Skip to content

The Tulsa Beacon

 

News

Unvaccinated, healthy students are facing retaliation

Tulsa Beacon

With a state law that bans mask mandates in legal limbo, Oklahoma colleges and K-12 schools continue to impose mask and quarantine mandates upon healthy students. College students who question those policies have faced retaliation, while in Edmond parents are suing the school district. Colleges and public schools have imposed such policies even as COVID…

Dahm wants congressional changes in U.S. refugee law

Tulsa Beacon

In response to the recent news of refugees from Afghanistan being placed in Oklahoma, Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, filed SCR12 calling on Congress to change the federal refugee law. “Under current federal law the placement of refugees is handled by bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., and it’s done with basically zero input from the state…

Improvement to college athletics

Tulsa Beacon

On the same day the Big 12 Conference confirmed its expansion with the addition of four new universities, the Oklahoma State University A&M Board of Regents approved improvements to its athletics facilities to boost student athlete recruitment, academics, safety and amenity experiences. Funding for all projects will be from private donors. The Big 12 voted…

Steps to insure a safe blood supply

Tulsa Beacon

Facing an increasingly unsteady blood supply, the Oklahoma Blood Institute has helped found a first-in-the-nation partnership to prepare Oklahoma for emergency situations where blood needs are high. The Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC), is comprised of seven blood centers from five states that have committed to collecting extra blood units on a rotating, “on call”…

Medicare open enrollment assistance

Tulsa Beacon

The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) will hold its annual Medicare Open Enrollment webinar series from October 6 through November 17. The 7-week webinar series will educate Oklahomans on the different parts of Medicare, eligibility, enrollment options and how they can personalize their Medicare plan based on their needs. Participants can sign up for one or…

Jim Stovall at Tulsa Bible Church

Tulsa Beacon

Tulsa author and motivational speaker Jim Stovall will be the keynote speaker at Tulsa Bible Church at 6 p.m. on October 1. Tulsa Bible church is at 5838 S. Sheridan Road. Tickets for the dinner are $10. Stovall’s weekly column is published weekly in the Tulsa Beacon. In spite of blindness, Jim Stovall has been…

OSU students cheer on the Cowboys in their game against Tulsa Saturday in Stillwater. See related story on Page 7.

Making noise

Tulsa Beacon

Tulsa Beacon staff photo by Brian C Biggs. OSU students cheer on the Cowboys in their game against Tulsa Saturday in Stillwater.

Speaker blasts Biden mandate

Tulsa Beacon

Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, blasted President Joe Biden after Biden revealed his demands that all Americans submit to vaccination for the Chinese coronavirus. “The Oklahoma Legislature acted aggressively this session to stop unconstitutional federal overreach like President Biden proposed,” said McCall. “We saw this coming and are already prepared to block it in…

Dahm’s bills target abortion: Texas heartbeat law gets past Supreme Court test

Tulsa Beacon

In light of confirmation of a new Texas law against abortion, Sen. Nathan Dahm is hopeful similar legislation or even stronger prohibition will become law in the 2022 legislative session. Dahm wrote two bills in the 2021 Oklahoma legislative session to end abortion that passed the State Senate but not yet in the House. “One…

State tax revenues soar as energy production increases

Tulsa Beacon

State tax revenues in August grew by almost 20 percent over the year with a rebounding energy industry leading the way, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said. Total monthly gross receipts of $1.17 billion are higher than August of last year by $191.2 million, or 19.5 percent. Collections from the production tax on oil and natural…