Senate leaders announced more details of the process the Oklahoma Senate Select Committee on Redistricting will use as the Senate prepares for redistricting next year upon receipt of data from the 2020 U.S. Census. “Redistricting will be one of the most important issues considered by the Legislature next year,” said Senate President Pro Tempore Greg…
Gov. Kevin Stitt announced that Chief of Staff Michael Junk is leaving the Stitt Administration to pursue opportunities closer to his family in Tulsa effective July 31. “Michael Junk has been a steady hand that helped guide us through a number of historic challenges throughout my first 18 months in office,” said Gov. Stitt. “It…
Republican Party candidates will appear first on Oklahoma’s November General Election ballots following the results of a public drawing, Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax announced. Libertarian Party candidates will be listed second, followed by Democratic Party candidates. State law requires the State Election Board secretary to conduct a drawing every two years to…
WASHINGTON, D,C. — “The Golden Years are supposed to be carefree, but sometimes the challenges of growing old can be depressing. At worst, they seem downright unfair,” says Rebecca Weber, CEO of the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. Weber cites, as an example, the complications of what used to be the simple task of…
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $20.3 million to Tribes across the nation as part of HUD’s Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Imminent Threat program, which provides funding to help address problems that pose an imminent threat to public health or safety of Tribal residents. This funding will be used…
The “Black Lives Matter” street sign illegally painted in yellow letters on historic Greenwood Avenue in Downtown Tulsa will be removed. Tulsa County Republican Chairman Bob Jack said that if the Black Live Matter sign is approved, city councilors should OK a request to paint “Back the Blue” on a city street. That sign supports…
Through the state’s CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry received $10 million in grants for the Food Supply Stability Plan for Oklahoma meat processors. “Agriculture processing never stopped during this pandemic,” said Secretary of Agriculture, Blayne Arthur. “This grant money is an exceptional opportunity for our Oklahoma meat…
State Question 805 – an initiative petition to further liberalize Oklahoma’s penal system – has qualified to be put on a ballot in 2020. Gov. Kevin Stitt will decide if it will be on the November 3 ballot. SQ805 would essentially cut the sentences for repeat nonviolent prisoners and release them from prison. The liberal…
Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat said that 39 interim study requests have been approved. Senators had submitted 64 requests. Treat said the study requests were assigned to the standing Senate policy committee with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the request. Now that the studies have been assigned to Senate committees, committee chairs will…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Josh West, R-Grove, and Rep. Collin Walke, D-Oklahoma City, announced their interim study on the issue of internet data privacy. “Day by day we are losing any semblance of privacy due to internet service providers and online businesses skimming behavioral data from the internet,” West said. “Take the company responsible for…