VICKSBURG, Mississippi, May 23 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Claiborne Cooksey, ERDC Dr. David A. Horner, director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL), has retired after 40 years of civil service. A retirement ceremony was held in honor of the Clinton, Mississippi, native on May 21, 2024, at ITL. After earning his master's in civil engineering from Oklahoma St  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, May 23 -- The Oklahoma Policy Institute, a policy think-tank, issued the following statement on May 22, 2024: * * * Statement below from Shiloh Kantz, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Policy Institute, about the budget agreement announced by legislative leaders on May 22, 2024: "We are grateful that legislative leaders held extended budget discussions in a public forum this month. This process opened new levels of fiscal transparency that Oklahomans deserve when it comes to  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 23 -- The Oklahoma State Senate posted the following statements on May 22, 2024, from Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, and House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka: * * * Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, and House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, today released the following statements after Senate and House negotiators reached an agreement on the state's Fiscal Year 2025 budget. The budget agreement is the first time all meetings were hosted in  more