The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) is allocating $49 million in federal relief dollars to 88 Oklahoma school districts that had received limited funds under Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) II. The funds are part of the set-aside ESSER II dollars that had been allocated to the OSDE. As required under the…
Thanks to an anonymous donor, every public school in Oklahoma will receive four KN95 masks for every teacher and school staffer. These shipments come at a time when the vast majority of school districts are having in-person learning amid a statewide drop in COVID-19 cases. The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) is partnering with…
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.– The PGA of America wants people to register for PGA JobMatch and be considered for positions that support major championships in 2021, including the Senior PGA Championship, May 25-30, at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa. Individuals may register at PGAImpact.org through April 2, to potentially interview with the PGA’s key…
OKLAHOMA CITY – The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine faculty practice, University Hospitals Authority and Trust (parent organization of OU Medicine) and OU Medicine, Inc. (hospital partner) will to merge their hospitals and clinics into one unified organization, creating Oklahoma’s first truly integrated, comprehensive academic health system. “Bringing the strength of these equally powerful…
A flurry of bills in a wide range of topics – including education, health, abortion, patriotism, public safety and others – are progressing through the ongoing session of the Oklahoma Legislature. Some political issues concerning elections, patriotism and honoring the Founding Fathers gained approval last week. Election laws The Senate supported legislation prohibiting any state…
For almost a year now, several major Oklahoma school districts have not provided full-time, in-person instruction to students. Parents and state officials alike have wondered how that is impacting academic progress. A midyear report recently released by Tulsa Public Schools provides the answer in that district. Nearly every other student in Tulsa schools was recently…
State revenues overall are down slightly compared to last February but sales tax receipts are up by almost 8 percent, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said. Collections from all sources in February 2021 were $950.8 million, down by $6 million, or 0.6 percent, from February 2020. Since March of last year, monthly gross revenue has been…
According to a WalletHub.com study, Oklahoma is in the middle of the states (No. 25) when it comes to property taxes. The average American household spends $2,471 on property taxes for their homes each year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Considering these figures and the massive amount of debt in America, it should come…
March 12 is the deadline to register to vote in the April 6 election, which includes school board races, suburban city council races and some school and municipal bond votes, according to Tulsa County Election Board Secretary Gwen Freeman. Freeman urges voters who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the April 6 election to…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Online shopping has been a big winner as a result of the COVID crisis, spiking by triple digit percentages on a year-to-year basis, said the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. But it’s had a harmful effect on physical shopping destinations and across the country malls are taking a beating. According to authoritative…