Funeral held for Okla.’s first Republican governor, father of state’s modern GOP partyEDMOND, Okla. — Oklahoma’s first Republican governor who is credited with founding the state’s modern GOP party is being remembered as a caring visionary. Oklahoma Tax Commission reduces bill for former college students who ran party businessEDMOND, Okla. — A student-run party business that received a $320,000 tax bill after boasting on the Internet “over a billion served” and “biggest party in the country” will now have to pay only $2,300. |