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Oklahoma schools got $3 billion more. Much of it is sitting in the bank…

August 20, 2026 Ray Carter

Since the 2017-2018 school year, when teachers staged a walkout to protest what they described as insufficient education funding, total revenue to Oklahoma public schools has exploded. In the 2017-2018 school year, schools reported having more than $6.3 billion in revenue from all sources. By the 2024-2025 school year, revenue exceeded $9.5 billion, an increase…

Bixby voters to decide Four Bond Propositions Tuesday

August 20, 2026 Brian Barton

Bixby voters will decide Aug. 25 whether to approve four separate general obligation bond propositions totaling $77.5 million. The proposals cover public safety, roads, parks and wastewater infrastructure. Each proposition will appear separately on the ballot, so voters can approve or reject each one on its own. City officials have promoted the package under the…

Mazzei, Drummond clash over smelter, taxes in TV debate

August 13, 2026 Brian Barton

News On 6 in Tulsa and News 9 in Oklahoma City aired a televised debate Aug. 3 between Republican gubernatorial candidates Gentner Drummond and Mike Mazzei ahead of the Aug. 25 runoff election. Amanda Taylor and Craig Day moderated the statewide debate. A disputed allegation involving Mike Mazzei’s brother became a major development following Monday…

State Senate District 34 runoff

August 13, 2026

Senate District 34 saw incumbent Republican Sen. Dana Prieto running against three challengers in the June 16 primary – Brent Driskill, Aaron Forst and Kent Taylor. There was no candidate that received 50 percent of the vote so the top two candidates from the primary will go to a runoff election. Prieto earned the most…

Signing of Landmark Data Center Protections Laws

August 13, 2026

OKLAHOMA CITY — House and Senate lawmakers joined Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday for the ceremonial signing of two laws protecting Oklahoma utility customers and groundwater resources as large-scale data centers expand across the state. Stitt ceremonially signed House Bill 2992, the Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026, authored by Rep. Brad Boles,…

Tulsa City Council elections Districts 5, 7 & 9

August 6, 2026

The Tulsa City Council elections will be held on August 25th along with the state runoff elections. The Tulsa City Council elections do not have primaries as they are non-partisan races. If there are more than two candidates filed in a District and no candidate reaches over 50 percent in the Aug. 25th election the…

CAIR and IST sue Broken Arrow for denying mosque

August 6, 2026

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Islamic Society of Tulsa (IST) today held a news conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to announce the filing of a lawsuit against the City of Broken Arrow for illegally denying IST a rezoning application to construct a mosque in Broken Arrow. That lawsuit reads in part: “The City…

Last week to request absentee ballots for August 25 election

August 6, 2026

The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail for August 25, Federal and State Runoff Primary Election, State Questions 844 and 846, City of Tulsa General Election, City of Tulsa Special ONG Utility Franchise Election; as well as City of Bixby Special Bond Election is approaching. Applications must be received by the County Election Board…

Tulsa City Council elections Districts 1-3

July 30, 2026

Armstrong seeks to cut red tape, reduce energy costs

July 30, 2026 Ray Carter

Demand for energy is surging in the United States, but production of energy may not be able to keep pace with that demand due to current regulatory hurdles. That means all consumers, including households, could see energy prices continue to climb in future years if nothing changes. To prevent that scenario and protect Oklahomans from…