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On Monday, I presented and passed House Bill 3190 on the floor of the House.
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As is customary, it was a short week at the Capitol due to spring break, but we were still extremely productive. We had more than 70 bills on our agenda on Monday and Tuesday. Of those, two were mine – Senate Bills 1184 and 1147.
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Dear Doctors: We moved recently, and my father, who lives with us, now has a new doctor. During his first appointment, she asked about his vitamin B12 levels and seemed surprised that this wasn’t a test that had already been done. My father is not a vegetarian, so why would this be important?
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DEAR ABBY: My stepson “Ryan” is an active senior in high school. He’s a great kid, and I love him. I’m proud and delighted that he says he loves my home-cooked meals, which he doesn’t get at his mother’s house. They eat a lot of takeout or premade foods. Not everyone likes to cook, so I don’t judge.
Read moreAccording to the National Autism Association, autism is a bio-neurological developmental disability that affects the normal development of the brain in various areas. Those areas include social interaction, communication skills and cognitive function. Autism generally appears before a child reaches his or her third birthday, and the NAA notes it is diagnosed four times as often in boys than it is in girls. Roughly 40 percent of children with autism do not speak, but parents whose children speak between the ages of 12 and 18 months should know that such youngsters can still ultimately be diagnosed with autism. In such instances, the NAA notes that children lose the words they previously learned. Incidences of autism appear to be on the rise, though the reasons for that remain unclear. According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of autism had risen to one in every 59 children by 2018. That’s twice as great as the rate in 2004, when the CDC reported one in 125 children were diagnosed with autism.
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DEAR ABBY: My longtime boyfriend passed away after an extended illness, and I’d like to offer a suggestion to your readers I wish I had thought of before his passing.
Read moreI’m an Alec Baldwin fan, but no one can admire how he has shirked responsibility for the death of movie photographer Halyna Hutchins.
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As many of you know, we lost a pillar of the Seminole community and friend of the entire state on March 5. Mrs. Jasmine Moran was extremely generous and cared for all of Oklahoma’s youth and students, and she will be sorely missed. The Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum has and will continue to inspire our children to think outside of the box and dream big, and I know Mrs. Moran’s legacy will live on through Seminole’s crowning jewel. Her work with Seminole State College will also be remembered as well as her love and support of all animals, evident through her founding of the Seminole Humane Society. It was an honor to attend her celebration of life ceremony, and I send my prayers for peace and comfort to Melvin, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren during this time.
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