By Barbara Hoberock, Tulsa World, Okla. Feb. 12--OKLAHOMA CITY -- A Senate panel passed measures Monday that would increase physical activity for elementary school students and improve graduation rates. Both were initiatives embraced by Gov. Brad Henry.

By Kathy Kiely WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., sat in the back of the Senate wearing the tux he had donned for an evening event where he was the scheduled speaker. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., rubbed fatigue from her eyes. Rep.

By Barbara Hoberock and Mick Hinton, Tulsa World, Okla. Jan. 3--OKLAHOMA CITY -- An evenly split Oklahoma Senate voted unanimously Tuesday on the details of a historic power-sharing agreement. During an organizational day for the Legislature mandated by the Oklahoma Constitution, Sen.

By Barbara Hoberock, Tulsa World, Okla. Jan. 2--OKLAHOMA CITY -- Sen. Glenn Coffee will get the chance to sit in a chair never before occupied by a Republican. For a month this summer he will be the president pro tem of the Oklahoma Senate. Voters on Nov.

By Mick Hinton Randy Krehbiel and Curtis Killman, Tulsa World, Okla. Sep. 10--When Stephen Jones was 12 years old, he gave two quarters to the presidential campaign of Dwight Eisenhower, and he's been contributing to candidates ever since.