"A Visit With the Lieutenant Governor" was first aired on Sunday March 23rd 2008. Our Guest was Jari Askins, Lieutenant Governor, State of Oklahoma. Our topics included:- Update on how things have been going this year
- Explain the tie she recently broke in the Senate, and what it was about
- Askins Commission on Children - recommendations it has come up with so far
- Kate Bernard Award - what it is
- What she is doing as Chair of the Tourism Commission
- Her thoughts about the Governor's comments in the State of the State address that education and children are the State's top priorities -what it will mean specifically insofar as improvements are concerned
- Importance of the EDGE Endowment and Opportunity Fund to Oklahoma economy
- Under funded teacher retirement system
 Jari Askins, Mick Cornett, Kent Meyers
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