The City of Tulsa and Tulsa County announced both organizations will be adding Juneteenth as an official holiday beginning in June of 2022. Last June, President Joe Biden created the new federal holiday, which applies to federal employees. Mayor G.T. Bynum recently approved the additional holiday to the City holiday schedule and the Board of…
Tulsa gas prices have risen 9.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.98/gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 321 stations in Tulsa. Gas prices in Tulsa are 19.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.12/gallon higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest…
Former longtime Tulsa County Assessor Ken Yazel passed away October 4 in Grove, Oklahoma. He was 76. “Ken Yazel was not a politician,” said Tulsa Beacon publisher Charles Biggs. “He was an American patriot who sacrificed his privacy and personal finances to serve Tulsa County. He left the assessor’s office in much better shape than…
All revenue sources rose in the past 12 months as Oklahoma set a new record with more than $14,500,000,000 in tax revenue. State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said revenues for September also set a record, reaching $1.38 billion and exceeded results from September of last year by 20 percent. “Gross receipts show improvement across the board…
WASHINGTON – On September 29, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), Jon Tester (D-Montana), Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island) and Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) to honor the centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. “It is a great privilege to introduce…
City and County officials have reached an agreement to allow the City of Tulsa to use the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center, 300 N. Denver Ave., as an overflow site for the city-run jail facility as needed for overflow. The agreement is through June 2022. “The focus of county and city government should always…
High school seniors and current college students looking for federal and state financial aid to attend college next fall should complete the 2022-23 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible. The FAFSA is used to determine how much financial aid a student may be able to receive to help pay for…
Statewide student testing data from spring 2021 has been released scores show that Oklahoma students, like most of those across the nation, paid an alarming price for the multitude of disruptions caused by the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. Results from the Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP) provide the first statewide measure of student performance during the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s not easy growing old. However, if you want to live to a ripe old age you have to work at it; you have to make a promise to yourself to take care of your mental health as well as your physical health. “The ability to grow as old as you can…
The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) announced which health insurance companies will be offering plans in the Oklahoma Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) Marketplace for the year 2022. Two new insurers will be joining the Marketplace next year, giving Oklahoma consumers more health insurance options. Starting this year, consumers will also have an extra 30…