As expected, Oklahomans elected U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe to another term in the Senate by an easy margin. Inhofe easily defeated 31-year-old liberal Democrat Abby Broyles. Inhofe has said this will be his last term to serve. Inhofe has been in the Oklahoma congressional delegation since 1994 and is now the chairman of the Armed…
Following a unanimous vote by the Judiciary Committee, the Senate confirmed Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett to become the 115th Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. “Having confirmed her to the Circuit Court in 2017 with bipartisan support, the Senate has already undertaken a thorough and rigorous review of…
STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State University/A&M Board of Regents has started a nationwide search for a new president after OSU President Burns Hargis announced his retirement as of July 1, 2021. “President Hargis has led OSU and the system through a time of historic growth and change for nearly 13 years,” said OSU/A&M Board of…
The City of Tulsa is raising utility rates again. The November utility bill will show a 1.7% increase for the typical residential customer for water and sewer service. The stormwater fee will go up 5% from $8.35 to $8.77 per month. This tax pays for maintenance of Tulsa’s system of stormwater drainage including 79,952 manholes,…
The City of Tulsa has geared up preparations in case Tulsa receives some early winter weather. The City of Tulsa is responsible for clearing snow and ice from the Gilcrease Expressway, L.L. Tisdale Expressway and all arterial (main) streets. Other highway segments in Tulsa are the responsibility of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. These resources…
Gov. Kevin Stitt will not appeal the U.S. District Court ruling issued July 28 regarding the State-Tribal Gambling Compacts. Stitt said, “The U.S. District Court has ruled the Model Tribal Gambling Compacts automatically renewed for another 15 years. While I have chosen not to appeal this decision, I believe that the people of Oklahoma will…
Lesa Dickson, AP Language and Composition Teacher at Broken Arrow High Schoo,l has been named a finalist for the 2021 Teacher of the Year competition by the State Department of Education. Dickson is one of 12 finalists and the only one from the Tulsa area. “When I sometimes consider my footprint on the world and…
OKLAHOMA CITY (PRNewswire) – Southern Nazarene University (SNU) – a private, Christian, liberal arts university that offers flexible degree-completion and graduate programs for working adults through its College of Professional and Graduate Studies – is offering an alternative certification plan of study for individuals who would like to teach but have not completed their full…
WASHINGTON, D.C., – The AMAC Foundation has published “a comprehensive, easy-to-understand” layman’s guide to help America’s population of senior citizens understand the ins and outs of Social Security. The book is called Ask Rusty: What’s so hard about Social Security. Russell “Rusty” Gloor, whose weekly column on the topic is published by several hundred news…
City of Tulsa offices will be closed on Veterans Day, November 11, and during the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Emergency responders, including the police and firemen, will be on duty. The non-emergency number for the police is 918-596-9222 and for the Fire Department is 918-596-9977. Here are the closings: November 11 – Veterans…