and robbery of a man at a Wagoner County gun range. Wagoner County Sheriff Bob Colbert said 73-year-old Kenneth Payne of Wagoner was shot multiple times and had at least four guns stolen around 8:30 a.m. while he was at the Fort Gibson Wildlife Management Area Shooting Range east of Wagoner on Toppers Road. Payne was left for dead, but was able to call a family member on his cell phone for help, according to the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation who was asked to help in the investigation by the Wagoner...

Ardmore — An Ardmore man put a halt to a midnight burglar's plans to break into his home in a pre-Thanksgiving Day caper. Sgt. Ryan Hunnicutt, Ardmore Police Department Public Information Officer, said 21-year-old Michael Newberry was apprehended by a Shenandoah Street resident shortly before midnight. "The home owner was awakened by the sound of someone breaking into his home," Hunnicutt said. Armed with a handgun, the homeowner confronted the burglar and fired one shot in his direction. Hunnicutt said Newberry was not injured by the shot, but the confrontation convinced him to surrender to the homeowner. "The homeowner held...