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Medical Marijuana Authority chief

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Adria G. Berry has been named the executive director of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA). Berry will oversee OMMA operations, focusing on policy, regulations and relationship building. “I’m honored and looking forward to working for citizens across Oklahoma who have been patient as the OMMA has worked to get its bearings after the passage…

TCC Signature Symphony schedule

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Signature Symphony at Tulsa Community College announces the professional orchestra will return to in-person performances at the VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education for the 2021-2022 season. With the theme Journey Together, the schedule includes seven concerts and continues the nationwide search to name Signature Symphony’s next artistic director and conductor. The 2021-2022 season begins…

Conservative Index

Most Conservative / Most Liberal: Republicans shine in Conservative Index

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Three Tulsa area Republicans – Sen. Nathan Dahm, Rep. Tom Gann and Rep. Wendi Stearman – are among the most conservative members of the Oklahoma Legislature and six Tulsa Democrats – Sen. Joanna Dossett plus Representatives Regina Goodwin, Meloyde Blancett, Monroe Nichols, John Waldron and Melissa Provenzano – are the most liberal. That’s according to…

TPS might sue to require facemasks

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Five of the seven members of the Tulsa School Board want to be able to order students, teachers and staff members to wear a mask while at school. The board, with two members absent, voted 5-0, to instruct their attorneys to challenge a state law that forbids public schools from mandating the wearing of facial…

Property taxes remain stable

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Despite the ups and downs of the Chinese coronavirus, Tulsa County school districts and other property tax funded groups won’t see a downturn in 2021. That’s according to a recent study by Tulsa County Assessor John Wright. “They can breathe a lot easier,” said Wright, who recently met with area educators who are anxious about…

Tulsa police officers to get $9,000 a year salary increase

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The Tulsa Fraternal Order of Police and Mayor GT Bynum have come to a contractual agreement that would offer Tulsa officers a significant pay increase immediately. According to Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 93 President Jeff Downs, under the contract, new officers would see a pay raise of nearly $9,000. That’s about an 18% increase…

Low-interest SBA loans available

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to Oklahoma businesses and residents affected by the flooding in Okmulgee County on June 7, 2021, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. SBA declared a disaster in response to a request SBA received from Gov. J. Kevin Stitt on Aug. 3, 2021. The disaster declaration…

There is benefit to positive thinking

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — There’s a song that tells us to “accentuate the positive.” Philosopher Norman Vincent Peale wrote a best-selling book that encouraged us to use the “power of positive thinking” to get along in life. But now, at a time when too many of us are experiencing bouts of depression due to the pernicious…

Bynum names new deputy mayor

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Mayor G.T. Bynum announced Cassia Carr will serve as Tulsa’s Deputy Mayor beginning Aug. 30. The Deputy Mayor serves as the acting mayor in the mayor’s absence and coordinates policy matters on behalf of the City of Tulsa. As Deputy Mayor, Carr will oversee the Administrative Division of City departments – including Municipal Courts, Human…

More funding for student teachers

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The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) will use $12.75 million in federal relief funding to pay eligible Oklahoma college students for their work as student teachers. The OSDE partnership with the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE) is believed to be the first time Oklahoma student teachers have been compensated for their work….