The head of the second-largest teachers' union in the U.S. has been mocked for lamenting the damage from two years of remote learning - a policy which she promoted. Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, on Tuesday hosted a Facebook Live discussion entitled: 'Social Media is Having Negative Effects on Kids and Teens.' Weingarten, 64, began by noting… Read more »

FIRST LOOK: A bipartisan group of 10 House tax writers is urging the Treasury Department to be more open to business concerns about final foreign tax credit regulations released late last year. The 10 lawmakers told Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that they appreciated that foreign tax credits, in which companies can get a tax break for income taxes paid to other countries, are a… Read more »

Members of Congress urged the Treasury Department to be “mindful” of how new rules on foreign tax credits could hurt U.S. companies, and to work with them in implementing the much-criticized rules. Treasury should issue guidance to help companies apply the new rules, and “continue its engagement with industry to inform its understanding of the potential downstream impacts,” the… Read more »

Inflation has soared during President Biden's time in office, leaving many Americans paying more for essential items.  Inflation rose to 8.54% in March from 7.57% in February, having skyrocketed throughout Biden’s first year in office. Economists have pointed to Biden's signature multi-trillion dollar spending package as one of the drivers of inflation. Inflation is the rate at… Read more »

U.S. Congressman and Arkansas Tech University alumnus Kevin Hern returned to his alma mater on Wednesday, April 20, and shared his life story as an example of the American dream come true. "America is about opportunity," said Hern. "Chase your American dream. No matter where you came from, you can achieve anything you want to work hard enough to do. It doesn't matter where you went to… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern filed Wednesday to run for a third term, passing on an opportunity to compete for Oklahoma’s rare open U.S. Senate seat. Many had expected Hern to run to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. But after nearly four years in the House of Representatives, Hern is now poised to take on more influential policy roles in his next term instead of starting over in the… Read more »

There was a time when deficits mattered. First District Congressman Kevin Hern thinks they are beginning to again. Since arriving in Washington three years ago, Hern has angled for influence on Republican fiscal policy. On Thursday, speaking to the Tulsa Regional Chamber, he sketched the outlines of a plan to balance the federal budget in seven years. Asked later if anybody in… Read more »

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Representative Kevin Hern honored Marina Metevelis's 100th birthday on the House of Representatives floor on Friday. Metevelis is a member of Tulsa's community and known for having served as Tulsa's "Rosie the Riveter," during World War II. At 16-years-old, she reported to work on the B-17 bombers after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Metevelis has dedicated her… Read more »

Democrats in the House of Representatives blocked Republican efforts to move ahead with consideration of the American Energy Independence from Russia Act on Thursday that would have reopened U.S. energy projects to combat the rising cost of fuel caused by the Biden administration's anti-fossil fuel agenda. 218 Democrats voted against considering the proposal offered on the House floor… Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. - When President Biden unveiled his Fiscal Year 2023 budget proposal this week, he invoked the expression, "don't tell me what you value, show me your budget [and] I'll tell you what you value," suggesting that his budget makes clear that his administration values safety, security and fiscal responsibility. Oklahoma's congressional delegation sees it differently. "You… Read more »