OKLAHOMA CITY – U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced nearly $200 million in grant awards to 52 Native American Tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) across the nation for new construction. In Oklahoma, 4 tribes shared $12,204,173 under the program. The Chickasaw Nation got $5 million. The Modoc Tribe of…
Kristin Weis, co-founder and CEO of Project Demand has been appointed to a National Platform to Fight Human Sex Trafficking. She is one of the nine people appointed by President Donald Trump to the Public-Private Partnerships Council to End Human Trafficking. U.S. Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, and U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, nominated her for the…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated over $2.3 billion to support the long-term disaster recovery process in hard-hit areas in fifteen states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This allocation is supported through HUD’s Community Development…
Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, has filed legislation to give Oklahomans an income tax credit to offset the costs of work-related licenses required by the state. “We’ve been studying occupational licensing for years, and the one thing we’ve seen is growth in government where people are required to get a license, often unnecessarily, before they…
City of Tulsa officials said they are prepared for winter weather conditions. 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. Jerry Ball, Streets and Stormwater Department…
Governor Kevin Stitt has appointed Scott Crow as the director for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC), a position that will require Senate confirmation in the 2020 legislative session. “While interim director, Scott Crow stepped forward as a visionary and strong leader for the Department of Corrections,” Stitt said. “Crow successfully led the agency to…
Oklahoma State University’s soaring drone program is taking off in yet another direction with multimillion-dollar support from the National Science Foundation. The NSF has awarded a $1.49 million grant, part of its National Robotics Initiative 2.0 program, to OSU researchers He Bai, Rushikesh Kamalapurkar, Jamey Jacob and Matt Vance and former faculty member Balaji Jayaraman….
With holiday shopping underway, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel is encouraging Oklahoma parents and grandparents to consider giving a gift that children won’t outgrow a contribution to an Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan account. Consumers plan to spend 4 percent more on holiday gifts this season compared to previous years for an average of $1,047.83 per…
Governor Kevin Stitt appointed Michael A. Cawley to The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, a position that requires Senate confirmation. “Mr. Cawley is a successful businessman, attorney and OU alumni, with a career dedicated to serving rural Oklahoma,” Stitt said. “Mr. Cawley served for 20 years as president of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation,…
Every odd-numbered year, recognized political parties in Oklahoma are required to notify the State Election Board whether or not the party will allow registered Independents to vote in its primary elections. Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax has been notified by the Oklahoma Democrat Party that it will allow Independents to vote in its primaries in…