Following the continued guidance from the CDC and conversations with other County Elected Officials, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) renewed a March 18 resolution (previously renewed on March 27) limiting access to the Tulsa County Courthouse until May 4. This may be renewed by the board. Visitors into the Tulsa County Courthouse will be…
Gov. Kevin Stitt, Comanche Nation Chairman William Nelson and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe Chairman John Shotton have signed new gambling compacts between the state and those two tribes. “These new (gambling) compacts are in the best interest of the state, members of the Otoe-Missouria tribe and Comanche Nation and the local communities where these tribes reside…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is giving $955 million in grants from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to help meet the needs of older adults and people with disabilities as communities begin measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Oklahoma is receiving grants totaling $12,945,861. The grants will fund home-delivered…
Mayor G.T. Bynum’s total budget proposal is $828.5 million – $25.1 million less than the budget for the last fiscal year. That’s a 3% cut. The operating budget is $693.7 million, a $20 million decrease, or 2.8% under the last budget. And Bynum wants to raise sewer and wastewater rates. The general fund, which funds…
The Oklahoma District Attorneys Council (DAC) through the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) Program can assist eligible public safety/criminal justice state, county, local and tribal units of government as well as victim-services non-profit agencies with a new $7 million federal grant. Awards will be used for preventing, preparing for, and responding to the coronavirus and…
Gov. Kevin Stitt and Attorney General Mike Hunter are disagreeing about the two gambling compacts Stitt signed last week with the Comanche and Otoe-Missouria tribes. Hunter said the governor has the right to negotiate the compacts but state law doesn’t give him the power to sign new compacts. The agreements are not authorized by the…
Tulsa Fire Chief Ray Driskell retired Thursday. Driskell, 56, has been with the department for 35 years. Former Mayor Dewey Bartlett made his fire chief in May 2012. Prior becoming chief, Driskell was as a fire marshal, assistant chief, district chief and chief of finance and deputy chief. Bynum has named Deputy Chief Scott Clark…
Oklahoma State University, the OSU Foundation and the OSU Alumni Association are partnering with several Stillwater vendors to produce a new #CowboyFamily T-shirt. The T-shirts are being sold for $22 by various Stillwater vendors who will then donate a portion of their proceeds to the Cowboy Strong Student Emergency Fund, a component of OSU’s COVID-19…
Oklahomans look for the return to normal after the coronavirus There are indications that life could start to return to normal soon in Oklahoma. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Kevin Stitt has extended the Safer at Home order only through May 6 for those over the age of 65 and vulnerable individuals with…
U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe and James Lankford, both Oklahoma Republicans, will join President Trump’s Opening Up America Again Congressional Group. Ninety-seven members of Congress from both sides of the aisle were asked to be part of the group. The President says he is getting ready to provide guidance to governors to determine their state’s ability…