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	<title>Oklahoma Political News Service &#187; English Only</title>
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		<title>NEW Top Ten Coffee Enemies List; Rep. Terrill Added</title>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2009/04/14/new-top-ten-coffee-enemies-list-rep-terrill-added/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. W. McBlackville</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Randy Terrill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Glenn Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Harry "Turn" Coates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Patrick Anderson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Examiner.com: 
It’s the political perfect storm: the battle over official English, lawsuit reform and private prisons will determine whether Senate Leader Glenn Coffee stays or is ousted this legislative session.  And as a result, there’s been a change at the top of the standings of the Coffee Enemies List!
State Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma Doesn’t Need Official Language Law</title>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2009/02/02/oklahoma-doesn%e2%80%99t-need-official-language-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.okpns.com/2009/02/02/oklahoma-doesn%e2%80%99t-need-official-language-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. W. McBlackville</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Randy Terrill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Dennis R. Preston
English Professor
I have just read in the Daily O’Collegian that “[a] group of lawmakers … are refiling legislation … to make English the official language of Oklahoma government in an effort to save taxpayer money and help legal immigrants assimilate into American society.”
In another venue the chief sponsor of this legislation, Rep. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend Poll &#8211; Drivers Licenses in Multiple Languages?</title>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/04/04/weekend-poll-drivers-licenses-in-multiple-languages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.okpns.com/2008/04/04/weekend-poll-drivers-licenses-in-multiple-languages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Only]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier in the week, OKPNS wrote about a family in Bartlesville who has filed a federal complaint against Oklahoma because the Drivers License test was not in their native language (Farsi). We would like to know if you think the state of Oklahoma should have to comply with such requests.
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		<title>Voters May Have an Opportunity to Vote on Official Language in Oklahoma</title>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/04/03/voters-may-have-an-opportunity-to-vote-on-official-language-in-oklahoma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.okpns.com/2008/04/03/voters-may-have-an-opportunity-to-vote-on-official-language-in-oklahoma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Only]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. George Faught]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Randy Terrill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Bill 163, by state Reps. Randy Terrill (R-Moore) and George Faught (R-Muskogee), was amended Wednesday to put the English question to a statewide vote next November. The proposed constitutional amendment would make English the official language of state government in Oklahoma.
&#8220;This has been a long time coming,&#8221; said Terrill, R-Moore. &#8220;We need to focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcasts: Sen. Coates Shocked and Saddened After Cherokee Principal Chief Silenced</title>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/04/03/podcasts-sen-coates-shocked-and-saddened-after-cherokee-principal-chief-silenced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.okpns.com/2008/04/03/podcasts-sen-coates-shocked-and-saddened-after-cherokee-principal-chief-silenced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chief Chad Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Only]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Harry Coates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to listen to Senator Harry Coates
Click here to listen to Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Chad Smith
State Sen. Harry Coates (R-Seminole) said he was appalled that Chad Smith, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, was “gaveled down” during a House committee hearing on legislation to make English the “official” language of Oklahoma.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make OK Drivers License Tests Available in Farsi, OR Else&#8230;?!</title>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/04/02/make-ok-drivers-license-tests-available-in-farsi-or-else/</link>
		<comments>http://www.okpns.com/2008/04/02/make-ok-drivers-license-tests-available-in-farsi-or-else/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Only]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Randy Terrill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Tulsa World is reporting that an Iranian family in Bartlesville has complained that the Oklahoma Drivers license test is not available in their native language (Persian/Farsi).  As a result, they had to go to Kansas, to take a picture-based test, then come back to Oklahoma to exchange the licenses so that they could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend Poll: Language Laws</title>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/03/21/weekend-poll-language-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.okpns.com/2008/03/21/weekend-poll-language-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Only]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legislation is currently being considered to make English the official language in Oklahoma. Do you think this legislation is right for Oklahoma?
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		<title>Oklahoma May Join the Majority of the U.S. in English-Language Laws</title>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/03/19/oklahoma-may-join-the-majority-of-the-us-in-english-language-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.okpns.com/2008/03/19/oklahoma-may-join-the-majority-of-the-us-in-english-language-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Only]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HB 1804]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Randy Terrill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Randy Terrill, author of the the HB 1804 immigration bill, has proposed legislation to make English the official language in Oklahoma, reports Barbara Hoberock, of the Tulsa World Capitol Bureau. Terrill said:
It deals with the right of the state, as a sovereign entity, to control the method and manner in which it communicates with citizens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press One for English? No Call Your Senators for English!</title>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2007/09/27/press-one-for-english-no-call-your-senators-for-english/</link>
		<comments>http://www.okpns.com/2007/09/27/press-one-for-english-no-call-your-senators-for-english/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. W. McBlackville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decision '08]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Only]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Inhofe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) has introduced a bill that would make English the official language of the United States of America, and would require “The Government of the  United States   [to] conduct its official business in English, including publications, income tax forms, and informational materials.” It would also send a message to [...]]]></description>
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