Legislative Update

Women’s Bill of Rights passes the OK House

March 30, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma House of Representatives has approved the Women’s Bill of Rights, preserving biological sex as a distinct legal category. Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin, authored House Bill 1449, which clarifies how people of both biological sexes are treated under state law by defining ‘sex’ as a person’s biological sex, whether male or…

House Approves two Bills to help Seniors

March 30, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Max Wolfley, R-Oklahoma City, has advanced two bills benefiting seniors in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. On Tuesday, Rep. Wolfley passed House Bill 2020, which increases the Oklahoma income tax exemption for retirement benefits from $10,000 to $20,000 beginning in the tax year 2024. “The exemption for retirement income hasn’t been…

Citizen Involvement in Legislative Process

March 30, 2023

Join Patriot Pastors for a civics class with guest speaker, Amanda Teegarden. This is part of our ongoing adult education. In this training class, attendees will learn how: the OK state legislature works how to contact your elected officials the course of a bill through the legislative process lobbying and how to read legislation for…

Early voting begins on Thursday, March 30

March 30, 2023

Early voting begins for the Board of Education General Elections for ISD-1 Tulsa Public Schools District 1, ISD-10 Berryhill Public Schools Office 3, ISD-3 Bixby Public Schools Office 3 and ISD-2 Sand Springs Public Schools Office 3; as well as Municipal General Elections for the City of Bixby Council Member Ward 3, City of Broken…

Emergency ballots for April 4 elections

March 30, 2023

Registered voters, who become physically incapacitated after 5:00 p.m. Monday, March 20 and cannot make it to the polls, still have an opportunity to cast their ballot. Tulsa County Election Board Secretary, Gwen Freeman, said that state law permits voters who become emergency incapacitated after 5:00 p.m. Monday, March 20 to vote under special provisions….

Sen. Dahm releases statement regarding Court incompetence

March 30, 2023

Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, released the following statement after the Oklahoma Supreme Court declared 63 O.S. § 1-731.4, or Senate Bill 612, unconstitutional. “Today five justices on the Supreme Court of Oklahoma created a limited right to abortion out of whole cloth. In a facetious exercise referencing the Dobbs decision, the majority ‘found’ that…

Oklahoma Economic Report

March 23, 2023

The U.S. jobless rate was 3.4 percent in January, down by one-tenth of a percentage point from the prior month, while Oklahoma’s employment numbers continued to show -strength. In January, the state’s unemployment rate was 3.1 percent. Regional economic trends have turned positive. The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index for the nine-state region reached…

Applications open for OK Human Services Energy Crisis Assistance and Water Assistance

March 23, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY (March 21, 2023) – Oklahoma Human Services is now accepting online applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Energy Crisis Assistance Program (ECAP) and Low Income Home Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) at OKDHSLive.org. ECAP Eligibility: Households which have received a 72-hour cut-off notice at the time of application or an…

How to request and emergency ballot for the April 4 election

March 23, 2023

Tulsa County voluntary flood buyout program

March 23, 2023

The Tulsa Board of County Commissioners approved the voluntary buy-out plan for homes affected by the 2019 flood at their meeting on Monday, March 13. Due to the extensive damage to housing and infrastructure, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that the State of Oklahoma was eligible to receive disaster…