Gov. Kevin Stitt announced the Bridge the Gap Digital Wallet initiative is now available to Oklahoma families. Bridge the Gap is a new initiative that will connect up to 5,000 low-income Oklahoma families with $1,500 grants to purchase materials for students ahead of the 2020-21 school year. Bridge the Gap is an initiative that will…
Tulsa gas prices have risen 8.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.82/gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 321 stations. Gas prices in Tulsa are 6.2 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 37.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the…
Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee welcomed students to campus this month ahead of the start of the fall semester, including 427 freshmen and 56 transfer students. Upperclassmen Welcome Week Workers began moving in at the beginning of the week, with new students moving in Aug. 5-6. Welcome Week activities then ran through Aug. 9, before…
There are signs that the Chinese coronavirus pandemic is over the latest surge in confirmed cases and is declining. The number of confirmed cases in Oklahoma dropped by 27% from July 31 to August 6. And deaths dropped by 3.4% statewide in that time period. The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 393 new cases…
In response to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, Tulsa Public Schools will open the school year without students in the classroom but will rely on them learning electronically at home. School begins on Monday, August 31, and will continue without students in classrooms for at least nine weeks (around the end of October). Officials are leaving…
Gov. Kevin Stitt announced details regarding “Learn Anywhere Oklahoma,” a new initiative that will use the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund to provide statewide access to digital content for both core classes and advanced coursework to students in kindergarten through grade 12. The governor has designated $12 million for the online content with oversight from…
Gov. Kevin Stitt said the state will be allocating approximately $250 million in CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to Oklahoma cities and counties based on their population. This change allows for city and county governments to access CRF dollars more quickly and with maximum efficiency. “For the past two months, the State has closely…
Oklahoma’s long-term care and nursing home facilities can apply for grant funding from the State to cover the expense of infection disease support, PPE supplies, and mitigation expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline for this grant program is August 31. “Governor Stitt and OSDH prioritized these critical CARES Act funds to continue to…
Gov. Kevin Stitt and Interim Commissioner of Health Lance Frye, MD, along with Norman Regional Health System President and CEO Richie Splitt, announced modifications to the State of Oklahoma’s COVID-19 hospital surge plan. “Since the start of the pandemic, we have been fortunate to work closely with our hospitals around the state, as well as…
Thanks to the delay in the annual income tax filings, state revenues jumped more than 25% in July compared to July of 2019. Because of the Chinese coronarvirus pandemic, the federal and state filing for income tax was moved from April 15 to July 15. State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said July receipts from all sources…