Voters who want absentee ballots in the August 23 federal, state and county runoff election plus the City of Tulsa General Election, the City of Tulsa Charter Change propositions special election and the City of Skiatook sales tax proposal should apply now, according to Tulsa County Election Board Secretary Gwen Freeman. The deadline for requesting…
A technical-training program offered through Francis Tuttle and Tulsa Tech is offering new classes and certification options to fast-track a career in oil and natural gas. Funded by the oil and natural gas industry, the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board’s (OERB) PetroTech program provides a way to get into the oil and natural gas industry or…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Title 9 was established half a century ago. It prohibits discrimination based on sex in our schools. That’s a good thing. However, the Biden administration is seeking to change the definition of sex to include “gender identity.” When biological male students are allowed to identify as female, this puts biological females at…
Oklahoma City Community College President Dr. Mautra Staley Jones announced that the college has forgiven nearly $4 million in student debt using COVID-19 relief funds for its Fresh Start Initiative, which impacts over 4,500 OCCC students. “The pandemic affected our students and their families in various ways, and we recognize that many are still facing…
Tulsa School Superintendent Deborah Gist is battling Gov. Kevin Stitt, some state officials and at least three school board members who are tired of how the schools are being run. Here are some of the unresolved controversies. At the request of two school board members, Stitt called for a special audit of the Tulsa Public…
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State University surpassed the $50 million fundraising goal for the New Frontiers Agricultural Hall with the generosity of more than 600 donors. The milestone comes two-and-a-half years after publicly launching the campaign, which will help build a state-of-the-art teaching, research and Extension facility for OSU Agriculture. OSU President Kayse Shrum, Thomas G….
Oklahoma health officials reported 8,449 new cases of the Chinese coronavirus in the week of July 3-9 with 52 newly recorded deaths. Oklahoma is averaging 1,207 new cases a day, 8,449 per week, with 16,591 active cases as of July 13. “One of the best things you can do if you are symptomatic is to…
Rep. Justin JJ Humphrey, R-Lane, has presented Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor with a proposed lawsuit against the Biden Administration for what he calls an utter failure to protect the nation’s borders. “Article 4, Section 4 of the United States Constitution plainly outlines that protecting our nation’s border is one of the basic functions of…
Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, filed a complaint with the Oklahoma State Bar Association against Rep. Anthony Moore, an attorney and former prosecutor. The complaint shows the blatant legal flaws in the protective orders that Moore admits assisting his spouse to file against Small and other OCPA staff members. Moore,…
All interim study requests submitted by members have been approved in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The 82 study requests approved by House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, include eight proposed joint studies with senators. Some similar studies may be combined later . House committees will now begin scheduling studies between August and November. Interim studies…