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Teachers are fired

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Gov. Kevin Stitt said Oklahoma City Public Schools’ decision to fire six teachers for not complying with a legally suspect mask mandate is “preposterous” and harms students. “These are the types of misguided decisions that are leaving many parents across the country so frustrated with their local schools,” Stitt said in a video message. “Oklahomans…

Promoting Transgender

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An Oklahoma Teacher of the Year nominee, Bristow Middle School teacher Lauren Vandever, has declared that it is important to be supportive of children exploring transgender transition. “I am not transgender. I’ve never experienced being transgender or on the LGBTQ spectrum,” Vandever said. “But I definitely think it is something that is an important thing…

Energy prices fuel revenues

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Rapidly rising crude oil and natural gas prices helped push Oklahoma Gross Receipts to the Treasury into uncharted territory in October, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said . Gross receipts of $1.27 billion for October and $14.7 billion for the past 12 months set record highs yet again. Monthly receipts are up by 16 percent over…

Oklahoma National Guard won’t mandate vaccinations

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The Oklahoma National Guard has clarified their policy on COVID vaccination mandates for the soldiers and Airmen in their formations. At the direction of Governor Kevin Stitt, Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Mancino, the adjutant general for Oklahoma, issued updated COVID-19 vaccine policy for the Oklahoma National Guard. “This policy is not anti-vaccine. I and the…

Inhofe warns about the Russians

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U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, reacted after the Department of State confirmed that the Russian Federation conducted an anti-satellite missile test that generated debris jeopardizing American assets in space: “Putin’s reckless behavior continues,” Inhofe said. “On the heels of his aggressive military buildup at the Ukrainian border,…

Protecting state healthcare workers

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Rep. Sean Roberts, R-Hominy, applauded Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor for bringing a lawsuit designed to protect Oklahoma healthcare workers. Recently, in an effort to protect Oklahoma healthcare workers from religious discrimination, O’Connor filed a lawsuit on behalf of the State of Oklahoma to block Ascension Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest healthcare networks, from…

BA Band wins the national title

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The Pride of Broken Arrow marching band won  the Bands of America 2021 Grand Nationals Championship in Indianapolis on November 14 with a score of 98.25, the highest score in Bands of America history. The band performed “Edge of Eternity.” The Pride of Broken Arrow is now 16-time Grand National Finalist and is the 2006,…

TPS to ease its mask requirements

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Tulsa School Superintendent Deborah Gist and TPS Chief Financial and Operations Officer Jorge Robles are proposing a lifting of some of the requirements of dealing with the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. On Nov. 29, the district will no require masks indoors at district office sites or these high school campuses: Booker T. Washington, East Central, Nathan…

Thanksgiving has long traditions

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Settlers of the Plymouth Colony and their Wampanoag tribe predecessors kicked off a grand tradition way back in 1621, according to WalletHub.com. But the Thanksgiving we celebrate is a lot different than that first festival in honor of a particularly bountiful harvest. “Sure, we still eat turkey, potatoes and pumpkin,” according to WalletHub. “And we…

Jake Bay holds a frozen turkey donated to help John 3:15 Mission

Turkeys for John 3:16 Mission

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Jake Bay of Under The Sun Garden Center, 8998 S. Sheridan Road, holds a frozen turkey donated to help John 3:15 Mission gather a goal of 5,000 turkeys to give to Tulsa’s poor and to provide meals for the homeless during the Thanksgiving season. Under the Sun has allowed the Christian mission to park a…