On August 11, the Tulsa City Council approved Mayor Bynum’s proposal to provide City employees with a 4% employee retention bonus, along with $500,000 in stipends to be split between new Tulsa Police Academy hires, new 911 Operator hires, and new non-sworn critical hires. Some positions included in the $9.7 million proposal, which uses funds…
Tulsa County voters who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the September 14 Collinsville Public Schools special bond election should apply now, said Tulsa County Election Board Secretary Gwen Freeman. Absentee ballots are available to any registered voters if they are eligible to vote in the election requested. With some exceptions, all absentee ballots…
Former State Senator Mike Mazzei will run for State Treasurer. “I am excited to launch my campaign and it comes with my commitment that I will be a strong fiscal conservative watchdog for the state. I have built a successful small business in Tulsa by leading with trust and sound financial advice. I will take…
Adria G. Berry has been named the executive director of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA). Berry will oversee OMMA operations, focusing on policy, regulations and relationship building. “I’m honored and looking forward to working for citizens across Oklahoma who have been patient as the OMMA has worked to get its bearings after the passage…
Signature Symphony at Tulsa Community College announces the professional orchestra will return to in-person performances at the VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education for the 2021-2022 season. With the theme Journey Together, the schedule includes seven concerts and continues the nationwide search to name Signature Symphony’s next artistic director and conductor. The 2021-2022 season begins…
Three Tulsa area Republicans – Sen. Nathan Dahm, Rep. Tom Gann and Rep. Wendi Stearman – are among the most conservative members of the Oklahoma Legislature and six Tulsa Democrats – Sen. Joanna Dossett plus Representatives Regina Goodwin, Meloyde Blancett, Monroe Nichols, John Waldron and Melissa Provenzano – are the most liberal. That’s according to…
Five of the seven members of the Tulsa School Board want to be able to order students, teachers and staff members to wear a mask while at school. The board, with two members absent, voted 5-0, to instruct their attorneys to challenge a state law that forbids public schools from mandating the wearing of facial…
Despite the ups and downs of the Chinese coronavirus, Tulsa County school districts and other property tax funded groups won’t see a downturn in 2021. That’s according to a recent study by Tulsa County Assessor John Wright. “They can breathe a lot easier,” said Wright, who recently met with area educators who are anxious about…
The Tulsa Fraternal Order of Police and Mayor GT Bynum have come to a contractual agreement that would offer Tulsa officers a significant pay increase immediately. According to Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 93 President Jeff Downs, under the contract, new officers would see a pay raise of nearly $9,000. That’s about an 18% increase…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to Oklahoma businesses and residents affected by the flooding in Okmulgee County on June 7, 2021, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. SBA declared a disaster in response to a request SBA received from Gov. J. Kevin Stitt on Aug. 3, 2021. The disaster declaration…