Oil prices are leaping, and stocks are weakening Friday on worries that Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets could escalate further and damage the flow of crude around the world, along with the global economy. 

Former Oklahoma State University President Dr. Kayse Shrum has ed the Chickasaw Nation as chief health strategy officer. 

With at least five declared candidates jumping into Oklahoma’s Republican gubernatorial primary, and more likely to announce, public for anyone in the flooded field from the state’s congressional delegation is hard to find.

Former U.S. Rep. Billy Long of Missouri was confirmed on Thursday to lead the Internal Revenue Service, giving the beleaguered agency he once sought to abolish a permanent commissioner after months of acting leaders and massive staffing cuts that have threatened to derail next year’s tax filing season. 

Legal challenges were filed Wednesday aimed at a recent law that puts more restrictions on the process voters use to get issues on the ballot. 

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