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The state Republican Party is fracturing from within. And the Oklahoma Freedom Caucus is using the internal division to campaign against moderate party-mates, hoping to replace them with far-right Christian Nationalists. But open Republican primaries in Oklahoma could ruin the plan. -
Fort Worth business owners worry the THC industry in Texas could be crippled after Congress closed a 2018 cannabis loophole. -
Texas Majority PAC and the Texas Democratic Party recruited 104 candidates to fill uncontested races. Gov. Greg Abbott's strategist said it amounts to a gimmick "if they don't back it up with serious resources." -
"Tamales are not easy to make. And it takes a whole community, a whole family." -
Bill filing for Oklahoma's 2026 legislative session began in earnest early this month, and more than 100 new laws have already been proposed.
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This week, Luke takes himself an early Christmas present of a whitetail buck, using an air rifle with a digital scope. -
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Langenscheidt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHi, This is Janice Northerns, coming to you from Wichita, Kansas, for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’ll be sharing a poem by a writer whose work I’ve long admired, Steve Brisendine. Steve lives in Mission, Kansas, but he grew up in Liberal, where I spent a quarter of a century. We both worked for the local newspaper there, though not at the same time.. -
Photographer: Carol M. HighsmithIn 1928 the commissioners of Kit Carson County, on Colorado’s Central Plains, made a forward-thinking decision that at the time was met with disapproval and dismay by many of their constituents. They purchased a carousel that had operated for many years at Elitch Gardens Amusement Park in Denver.
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The 1995 adaptation of Terry McMillan's novel celebrated the beauty of Black sisterhood.
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