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OMRF discovers new chemical link to Alzheimer’s

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 12, 2024 — Dopamine, the brain’s so-called “feel-good” chemical, appears to play a significant role in Alzheimer’s disease, an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist found in a groundbreaking new study. The discovery by Mike Beckstead, Ph.D., could someday provide a new pathway for ways to treat and even prevent the devastating neurological…

State System Fall Enrollment Increased for Fourth Consecutive Year

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For the fourth year in a row, Oklahoma’s public colleges and universities reported an increase in student enrollment for the fall semester. For fall 2024, the state system of higher education has seen an increase in enrollment in our two-year colleges, regional universities and research universities. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s Fall 2024…

GOP Easily Holds Legislative Majorities In Oklahoma

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Oklahoma Republicans easily held onto their supermajorities in the state legislature during this week’s elections, emerging unscathed. Republicans went into the 2024 election cycle holding 81 seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives to the 20 districts held by Democrats, while in the Senate the GOP held 40 seats to the eight held by Democrats….

Large Voter Turnout for November 5 Vote

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Regular voting on November 5 saw some precincts with long lines and waits of 2-3 hours while other precincts had much shorter lines and waits around 20 minutes. The voters were casting their ballots in a variety of races: Presidential, U.S. congressional house, state senate and house races, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, retention of Oklahoma Supreme…

Arm of Oklahoma Supreme Court engages in campaigning for justices

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Under state law, the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) is considered “an official arm” of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. As a result, when Oklahoma Bar Association President Miles Pringle used the association’s resources to email all licensed attorneys in the state, urging them to retain three members of the Oklahoma Supreme Court facing retention-ballot elections this…

Early Voting Breaks Records

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Oklahomans came out in droves to cast their ballots early and set a record for early voting in Oklahoma according to the State Election Board.  The old record from 2020 was 167,000 voters and in 2024 the total was 293,000.  Of the 293,000 voters 182,423 were Republicans, 74,117 were Democrats, 34,372 were Independents and 1,543…

VETERAN’S DAY Activities and Closings

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There are several Veterans Day events to be held on Veteran’s Day in the Tulsa area. The 106th annual Tulsa Veteran’s Day Parade will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday November 11.   The parage doute starts at 3rd and Cincinnati and ends on 6th and Frankfort. The Parde is hosted by VFW Post 57…

OK voter registration surpasses 2.4 million

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(Oklahoma City) – The State Election Board has released its official pre-election voter registration statistics and the report shows that Oklahoma has reached a milestone – surpassing 2.4 million voters as of November 1, 2024. This year’s report shows a net increase of more than 141,023 registered voters since January 15 and a net increase…