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AAA Oklahoma: Record-Breaking Travel Volumes Expected July 4th Weekend

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OKLAHOMA CITY — AAA projects 50.7 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Independence Day weekend*, setting a new record for the holiday. Domestic travel over the long weekend will increase by 2.1 million people compared to 2022. This year’s projection surpasses the previous July 4th weekend record set in 2019…

TSET Accepting Applications for Infrastructure Grants Starting July 10

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OKLAHOMA CITY (June 26, 2023) – The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) will start accepting applications for grants to create healthier community spaces on July 10. TSET Innovations in Built Environment grants provide funding for projects that positively transform and improve the health of Oklahomans through improvements in the built environment. The built environment includes…

Hern’s health care bill passes the House

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WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Kevin Hern’s (OK-01) legislation, HR 3799, the CHOICE Arrangements Act, passed the House of Representatives this afternoon 220-209 and is headed to the Senate. HR 3799, which passed the Ways and Means Committee last week, would allow employees to use money from their employer to buy a healthcare plan that works…

Talihina Veterans Center Closure

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Jim Grego, R-Wilburton, today expressed his anger after receiving news that the Oklahoma Veterans Commission voted 5-0 to close the Talihina Veterans Center, effective immediately. “This means 36 families have just 90 days to find a place to care for their loved ones,” Grego said. “This is a disruption and a…

Reduced Fee Pet Adoptions in July

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BISSELL Pet Foundation, a national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending pet homelessness, is excited to announce it will team up with MetLife Pet Insurance for the foundation’s upcoming “Empty the Shelters” reduced-fee adoption event in July. Participating area shelters include: City of Lawton Animal Welfare Division City of Sand Springs Animal Welfare Humane Society…

Minute of silence for OK schools is recommended

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Endorsing a recommendation drafted by a special committee that reviewed the role of religion in schools, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is encouraging schools to begin each day with a minute of silence in which students can pray if they so desire. “The current national left-wing indoctrination is attempting to destroy religion as…

The Anchor at Shangri-La Resort named “Best New Attraction in Oklahoma”

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MONKEY ISLAND, OK – The Anchor, the indoor-outdoor activity park located at Shangri-La Resort, Oklahoma’s premier waterfront golf and outdoor recreation destination (managed by Crescent Hotels & Resorts, the award winning, nationally recognized operator of hotels and resorts with more than 120 properties in the United States & Canada), was awarded the Oklahoma Travel Industry…

Locust Grove native serves aboard U.S. Navy’s largest master jet base

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LEMOORE, Calif. – Airman Recruit Noah Henson, a native of Locust Grove, Oklahoma, is serving with the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) Lemoore located aboard the U.S. Navy’s largest master jet base in Lemoore, California. As a student at CNATTU, Henson is serving with sailors and Marines developing the skills required for…

OU and OSU both embroiled in controversies

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OU defends tuition hike despite record funding, State Senators call for reform The University of Oklahoma’s recent decision to further increase tuition, despite a huge increase in state appropriations, is drawing fire from state Senate leaders and leading to calls for reform, including imposing a legislative freeze on tuition. “The higher education system just received…

Groups across the political-spectrum support Free-Speech lawsuit against OSU

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Earlier this year, Speech First, a national civil-rights organization, sued Oklahoma State University (OSU), saying the university’s harassment, computer, and bias-incidents policies violate students’ First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Speech First represented three OSU students in the lawsuit who were associated with Speech First but did not identify those students by name. A judge ruled…