Tag: oklahoma
Wiretap: Superduper Tuesday and the return of 1968
Election day
Two front-runners, five states, a batch of negative ads, stakes growing ever higher and it all adds up to one more day on...
Wiretap: Oklahoma’s 10 Commandments standoff
Stone cold
It's an old story. The Oklahoma Supreme Court rules that the large 10 Commandments monument on state grounds is unconstitutional. The Oklahoma governor says she...
Wiretap: Oklahoma says oil-and-gas industry wastewater disposal caused earthquakes
Shakedown
You probably had some idea why Oklahoma was having all those earthquakes. Shockingly, the state of Oklahoma now admits you were right and the...
Littwin: The Great Pot Shot
Now we know what they do on a slow day (in other words, every day but 'Husker game day) in Nebraska. They take their...
Nebraska, Oklahoma sue Colorado for violating federal law with legalized pot
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers says the legal action seems more aimed at forcing the hand of federal authorities than it is at challenging the will of Colorado voters.
Wiretap: The mom pay gap is real
Wage discrimination is happening and it particularly affects women with children and women of color.
The Lockett Effect
By most accounts, Oklahoma’s execution of Clayton Lockett on Tuesday was a medical, legal and moral fiasco.
Wiretap: Another horrific botched execution
The state of Oklahoma had finally gotten its way and was about to complete the first of two executions when everything went wrong.
Gay marriage: Round Two at the Tenth Circuit in Denver
The U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the second of two gay marriage cases Thursday afternoon, wrapping up the arguments phase in what is the first round of federal cases testing the constitutionality of state gay-marriage bans.