Randy Krehbiel

1 week ago | tulsaworld.com | Randy Krehbiel |Tim Stanley

After hearing from the reporters who covered the bombing, we wanted to catch up with those closest to the tragedy — the people who became known during and after the bombing for the roles they played. We asked each one: What did the bombing teach you? — Jason Collington, editorGov. Frank Keating: ‘The postscript is that the devil does walk the streets’The pain, the trauma, the contradictions and the paradoxes of April 19, 1995, never go away, says former Gov. Frank Keating. So many senseless deaths.

2 weeks ago | tulsaworld.com | Randy Krehbiel

Controversial legislation targeting Oklahoma's homeless population became sort of homeless itself on Wednesday. Senate Bill 484, by Sen. Lisa Standridge, R-Norman, failed for lack of a motion in an Oklahoma House of Representatives committee, meaning none of the four Republicans and one Democrat present wanted anything to do with it. The bill could be reconsidered by the County and Municipal Government Committee or moved to a different committee, but for now SB 484 is out in the cold.

2 weeks ago | tulsaworld.com | Randy Krehbiel

Legislation that could significantly alter public higher education in the Tulsa metro area continued its advance in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Tuesday, as did a formal campus ban of what is commonly called diversity, equity and inclusion. As amended in the House Postsecondary Education Committee, Senate Bill 701, by Sen. John Haste, R-Broken Arrow, would impose a five-year moratorium on all statutory restrictions on which courses public colleges and universities can teach and where.

2 weeks ago | tulsaworld.com | Randy Krehbiel

Tariffic: U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin urged Americans to buy American after President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on just about all goods coming into the U.S., while Sen. James Lankford was more circumspect. “I think there’ll be some products that there’s going to be benefit for, and some will be a detriment on it, and we’ve got to be able to work this out,” Lankford told CNN.

3 weeks ago | tulsaworld.com | Randy Krehbiel

Area legislative special elections on Tuesday sent two candidates through to May 13 general elections while two others are headed for a runoff on the same date. Democrat Amanda Clinton narrowly avoided a runoff against Dennis Baker against multiple opponents in their state House District 71 primary, and Senate District 8 Republicans made Paden's Bryan Logan their nominee for the special election.