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…
Amazon’s new fulfillment center in Tulsa is officially open for business along with two new delivery stations in Oklahoma City. The 600,0000-square-foot Tulsa fulfillment center at 4040 N. 125th E Ave. opened for the first time last week. The state-of-the-art center will employ more than 1,500 full-time workers who will work alongside technology created by…
August is the only month when Tulsa utility customers can cancel or subscribe to a monthly fee for EMSA for ambulance services. EMSAcare is a program by EMSA (Emergency Medical Services Authority) that covers the costs of emergency medical ambulance transport for all permanent members of households that participate in the program. EMSAcare subscribers either…
When pork processing plants across the country had to operate at a reduced capacity, pigs were stuck on farms longer than usual. okPORK staff began to search for local processing plants that were available to process pork for donation to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State University Robert M. Kerr Food and…
Each year, millions of dollars in life insurance benefits go unclaimed by beneficiaries who can’t find their deceased loved ones’ policies or, in some cases, may not even know the policies exist. Since 2016, the Life Insurance Policy Locator, launched by the Oklahoma Insurance Department through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, has helped 3,972…