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Resuming the death penalty

February 20, 2020

Lethal drugs available State officials including Gov. Kevin Stitt, Attorney General Mike Hunter and Department of Corrections (DOC) Director Scott Crow said they have found a reliable supply of drugs to resume executions by lethal injection. The state will use an updated version of the previous protocol that includes recommendations by the 2016 multicounty grand…

Trump to fund a new VA hospital in Downtown Tulsa

February 20, 2020

In his new Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposal, President Donald Trump has appropriated $120 million to fund a veterans’ hospital in Downtown Tulsa. The total cost for the project would be $173 million The veterans’ facility would be a 275,000-square-foot, 58-bed medical-surgical hospital and would be built where the Kerr Edmondson Building stands, next to…

Millions for a new Gilcrease Museum

February 20, 2020

Instead of repairing and revamping Gilcrease Museum, city officials plan to tear it down and build a new facility at the cost of tens of millions of dollars. The Gilcrease Museum, home to more than 350,000 art objects will get a new building paid for a tax increase package approved by Tulsa voters. Surveyors examined…

Shoji Tabuchi to the Fiddler HofF

February 20, 2020

The Tabuchi Family and Shoji Entertainments, Inc. announced that Branson showman Shoji Tabuchi, will be inducted into the National Fiddler Hall of Fame in 2020. Tabuchi will be honored at a gala, headlined by Grammy Award recipient Kris Kristofferson and The Strangers, on April 18, at the Mabee Center in Tulsa. The National Fiddler Hall…

Oklahoma Gardening back on air

February 20, 2020 Trisha Gedon

STILLWATER – Super Bowl LIV is now history and there is Easter candy on the shelves at the store. This can mean just one thing – it is time for a brand new season of the longest-running gardening show on television. Oklahoma Gardening will hit the airwaves Feb. 15 and promises to be chocked full…

Family gas bills to rise in 2020

February 20, 2020

BOSTON — While American households are expected to spend nearly $2,000 on fuel in 2020, families can fork out an additional $200 more on gas per year if they aren’t careful, according to a new study released by GasBuddy. The study finds that 37% of Americans are already overpaying for gasoline, with more than 50%…

School board runoff vote April 7th

February 20, 2020

Jerry Griffin got 377 votes (37%) and incumbent Ruth Ann Fate got 335 votes (33%) February 11 to force a runoff vote in the race for Tulsa School Board, Office 6. In TPS District 1 Office 5, John Croisant got 1,063 votes (44%) and Shane Saunders got 633 votes (26%) to force a runoff. The…

Senate votes to clear Trump of all impeachment charges

February 13, 2020

Trump honors Oklahoma family in his State of the Union address Efforts by Congressional Democrats – including U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn, D-Oklahoma – to remove President Donald Trump from office were easily defeated February 5 as a majority of U.S. senators voted down both articles of impeachment. It was a bitter pill to swallow for…

A bill to temporarily revoke a doctor’s license called ‘comical’

February 13, 2020

The Oklahoma House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation directing the Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision and the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners to temporarily revoke the licenses of physicians who perform abortions. House Bill 1182, authored by State Rep. Jim Olsen, R-Roland, would revoke the license for one year. An amendment filed prior to…

Immigration cooperation bill advances

February 13, 2020

Rep. John Pfeiffer, R-Orlando, passed House Bill 3195 through the House . The legislation would direct all sheriffs, jailers and deputies to comply with any request made in an immigration retainer request provided by the federal government. The legislation would require the person identified in the immigration detainer to be informed they are being held…