U.S. Senate

Armstrong currently serves on the board of Williams Companies, where he was CEO until last year.

President Trump recently announced he's appointing Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of Homeland Security, but it's up to Mullin's fellow Senators to decide whether he's up for the job. They'll start that process the morning of March 18, according to posted committee hearing schedules.

Oklahoma Representative Kevin Hern formally announced his bid for U.S. Senate on Wednesday.

As Oklahoma's U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin transitions into a new role as President Donald Trump's latest Secretary of Homeland Security appointment, Gov. Kevin Stitt will pick his replacement. Here's how, according to state law.

Sen. James Lankford is cosponsoring a bill that would eliminate a tax contributing to the remediation of the country's most contaminated lands. More than a dozen such sites are listed in Oklahoma.

The bill would allow taxpayers to deduct donations from their federal taxes at a higher level, according to a news release.

Sen. Lankford talked immigration and other issues in front of business leaders at the Tulsa Regional Chamber.

Senate Bill 3543 would mark the historic neighborhood as a national monument, bringing with it support from the National Park Service.

The Senate has given final approval to a bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"[The] extent of McConnell's scorched-earth politics makes it clear why Washington has been either deadlocked or regressive. Anyone interested in social justice or the advancement of the ideals of democracy can read this chronicle and come away knowing who one of the principal political villains of the twenty-first century is." -- Booklist