By Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready Thanks to the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) and all the front-line workers, Oklahoma has now entered Phase 4 of its…
During the first six weeks of the session, the Senate and House both focus on the bills introduced in their chambers. They’re introduced, and then…
House members endured hearing a flurry of hundreds of bills on the floor over the past two weeks as we reached our third-reading deadline for…
In just the past couple of weeks, we’ve hit two major deadlines for moving bills through the Legislature and we’re quickly approaching a third. Feb….
It is hard to believe it has been a year since COVID truly entered our lives. A year ago, as an OSSAA board member, I…
The first session of the 58th Legislature convened Feb. 1. The first month of session is generally devoted to committee work, which we just wrapped…
Once again, Oklahomans have pulled through another “unprecedented” bout of winter weather. Last October it was the unusually early ice storms. During the past two…
Monday, Feb. 1 marked the first day of the 2021 legislative session, and the spotlight of the first day is always the governor’s State of…
I am a member of the bicameral, bipartisan Legislative Oversight Committee for LOFT, the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency. This agency was the vision of…
By Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready It’s the most wonderful time of the year! People are busy decorating, gift-shopping and thinking about New Year’s resolutions. Tradition is one…
This past week, Oklahoma received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines and frontline health care workers began to receive their shots as part of the…
Thanksgiving has come and gone and we are now in the final days of the Fall semester. I’ve said this often but I’m not sure…
With the 2020 U.S. Census completed, the population data will be used to guide legislators as we set about a very important task—redrawing the boundaries…
As we begin to prepare for the Thanksgiving break, I can’t express enough gratitude for our teachers and staff. Their willingness to be flexible in what…
By Glen Mulready Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Many Oklahomans are cleaning up after the ice storm that swept through the state this week. But the clean-up is just part…
As I write this, I think back to March 13th and also August 20th. The days in between those two dates will always be a…
Even though the main part of the legislative session begins in February and ends in May, legislators continue to work on the budget and issues…
We had some fantastic news this past week. Oklahoma is now a Top Ten state for the condition of our bridges. In 2004, we were…
I’ve thought about how this column would read for four and a half months since we last had students on March 13, 2020. It has…
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many challenges in terms of public health, our economy and the multiple impacts it’s had on our lives. Already…