News Briefs
The Senate Conservatives Fund just endorsed Jim Bridenstine, Congressman from Oklahoma’s First District, as the fund’s first-ever House of Representatives candidate. The Senate Conservatives Fund was started by former Senator Jim DeMint, who is now president of the Heritage Foundation. [...]
Attorney General Scott Pruitt was joined by 12 states this month in a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency warning administrators not to employ its backdoor “sue and settle” tactic to regulate hydraulic fracturing and oil production. The letter, signed [...]
More than 50 state companies and several national companies will attend a hiring event for military members and veterans in Oklahoma in June. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Oklahoma Employment [...]
The City of Tulsa’s May sales tax revenue for mid-March to mid-April as reported by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, totaled $19,347,718, only up 1.2 percent, or $237,874, from the amount collected for the same period in 2012. The sales tax [...]
KJRH 2NEWS Works for You was honored with seven top awards at the Oklahoma Associated Press of Broadcasters annual awards luncheon. KJRH received first place in Best News Anchor and Best Special Program; second place in Best Photographer Portfolio and [...]
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., introduced in their respective chambers the Ammunition Management for More Obtainability (AMMO) Act of 2013. The legislation would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a report on [...]
STILLWATER (PRNewswire) – Five years after launching a $1 billion fundraising campaign to support students, faculty, programs and facilities, Oklahoma State University officials announced the goal was surpassed nearly two years ahead of schedule. However, with a number of priority [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a report that shows despite a falling teen birth rate for all age and ethnic groups, nearly one in five births to teen mothers ages 15 to 19, is a repeat [...]
STILLWATER – Some parts of the country already have seen the devastation of tornadoes, floods and other severe weather. Oklahomans are more than familiar with the damage that can be caused when tornadoes, large hail and straight line winds hit [...]
Mayor Dewey Bartlett and former City Councilor Bill Christiansen will speak at before the Tulsa County Republican Men’s Club at a luncheon on May 8. Club President Darren Gantz said Kathy Taylor was asked numerous times to speak at the [...]
