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Curbing obesity and fighting tabacco

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Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Board of Directors passed two resolutions encouraging the adoption of policies and laws to curb obesity in Oklahoma and to protect Oklahomans from the dangers of tobacco. Obesity is an increasing epidemic in Oklahoma. The state places 46th in U.S. health rankings, with 35% of the state’s population being obese….

Grants to help Oklahomans buy food

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The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Board of Directors approved funding for seven grants to address food insecurity and increase Oklahomans access to healthy and nutritious food. “Many Oklahomans were already struggling with food insecurity and access to nutritious food even before the pandemic,” said TSET Board of Directors Chair Bruce Benjamin, Ph.D. “ The…

Cleaning in Hawthorne neighborhood

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The City of Tulsa on September 12 will start an effort to clean up a site in the 36th Street North and Hawthorne area.  The goal is to assist in the revitalization of the Hawthorne neighborhood. For two weeks, from Sept. 12 to Sept. 26, Hawthorne residents will receive help cleaning up trash, junk and…

Out-of-state insurance problems

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In January, regulators in Pennsylvania put midsize long-term care insurance (LTCI) issuer, Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (SHIP), in rehabilitation by court order. In response, the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) sent out the letter  to over 900 Oklahoma consumers with LTCI policies with SHIP to offer help and guidance. Even though OID is not…

OSU enrollment is up despite virus

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Enrollment is up by more than 360 students at Oklahoma State University and retention is at an all-time high despite the challenges of a fall semester with a hybrid of online and in-person classes. The university saw a 1.5% bump in enrollment this fall compared with fall 2019. OSU has slightly more transfer students at…

Hospitalizations in Tulsa drop

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For the week of August 23-29, Tulsa County saw a 4.36 percent decrease in cases of the Chinese coronavirus.   There was a remarkable decrease in hospital admissions, which decreased by 32 percent compared to the previous week. The minimum age of those hospitalized continues to increase, and for the second week in a row there…

New law counters threat of green movement restrictions

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House Bill 3619 by State Rep. Terry O’Donnell, which was signed into law in May, ensures local property and business owners beginning Nov. 1 will have the right to connect to any utility legally operating in their area. This protects private property rights and consumer choice and promotes free enterprise, said O’Donnell, R-Catoosa. “This law…

All are on redistricting committees

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House Speaker Charles McCall has appointed all House members to redistricting committees. Every ten years, the Oklahoma Constitution requires each legislative chamber to redraw its own districts and congressional districts following the release of decennial U.S. Census data. Eight regional redistricting subcommittees will go directly to the public to ask citizens how House districts should…

Funding for state transit providers

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Help is on the way for Oklahoma’s public transit providers that have been impacted by decreased ridership and higher operational costs due to COVID-19. Governor Kevin Stitt along with Secretary of Transportation and Oklahoma Department of Transportation Executive Director Tim Gatz announced that $6 million in federal CARES Act funding will be directed to ODOT…

State parking fee hikes are studied

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State Rep. Lundy Kiger, R-Poteau, hosted an interim study on state park parking fees before the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Kiger said he requested the study after the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department’s started charging parking fees of between $8 to $10 at about half of Oklahoma’s state…