Governor Ricketts, First Lady Susanne Shore and Senators Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse fielded donor phone calls during the event. “We tell stories that connect us and provide a pathway to help those in need throughout our viewer and listening areas, from all across Nebraska and into western ...
He represented Senate District 46 in the Oklahoma State Senate. He was also a failed candidate for the United States Senate, losing to incumbent U.S. Senator James Inhofe. Rice serves as Foundation Fundraising Director of Variety Care health systems in Central Oklahoma, a non-profit group which...
Methodist. One of the founders of Craver & Steele, farm equipment manufacturers; invented the first successful twelve-foot binder for cutting and binding small grain; later, he was an oil producer based in Oklahoma. Died, of heart trouble, in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla., May 12, 1925 (age...
In addition, eight Senators and 43 representatives did not request any earmarks for fiscal year 2010. Among these are several Republican Congress members who are among the most outspoken proponents of earmark reform, like DeMint and Boehner, as well ...
“We really are just trying to do the best science that we can,” said Renee McPherson, a University of Oklahoma environmental researcher who is head of the center focusing on the southern-central US. It is McPherson’s job to understand how changes in climate extremes in the region c...
With more seats up for election--five of which belong to retiring Southern Senators--the Democrats are fighting an uphill battle to win a majority. But they've recruited stronger-than-expected candidates. All four of these states, A...
Opinion: Texas Wildfires and its immediate impact on the Climate Crisis Suzette Pujols - March 8, 2024 The Smokehouse Creek fire started on Feb. 26 and is affecting the northeastern Texas panhandle and western Oklahoma. The wildfire has burned more than... Opinion: The Increasingly Important ...
Why are so many Republicans retiring? Some of the retiring GOP lawmakers have served in Congress for several decades: Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, who first joined the House in 1991; Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Florida, who first arrived at Capitol Hill in 1989; Rep. John Duncan, R-Tenn...
him off here for now. Instead, Lord, who first joined Double-A Harrisburg in mid-April when injuries opened a rotation spot, has posted a 0.73 ERA and 0.90 WHIP with 62 strikeouts over his last 10 starts (62 innings) for the Senators – numbers that typically earn a push up the ...
Benton is actually the only pitcher to have faced both Ruth and Mickey Mantle in the big leagues (Mantle was 0-for-2 off him), according to SABR. Oh, and Benton, in his retirement years, was once arrested for driving a stolen car from Sacramento to Oklahoma City. And he did it while...