Tulsa Community College will resume in-person classes for Fall 2020 across all four main campuses, two community campuses and Education Outreach Center. The Fall 2020 course schedule required TCC to alter 80 percent of its class sections to provide options in online, online live, blended and face-to-face classes. TCC will finalize changes by May 18….
State tax revenues plunged by more than half a billion dollars in April as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts the economy, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said. The April total was $1.08 billion, a drop of $502.5 million, or 31.8 percent, from April 2019. The economic impact hit all major revenue streams, but really dropped income tax…
STILLWATER – Oklahoma has seen an unprecedented increase in the number of unemployment claims, officials said. Unfortunately, some of those 51,124 claims have proven to be fraudulent. The Oklahoma Employment Securities Commission has reported at least 3,800 fraudulent claims have been filed since mid-March this year, said Cindy Clampet, Oklahoma State University Extension assistant resource…
(PRNewswire) – The City of Tulsa is threatening to evict IC Bus from its school bus manufacturing facility at the Tulsa International Airport, a move which would cost the city and the state of Oklahoma 1,600 jobs. IC Bus executives say in January 2020, the City of Tulsa, at the direction of Mayor G.T. Bynum,…
Tulsa city officials said a claim by IC Bus of Oklahoma and their parent company Navistar that the City of Tulsa threatened to evict them from their local facility is false. According to a Tulsa press release, “The City of Tulsa has no intent of issuing an eviction notice as the city is currently under…
State tax revenues plunged by more than half a billion dollars in April as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts the economy, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said. The April total was $1.08 billion, a drop of $502.5 million, or 31.8 percent, from April 2019. The economic impact hit all major revenue streams, but really dropped income tax…
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, is calling on the State Department of Education to cancel and resubmit its proposed rules on waivers from new school year calendar requirements limiting four-day school weeks that are favored by many rural districts. Last year, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 441, which requires school districts to…
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, met with Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter regarding his request of an investigation into the Oklahoma beef industry. He sent a follow-up letter expressing appreciation for Hunter’s quick response to his initial request and commending Hunter’s staff for how quickly they addressed his concerns. Humphrey said Hunter’s…
When supporters of Senate Bill 13 went to lunch on March 10, Sen. Kim David, R-Wagoner, hurried up a vote to keep the bill from advancing in the Legislature. SB13, authored by Sen. Joseph Silk, R-Broken Bow, is the Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act. Forty state senators – mostly Republicans – voted to stop…
The Oklahoma Senate approved the “Unborn Person Wrongful Death Act” to address the pain and suffering of family members of babies whose lives are ended through abortion. Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, is the author of Senate Bill 1728, which modifies provisions relating to awarding damages resulting from wrongful death in cases of abortions performed under…