The November 5, 2024 was an historic election for the United States. Donald Trump was the second president to win a second nonsequential term as president. The other was Grover Cleveland in 1892. He defeated current Vice President Kamala Harris in both the popular vote and in the Electoral College. As of Tuesday, Nov. 12,…
The goal of John 3:16 Mission is to collect 5,000 turkeys. “This holiday season, Thanksgiving and Christmas, is a time when the community can do something that matters to bless our hurting neighbors,” says Steven Whitaker, CEO of John 3:16 Mission. “The meals we serve and the food baskets we distribute will make all the…
Governor Kevin Stitt announced the launch of the Oklahoma Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, a new division within state government aimed at strengthening partnerships with faith-based and nonprofit communities. The office will serve as a centralized resource for these organizations, helping them engage more directly and effectively with Oklahoma Human Services to address the…
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 12, 2024 — Dopamine, the brain’s so-called “feel-good” chemical, appears to play a significant role in Alzheimer’s disease, an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist found in a groundbreaking new study. The discovery by Mike Beckstead, Ph.D., could someday provide a new pathway for ways to treat and even prevent the devastating neurological…
For the fourth year in a row, Oklahoma’s public colleges and universities reported an increase in student enrollment for the fall semester. For fall 2024, the state system of higher education has seen an increase in enrollment in our two-year colleges, regional universities and research universities. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s Fall 2024…
STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University recently has received a $719,000 United States Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant to help new farmers and ranchers get their start in Oklahoma. The average age of an agricultural producer in the U.S. today is 58, and the number of family farms in the U.S….
In recent years, the outcome of an election has been treated as a trauma-level event by many officials, particularly at the college level. The University of Oklahoma is apparently not an exception. In a post-election Nov. 6 post on X, David Surratt, vice president for Student Affairs & Dean of Students at the University of…
Oklahoma Republicans easily held onto their supermajorities in the state legislature during this week’s elections, emerging unscathed. Republicans went into the 2024 election cycle holding 81 seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives to the 20 districts held by Democrats, while in the Senate the GOP held 40 seats to the eight held by Democrats….
Regular voting on November 5 saw some precincts with long lines and waits of 2-3 hours while other precincts had much shorter lines and waits around 20 minutes. The voters were casting their ballots in a variety of races: Presidential, U.S. congressional house, state senate and house races, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, retention of Oklahoma Supreme…
Under state law, the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) is considered “an official arm” of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. As a result, when Oklahoma Bar Association President Miles Pringle used the association’s resources to email all licensed attorneys in the state, urging them to retain three members of the Oklahoma Supreme Court facing retention-ballot elections this…