Legislative Week
Each Sunday at 1:30 p.m. during the Oklahoma legislative session, Legislative Week delivers the latest news coming out of the State Capitol and examines the impact of new and proposed legislation.
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As the sun began to set on frontier life, a vigilante act ripped apart a young Oklahoma community and brought shame to citizens struggling to distance themselves from backwater violence. In the early morning hours of April 19, 1909, a group of Ada residents -many of them community leaders - avenged the murder of a popular local rancher and former U.S. Deputy Marshall A. A. "Gus" Bobbitt by lynching the four suspects. The mob effectively drove the outlaw element out of town, but in the process perpetrated a terrible miscarriage of justice. (To date, no person has ever been identified or prosecuted in connection with the killings.) DEATH OF THE OLD WEST marks the 100th anniversary of the event by examining the hanging and the fallout that still fascinates historians and stirs emotions among local residents.
About Legislative Week
About Legislative Week
Each Sunday at 1:30 p.m. during the Oklahoma legislative session, Legislative Week delivers the latest news coming out of the State Capitol and examines the impact of new and proposed legislation.
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Legislative Week returns in February, 2010.
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- Oklahoma House of Representatives
- The Oklahoma House of Representatives meets in Oklahoma City at the state capitol to consider changes in Oklahoma laws. The actions we take here in the capitol city have a direct effect on Oklahomans and their quality of life. We encourage all Oklahomans to take advantage of the information available here. We hope that you will find the resources here valuable as you follow the work of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
- Oklahoma State Senate
- The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses of the Legislature of Oklahoma, the lower house being the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The total number of Senators is set at 48 by the Oklahoma Constitution. The Senators are elected to four year terms on alternating cycles. The odd Senatorial districts are elected in the same cycle of every Presidential election year. The even numbered Senatorial districts are elected during the Gubernatorial election year, which occurs the second year after the Presidential election. The presiding officer of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, who is the President of the Senate. Since the 1960s, the President Pro Tempore has presided over daily work. Prior to that time, the President of the Senate took a leading role in the Senate, including appointing committees and members to those committees. The President of the Senate may cast a vote only in the instance of a tie vote and may not vote to create a tie. The Senate meets in regular session in east wing of the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, from early February to the last Friday in May. Special sessions may be called by the Governor of Oklahoma, or by supermajority vote of the Legislature.
- Governor Brad Henry
- Brad Henry is currently serving his second four-year term as governor of Oklahoma. Originally elected in 2002, Governor Henry was re-elected in 2006 by one of the largest margins in state history.