Tulsa World: 9-11: Ten Years Later: What passengers are saying…

By D.R. STEWART World Staff Writer Have the security measures at airports gone too far since 9/11? We asked passengers at Tulsa International Airport for their thoughts: “If I’m going to be flying, I want to be sure that the people I’m with are there for the same reason I am. The complaints I hear [...]

Tulsa World: Oklahoma getting less federal funding for terrorism prevention

By OMER GILLHAM World Staff Writer On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. On the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, America continues to fight a war on terror that has claimed the lives of more than 100 Oklahomans. In the next month, the [...]

Tulsa World: Poll shows Oklahoma views on Afghan troop withdrawal mirror the nation’s

Oklahomans’ feelings about the United States’ decade-long presence in Afghanistan appear to be roughly in line with the rest of the country’s, a recent survey by SoonerPoll.com indicates. Only 19 percent of the 587 Oklahomans surveyed said President Barack Obama is acting too quickly by promising to withdraw 35,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by next [...]

Tulsa World: Only 40 percent of Oklahomans think Republicans will do a better job than the Democrats

Story By Randy Krehbiel World Staff Writer. Oklahoma’s 53rd Legislature will be the first with Republicans in complete control of state government. The GOP owns large majorities in the House and Senate and inhabits every statewide office. The voters, however, have a sobering message: Only 40 percent think the Republicans will run the state any [...]

Tulsa World: Strict immigration measures retain solid support

Photo By Cory Young for the Tulsa World.  Story By Randy Krehbiel World Staff Writer. Oklahomans remain gung-ho for “Arizona-style” immigration reform but don’t appear to be quite as enthusiastic about it as they were six months ago, according to the most recent Oklahoma Poll. Sixty percent of those surveyed this month said they “strongly [...]

Tulsa World: Most voters against expanding alcohol sales

Story by Randy Krehbiel World Staff Writer. Oklahomans are not exactly tipsy over the prospects of wine and strong beer sales in grocery and convenience stores, the latest Oklahoma Poll has found. Fifty-eight percent of the 520 likely voters surveyed in early January by SoonerPoll.com said they opposed a proposal to make wine and beer [...]

Tulsa World: School consolidation not an easy solution for voters

By Randy Krehbiel, Tulsa World School consolidation is a popular topic whenever the funding of Oklahoma’s public education system is discussed. Consolidating some of the state’s more than 500 districts, proponents argue, would solve most or all of the state’s education money woes. Conventional wisdom is that the state’s urban areas are all for the [...]

Tulsa World: Puppy mill law supported

By Randy Krehbiel, Tulsa World Pet breeding is one area in which state regulation is appropriate, the latest Oklahoma Poll has found. More than 70 percent of the 520 likely voters surveyed earlier this month said they support state regulation of large breeding operations. Fewer than 15 percent opposed such regulation. “A lot of these [...]

Tulsa World: A majority of Oklahomans like some aspect of the health-care law

By Randy Krehbiel, Tulsa World Oklahomans don’t like the idea of mandated health insurance, but they are otherwise uncertain about the massive health-care reform bill signed into law last year, according to the latest Oklahoma Poll. Many of the 520 likely voters surveyed by SoonerPoll.com during Jan.3-6 gave what appeared to be conflicting answers on [...]

Tulsa World: Poll shows Oklahomans divided on open-carry

By Randy Krehbiel, Tulsa World Oklahomans like their guns, but they’re not sure they want to see one strapped to the hip of the person next to them in the check-out line. The 520 likely voters surveyed in the latest Oklahoma Poll were closely divided on the issue of an open-carry gun law, with 48 [...]

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