Total revenue for July increased over July of last year by $44M or 3.3% while totals equal $1.36B. Receipts for the last 12 months through July total $16.93B, a decrease of $450.45M, or 2.6%, when comparing revenue from the previous year. Gross Production Tax or “GPT” totals equal $1.1B, down $639.9M or 37% for the…
Registered voters, who become physically incapacitated after 5:00 p.m. Monday, August 12 and cannot make it to the polls, still have an opportunity to cast their ballot. Tulsa County Election Board Secretary, Gwen Freeman, said that state law permits voters who become emergency incapacitated after 5:00 p.m. Monday, August 12 to vote under special provisions….
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 12, 2024 — The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation will continue serving as one of seven research institutions nationwide tasked with better understanding autoimmune disease. OMRF recently received a five-year, $3.8 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health to house an Autoimmunity Center of Excellence, or ACE. The nonprofit foundation has…
The Sooners joining the SEC this season were ranked 16th in the AP preseason poll and eighth in the SEC preseason media poll. This is their third season with Brent Venables as their head coach. OU has been in the AP preseason Top 25 poll 25 straight years, 66 times over all. Their overall ranking…
TULSA, Okla. –– The Tulsa Golden Hurricane football coaching staff gained a familiar face over the summer as Denver Johnson came home to serve as the director of player personnel and development, and director of alumni relations. A University of Tulsa alumnus, Johnson was an offensive lineman for the Golden Hurricane from 1976-80, earning all-Missouri…
TULSA, Okla. –– For the third consecutive year, the Golden Hurricane Champions Fund set a new high mark, with over $2.7 million raised from more than 2,000 donors, TU athletics announced. Tulsa surpassed last year’s total of $2.6 million, while the Champions Fund added more than 200 new members. The exciting news comes on the…
City council races for District 5 through 9 have a total of 14 candidates District 5 has two candidates with no incumbent running. Grant Miller is the incumbent in Council District 5. Alicia Andrews, 57 and Karen Gilbert, 55 will compete in the August 27 election. Andrews is the chair of the Oklahoma Democratic Party,…
Tulsa, OK August 6, 2024] – Tulsa Foundation for Architecture will host its bi-annual Tulsa Underground Tunnel Tours on Saturday, August 10th. Ticketed tours will occur in fifteen-minute intervals from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, with nearly 1000 people enjoying tunnel tours that day. Tulsa Foundation for Architecture has exclusive Saturday access to the Tulsa…
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Army National Guard’s 90th Troop Command held a change of command ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Lexington, Oklahoma, Aug. 4, 2024, celebrating the end of Col. Robert W. Walker’s tenure and marking the transition of leadership to Col. Steve D. Cheadle. “You have been a great leader…
New unemployment claims increased by 6% week-over-week on July 22, and were 9.7% higher compared to the same week last year. To help add some context to this statistic, WalletHub just released updated rankings for the States Where Unemployment Claims Are Increasing the Most. Key Stats: The following states had unemployment claims last week that…