Collin Duel

This past week at the Capitol, we welcomed several groups of students and the educators and leaders who are investing in this next generation of…

The Legislature has adjourned sine die as it is constitutionally required to do by the last Friday in May. The last few days of our…

The House this week passed the general appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2026 as well as more than 50 bills that set spending limits for…

House and Senate leaders, together with the governor, announced a budget agreement this week. The $12.6 billion appropriation for Fiscal Year 2026 is a 0.56%…

I took part in a ceremony this week, awarding the Oklahoma Cross of Valor to Richard D. Lawrence, of Wakita, at the State Capitol. Lawrence…

A bill to protect Oklahoma’s bioscience and research assets from being exploited by hostile foreign governments was sent to the governor this week for his…

This week, I was fortunate to have members from Leadership Guthrie visit me at the Capitol. This is a fantastic program for emerging leaders from…

We took time this week to convene a joint legislative session to remember the events of April 19, 1995, when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal…

Thursday was special as dozens of people from Guthrie made the trip from our state’s original Capitol to celebrate Guthrie Day at what is now…

Senate bills that passed the Senate chamber have now moved to the House to first be considered in policy committees before moving to oversight and…

This was a deadline week for the state Legislature. All bills had to advance from their chamber of  origin by March 27 to stay active…