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Tulsa rates high in obesity report

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WalletHub released its report on 2021’s Most Overweight & Obese States in America and Oklahoma didn’t fare so well. Obesity costs the American healthcare system $147 billion each year. WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 31 key points, ranging from share of overweight and obese population to sugary-beverage consumption among…

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Lawmakers finish redrawing Oklahoma district lines

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The Legislature in a special session last week passed congressional redistricting as required by the Oklahoma Constitution. A major change was taking Washington County (Bartlesville) out of the First Congressional District (Tulsa’s district) and adding parts of Creek County (Sapulpa). By law, the Legislature must redraw legislative district boundaries to reflect changes in population every…

Dahm files bill for 2020 election audit

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In response to what he described as unaddressed concerns with election irregularities across the country regarding the 2020 election, Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, announced he had filed Senate Bill 7X calling for a forensic audit. “I’ve heard from people across Oklahoma who have concerns about the loss of trust in our elections,” Dahm said….

Teaching CRT racism

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The Oklahoma State Department of Education’s website includes or directs teachers to materials that tout themes common to Critical Race Theory (CRT), a Marxist-derived theory that views issues through a lens of racial privilege and often divides groups along racial lines as either privileged or oppressed. While those materials are not explicitly labeled as CRT,…

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…