Bill Promoting Holocaust Education Curriculum Passes House OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill to ensure Oklahoma students are taught the history and horror of the Holocaust - the systematic, state-sponsored persecution, and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators – passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday. House Bill 3720, authored by Reps. Mark McBride, R-Oklahoma City, and John Waldron, D-Tulsa, requires Holocaust education to be taught in all public schools in a manner that:
"The horrors of the Holocaust resulted in the extermination of six million people of Jewish descent as well as many of their sympathizers during World War II," McBride said. "And yet, it is proven that too few students in Oklahoma schools are taught or know about the Holocaust. With the war that is happening currently in Ukraine and that is threatening other parts of the world, this topic has never been more timely." The measure requires the State Board of Education to work in consultation with experts to develop and distribute curricula for students in grades 6-12. Read more »by Muskogee Politico - March 16, 2022 at 08:36AM ![]() Bill promoting Holocaust education curriculum passes House Click this headline to read the entire article at Muskogee Politico As my wife said when I told her about this, "You mean I just lost an hour that I might never get back?" Senate Unanimously Passes Lankford’s Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) offered the following statement after the Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which Lankford introduced last year with Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Rick Scott (R-FL), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Ed Markey (D-MA). “This is one issue that I have been chipping away at for a few years, and an issue I have consistently heard from Oklahomans—they are ready to lock the clock. Today Oklahomans, parents, dog owners, and lovers of daylight are one step closer to not having to deal with springing forward or falling back,” said Lankford. “Congress created Daylight Saving decades ago as a wartime effort, now it is well past time to lock the clock and end this experiment. I call on the House of Representatives to pass this bill immediately.” Read more »by Muskogee Politico - March 15, 2022 at 07:52PM ![]() U.S. Senate passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent Click this headline to read the entire article at Muskogee Politico State Senate passes bill to move court funding from fines and fees to annual appropriation3/15/2022 The intransigence of the State Senate in their refusal to pass legislation to abolish abortion leads them to pass pro-life legislation that:
Abortion abolitionism is the most consistent application of a biblically-minded "pro-life" philosophy. Abortion is murder, plain and simply; period, end of sentence. It's murder at 36 weeks, it's murder at 20 weeks, it's murder at 12 weeks, it's murder at 6 weeks, it's murder at 2 weeks. Drawing an arbitrary line at any point after life begins (conception) at which baby murder is a-okay is injustice. Every pro-life bill that seeks to regulate abortion is, in fact, ultimately perpetuating it. Here is an analysis by Free The States on five of the six measures passed by the Senate. Below is the press release from Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat's office: Senate advances important pro-life bills OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Senate on Thursday approved a slate of pro-life measures to ensure the state values and protects the lives of the unborn. “Since the grave error of Roe, states like Oklahoma have worked diligently to enact measures to protect the lives of the unborn and the bills passed today by the Senate further that work and will help sustain a culture in our state that values and protects life at all stages. It is my sincere hope federal legal precedents allowing abortion are overturned, restoring Oklahoma’s ability to prohibit abortion once again. Until that welcomed day, I will continue to lead the Oklahoma Senate to enact measures to save the lives of the unborn,” said Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City. The Senate approved the following pro-life bills: Read more »by Muskogee Politico - March 11, 2022 at 02:40PM ![]() State Senate passes several pro-life bills Click this headline to read the entire article at Muskogee Politico Ford's Highway Patrol Pay Increase Passes House OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers are a step closer to receiving a 35% pay raise after the House on Wednesday unanimously passed House Bill 4386 by Rep. Ross Ford, R-Broken Arrow. An emergency clause on the bill ensures the raise would be given to each commissioned OHP officer effective July 1. "Our Highway Patrol troopers have gone seven years without a pay raise," Ford said. "This is while they daily take their lives in their hands to provide safety and protection and a multitude of other services to Oklahomans throughout our state." Ford explained Highway Patrol pay lags behind that of many other law enforcement agencies in the state. This pay raise should take them close to what police officers in the cities of Edmond and Oklahoma City earn. Read more »by Muskogee Politico - March 11, 2022 at 01:30PM ![]() Highway Patrol pay raise passes State House Click this headline to read the entire article at Muskogee Politico |
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