December 5, 2024 archive

Sen. Lankford is a big ally of Trump’s federal cost-cutting plan

  Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford, the creator of his Federal Fumbles reports listing frivolous spending by the federal government is a big fan of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency. As a co-founder of the Senate DOGE Caucus, he will meet this week with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to discuss their …

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$28 million more in broadband expansion to rural Northeast Oklahoma

The formal launching of Oklahoma’s latest broadband expansion project, one totaling nearly $28 million, came this week in Vinita where the state contracted with BOLT Fiber, a subsidiary of Northeast Rural Services, Inc. which is a division of Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative. The $27.7 million involves four projects for high-speed internet expansion. The projects, funded …

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