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Hamilton’s bills assigned to Senate committees

Tulsa Beacon

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, has authored 14 bills that have been referred to their respective committees and will be up for consideration in the next few weeks. “I’ve filed these bills to protect our constitutional rights, protect Oklahoma children, and make improvements across the state in a variety of areas,” Hamilton said….

Bill would require vote of the people to redirect property taxes to TIF Districts

Tulsa Beacon

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Tom Gann, R-Inola, has filed House Bill 1379, which would require a vote by citizens to redirect property tax through Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) Districts. Gann explained that in Mayes County, Mid-America Industrial Park (MAIP) officers proposed redirecting county property tax through the implementation of a TIF district to benefit new…

Bill to Repeal LEAD Act

Tulsa Beacon

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Tom Gann, R-Inola, has filed House Bill 1381 to Repeal the Large-Scale Economic Activity and Development (LEAD) Act of 2022. Last year, the Legislature passed House Bill 4455, the LEAD Act, which promised investment rebates for the cost of qualified capital expenditures for certain establishments based on creation of new direct…

TCCL annual Adult Creative Writing Contest

Tulsa Beacon

TULSA, Okla. — One thing is missing from the bookshelves of the world: your perspective. Now is the time to be your own author and write your own story. Local wordsmiths are invited to enter the annual Adult Creative Writing Contest from Feb. 1-March 31 for a chance to win cash and have their stories…

Absentee ballots for SQ 820

Tulsa Beacon

The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail for the March 7, Special Election for State Question 820 is approaching. Applications must be received by the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. Monday, February 20. Tulsa County Election Board Secretary, Gwen Freeman, says absentee voting is available to all voters and can be…

South Tulsa Baptist Marriage Initiative

Tulsa Beacon

South Tulsa Baptist Church is hosting a Marriage Initiative on Sat & Sun, March 4-5, 2023.  Join us for a conference that will strengthen and encourage your marriage! The guest speakers are David and Denise Glenn, founders of Kardo Ministries. Kardo Ministries is a family discipleship ministry based in Houston, Texas with partners on six…

ORU clinches share of Summit League Title

Tulsa Beacon

Oral Roberts University men’s basketball has clinched at least a share of the Summit League regular season title. They did so with an 82-73 win at Western Illinois, on Saturday. It would be the first regular season championship for the program since the 2011-12 season. ORU improved to 14-0 in league play making it the…

UCF dominates Tulsa, 96-52

Tulsa Beacon

UCF’s offensive explosion was too much for The University of Tulsa men’s basketball team as the Golden Hurricane fell 96-52 in front of 6,731 fans in the Addition Financial Arena on Saturday evening. It was a season-high given up by Tulsa 5-19, 1-12 AAC, in points and 3-pointers as UCF found the net on 17…

OU loses to Kansas a second time

Tulsa Beacon

Oklahoma men’s basketball dropped its second 2023 meeting with No. 9/8 Kansas 78-55 at Lloyd Noble Center on Saturday afternoon. Jalen Hill led the Sooners (12-13, 2-10 Big 12) with 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting and pulled down five boards. Otega Oweh received his second consecutive start and reached double figures, scoring 11 points. Grant…

OSU wins its fifth game in a row

Tulsa Beacon

Oklahoma State rallied in the second half to defeat No. 11 Iowa State, 64-56 Saturday night. For the Cowboys, it was their first straight win and for the Cyclones it marked their fourth loss in five games. OSU (16-9, 7-5 Big 12) was led by John-Michael Wright who scored 19 points. Bryce Thompson added 12…