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Mary Fallin

Controversial Law Raises Questions For Doctors

stateline | Michael Ollove | Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics

This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily repo...

GOP Gov Signs State Income Tax Cut Into Law

Reuters | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics

By Steve Olafson OKLAHOMA CITY, May 13 (Reuters) - Governor Mary Fallin on Monday signed into law a quarter percentage point cut in O...

Four Governors Whose Radical Tax Plans Have Taken a Beating (and Why They're Not Giving Up Yet)

Nicholas Johnson | Posted 04.12.2013 | Business
Nicholas Johnson

The hurdles that Governors Jindal, Kasich, Fallin, and Heineman encountered in their own states and with their own allies do suggest that there may be a bit less appetite for radical tax change in the states than it seemed a month or two ago.

John Celock

GOP Gov Sticks With 'Wait And See' Approach To Gun Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.26.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) is taking a "wait and see" approach to a series of pro-gun bills that are working their way through her st...

Producers Still Needed in Hollywood, But in Health Care Their Days Are Numbered

Wendell Potter | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics
Wendell Potter

A recent story out of Oklahoma shows just how vital investigative journalists are -- and how health insurance agents and brokers may be anything but vital in just a matter of months.

John Celock

GOP Gov. Blames 'Everybody' For Sequester

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Republican governor of Oklahoma blames both parties for the partisan gridlock causing the country to speed toward sequestration, the...

Lawmakers Push Pro-Gun Law As Economic Spur

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 02.21.2013 | Politics

Several Oklahoma lawmakers are touting proposed legislation to prohibit enforcement of federal gun laws as a way to expand the state's economy. Th...

GOP Gov Wants Gun In Purse

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 01.17.2013 | Politics

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) wants to be able to carry a gun in her purse. Fallin, who owns handguns, has applied for a concealed carry permit so...

John Celock

GOP Gov Waits To Take Stand On 'Fascist' Idea

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.09.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) is not taking a position yet on legislation introduced in her state to cross-train teachers as police offi...

John Celock

States Ask Feds To End 'Uncertainty'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.09.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Calling for an end to "uncertainty" from the federal government, along with greater flexibility for state governments, the leaders of th...

Governors Send Stern Warning To Congress

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 03.11.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Governors warned Congress Wednesday that lingering uncertainty over raising the nation's borrowing capacity could hinder their budg...

John Celock

Oklahoma Schools Superintendent Wants Police In Every School

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.21.2012 | Politics

An Oklahoma schools superintendent is coming out against a proposal from his local state legislator to arm teachers, instead calling for police office...

'Able-Bodied' Poor Residents Won't Get Health Care, GOP Governor Announces

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 12.05.2012 | Business

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) opposes providing health benefits to more than 40,000 "able-bodied" poor people by expanding the state's Medicai...

Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon Pushes For Expansion Of Medicaid to 300,000 Missourians

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 11.30.2012 | Business

Jay Nixon, Missouri's Democratic governor, will press the Republican-controlled state legislature to adopt an expansion of Medicaid that would provide...

Jeffrey Young

Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker Refuses To Set Up Obamacare Exchange

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 11.16.2012 | Business

Wisconsin won't create a health insurance exchange, Gov. Scott Walker (R) announced Friday, making it the latest state to reject a key component of Pr...

Mary Fallin Gives Republican Convention Speech

Posted 08.28.2012 | Politics

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin delivered a speech at the Republican Convention on Tuesday night. The Republican governor praised Mitt Romney and his ru...

GOP Governor Holds Out On Big Health Care Decision

The Huffington Post | Patrick Svitek | Posted 07.31.2012 | Politics

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signaled Tuesday that he is still weighing whether his state will opt out of the Medicaid expansion created by President B...

Right Wing Revolts Against GOP Moderates

AP | By JOHN HANNA | Posted 07.31.2012 | Politics

TOPEKA, Kan. -- Frustrated by their inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican states are turning against moderate members of...

John Celock

Communication Urged Between Feds/States

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 07.18.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Increased communication between the federal government and states is being emphasized as one of the ways to solve the budget crisis thre...

John Celock

Christie Declines Number Two Post At National Governors Association

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 07.15.2012 | Politics

WILLIAMSBURG, Va - In a surprising move, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) declined a long-planned move into the vice chairmanship of the National Go...

John Celock

Possible Romney Running Mate Says IRS Gains 'Governance' Role

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 07.14.2012 | Politics

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The chairman of the Republican Governors Association said that while he'll let Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) explain comments compar...

Barbour, McDonnell Warn About GOP Primary

National Journal | Sean Sullivan | Posted 02.27.2012 | Politics

On the sidelines of the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington that wraps up on Monday, Republicans are skeptical that the reemer...

Oklahoma Senate Approves 'Personhood' Bill

AP | SEAN MURPHY | Posted 02.16.2012 | Politics

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Senate has overwhelmingly approved an anti-abortion "personhood" bill that declares life begins at conception. The vote...

GOP Sets Sights On Elimination Of State Income Taxes

AP | By SEAN MURPHY | Posted 01.30.2012 | Politics

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A year after Republicans swept into office across the country, many have trained their sights on what has long been a fiscal conserva...

John Celock

Governor's Husband Given Permission For Legal Work

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.19.2011 | Politics

Oklahoma ethics officials have granted permission for the husband of Gov. Mary Fallin (R) to do business with two parts of state government. Falli...