Senate Minutes with AJ Griffin: Oil prices impacting energy states
I believe one of the most basic traits shared by Oklahomans is resilience. Throughout this state’s history, we have been faced with tremendous challenges which…
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Massive reduction in the scope of State government
Over the past several years, if you have been in attendance while I spoke at the various civic groups and town hall meetings, you have…
Representative calls for Legislative pay decrease, makes donation to pro-life organization
GUTHRIE – State Rep. Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie, continued his mid-March tradition of providing a yearly donation of $8,241.92 from his legislative salary to the Guthrie-based…
Saving lives, potential ambulance response changes in Logan County and volunteer firefighters
Those driving the stretch of I-35 between Guthrie and Edmond will take note of the numerous occurrences of recent damage in the cable barriers which…
How to get through to your elected officials
It’s that time in the legislative year when the first series of consequential decisions are being made. Lawmakers are receiving thousands of emails from Oklahomans…
Jason Murphey: Sooner Football 1 – Transparency 0
What happens when Oklahoma’s favorite sports team goes up against transparency laws?
The real story of how a bill becomes law
This week state representatives will cast their first floor votes of the new legislative year. The floor vote represents an important step in the process…
Senate Minutes with Senator AJ Griffin
The 2015 legislative session is now underway at the Capitol. While we had one organizational day in January to elect leadership and adopt rules, the…
Calculating the impact of the 90 million dollar Edmond bond issue
A property’s taxable value is 11% of its assessed value thus the taxable value of a $200,000 home is $22,000. The value adjusts downward to…
Jason Murphey: Trying to stop logrolled tax increases
In January, Logan County residents experienced a tax increase. The tax increase happened after Logan County officials forced local voters to cast a single vote…
Two million visits to Facebook
State policymakers frequently encounter indicators which point to inefficiencies in state government. Many times these are subtle and nuanced pointers to which lawmakers must spend…
Websites visited by State employees, earthquakes and Hwy 33 road construction
Last week’s article regarding the top ten websites visited by state employees generated a significant amount of interest and became one of the most heavily…
The top 10 websites most visited by State employees
In December of 2013 I wrote about Oklahoma’s development of a security operations center designed to protect state government’s information technology infrastructure. When Oklahoma’s policy…
An example of a State employee saving your taxpayer dollars
Two months ago, I worked with Broken Arrow State Representative David Brumbaugh to organize a legislative hearing before the House Appropriations Committee.
It is not always what it seems
It was a faith-based event not unlike any of the many others which I have seen occur at Oklahoma’s state capitol building. A group of…
Sen. Griffin tapped for dual committee leadership posts
State Sen. AJ Griffin will hold leadership positions on two key committees during the 55th Legislature. Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman named Griffin, R-Guthrie,…
When faith meets politics
Shortly after the conclusion of the 2012 legislative session, I wrote an article based in part on my observations of the last stressful days of…
Murphey to chair State Government Operations Committee
Local State Representative Jason Murphey has been named as the Chairman of the House of Representatives’ State Government Operations Committee.
My most important vote
There have been 10,211 votes in the House of Representatives since I became a member of the Legislature. The most important vote I cast was…
More of my advice – For what it is worth
Last week I wrote of my advice to new office holders based on lessons learned over the past few years. You may read that article…
