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Oklahoma public school enrollment exceeds 700,000

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For the first time in history, Oklahoma public school enrollment exceeds 700,000 students. The state’s annual student count shows 703,650 students enrolled in Pre-K through 12th grade for the 2019-20 school year, an increase of 5,064 over last year’s total. The figures were collected Oct. 1, and released this month by the Oklahoma State Department…

Master Sgt. Bryan Whittle is given the Airman’s Medal

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Oklahoma City – It’s an unspoken expectation as part of a member’s service in the Oklahoma Air National Guard at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base that “part-time” does not mean their service stops when they are living a life as a civilian. Their service in the military is part time, but those values are ingrained….

College of the Ozarks gets an A for finances

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POINT LOOKOUT, MO. — Forbes magazine recently released the College Financial Grades ranking and gave College of the Ozarks an “A” grade. The University of Tulsa got a “B.” Oklahoma Baptist, ORU, and Mid-America Christian University got “C”s. Oklahoma Christian University, Bacone College and Oklahoma Wesleyan each got a “C”-minus while Oklahoma City University, Southern…

Tribes get $200 million

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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…

Trump appoints Weis

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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…

$2.3b HUD disaster aid

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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…

Bill would give income tax credit for work-related licenses

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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…

Tulsa’s winter weather preparation

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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…

Stitt appoints Scott Crow to ODOC

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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…

OSU drone program gets $1.49m

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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….