Oklahoma Gets Waiver From No Child Left Behind
Oklahoma is one of ten states that won’t have to comply with all of the requirements under the education law known as No Child Left Behind, a White House official confirmed Thursday morning. Oklahoma...
View ArticleC-SPAN in Oklahoma City This Week for Some Local History
The public affairs channel C-SPAN, which provides gavel-to-gavel coverage of Congress along with a broad array of government- and history-related programming, is in Oklahoma City this week preparing...
View ArticlePresident Obama Nominates Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange to Scholarship Board
President Barack Obama on Monday nominated U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange to the board of trustees for the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation. Miles-LaGrange has been the chief judge in...
View ArticleAlec Baldwin Says Arts Funding Helping Oklahoma Despite Sen. Coburn’s Opposition
Actor Alec Baldwin spoke at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday about arts funding in the United States, arguing that the country does not spend enough. He listed some of the Capitol Hill...
View ArticleQuestion from College Student
Funny that the student asked what the candidates could do to assure him and his PARENTS that he could get a job after college. …
View ArticleRep. Tom Cole Named to Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore, was named Thursday to the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents by House Speaker John Boehner. Cole said, “The Smithsonian Institution is an invaluable national resource for...
View ArticleOklahoma City Teacher Invited to First Lady’s Box for State of the Union Speech
Susan Bumgarner, a pre-kindergarten teacher at Wilson Arts Integration Elementary School in Oklahoma City, has been invited to sit in first lady Michelle Obama’s box for the State of the Union speech...
View ArticleFirst Lady’s Guests for State of the Union Speech
In addition to Oklahoma City teacher Susan Bumgarner, first lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden will have these guests for Tuesday’s State of the Union speech: Sergeant Sheena Adams (Vista, CA) Team...
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