Filing for candidates for local school boards and some area municipal races will be December 6-8. All forms must be completed and turned in by 5 p.m. on December 8. Contests against filings are due no later that December 10 and may only be filed by another candidate for that office. If more than two…
Voters in the City of Tulsa will decide on February 8 the fate of a new franchise fee agreement between the city and Public Service Company of Oklahoma. The City Council approved a proposed 15-year pact that would let PSO continue to use public right of ways and associated fees. The current 25-year contract expires…
(PRNewswire) — Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO), a subsidiary of American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP), submitted Requests for Proposals (RFP) for renewable energy resources to supply the needs of its customers. The RFPs solicit bids for the purchase of wind energy resources of up to 2,800 megawatts (MW) and solar energy resources up to…
Tulsa attorney James “Jim” R. Hicks will serve as the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Board of Governors 2022 president. He will be part of the OBA’s 17-member Board of Governors, which meets monthly and governs the association. Hicks attended OU and received his bachelor’s degree in finance before attending the TU College of Law. Admitted to…
(PRNewswire) — Avantive Solutions, a global technology and business process outsourcer (BPO) specializing in customer experience (CX), strategic sales, and digital marketing solutions, announced the addition of 375 new jobs to its Tulsa headquarters. The expansion will support the company’s continued growth in the healthcare and eCommerce sectors and will add to Avantive’s more than…
WalletHub released its report on 2021’s Most Overweight & Obese States in America and Oklahoma didn’t fare so well. Obesity costs the American healthcare system $147 billion each year. WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 31 key points, ranging from share of overweight and obese population to sugary-beverage consumption among…
The Legislature in a special session last week passed congressional redistricting as required by the Oklahoma Constitution. A major change was taking Washington County (Bartlesville) out of the First Congressional District (Tulsa’s district) and adding parts of Creek County (Sapulpa). By law, the Legislature must redraw legislative district boundaries to reflect changes in population every…
In response to what he described as unaddressed concerns with election irregularities across the country regarding the 2020 election, Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, announced he had filed Senate Bill 7X calling for a forensic audit. “I’ve heard from people across Oklahoma who have concerns about the loss of trust in our elections,” Dahm said….
The Oklahoma State Department of Education’s website includes or directs teachers to materials that tout themes common to Critical Race Theory (CRT), a Marxist-derived theory that views issues through a lens of racial privilege and often divides groups along racial lines as either privileged or oppressed. While those materials are not explicitly labeled as CRT,…
Gov. Kevin Stitt said Oklahoma City Public Schools’ decision to fire six teachers for not complying with a legally suspect mask mandate is “preposterous” and harms students. “These are the types of misguided decisions that are leaving many parents across the country so frustrated with their local schools,” Stitt said in a video message. “Oklahomans…