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SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans available to non-farm businesses

March 30, 2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Small nonfarm businesses in 77 Oklahoma counties and neighboring counties in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico and Texas are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses…

Citizen Involvement in Legislative Process

March 30, 2023

Join Patriot Pastors for a civics class with guest speaker, Amanda Teegarden. This is part of our ongoing adult education. In this training class, attendees will learn how: the OK state legislature works how to contact your elected officials the course of a bill through the legislative process lobbying and how to read legislation for…

Early voting begins on Thursday, March 30

March 30, 2023

Early voting begins for the Board of Education General Elections for ISD-1 Tulsa Public Schools District 1, ISD-10 Berryhill Public Schools Office 3, ISD-3 Bixby Public Schools Office 3 and ISD-2 Sand Springs Public Schools Office 3; as well as Municipal General Elections for the City of Bixby Council Member Ward 3, City of Broken…

Emergency ballots for April 4 elections

March 30, 2023

Registered voters, who become physically incapacitated after 5:00 p.m. Monday, March 20 and cannot make it to the polls, still have an opportunity to cast their ballot. Tulsa County Election Board Secretary, Gwen Freeman, said that state law permits voters who become emergency incapacitated after 5:00 p.m. Monday, March 20 to vote under special provisions….

Sen. Dahm releases statement regarding Court incompetence

March 30, 2023

Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, released the following statement after the Oklahoma Supreme Court declared 63 O.S. § 1-731.4, or Senate Bill 612, unconstitutional. “Today five justices on the Supreme Court of Oklahoma created a limited right to abortion out of whole cloth. In a facetious exercise referencing the Dobbs decision, the majority ‘found’ that…

Gardeners, don’t be fooled by magic beans

March 30, 2023 Trisha Gedon

STILLWATER, Okla. – While Jack may have gotten lucky with the magic beanstalk beans he received when he traded his cow, gardeners may not be so lucky when purchasing seeds for their gardens. Casey Hentges, host of Oklahoma State University Agriculture’s television program “Oklahoma Gardening,” has a word of caution for gardeners purchasing seeds this…

April 4, TPS School Board candidates

March 23, 2023 Robert Watson

On Tuesday, April 4, 2023, a general election will be held for a member on the Tulsa Public School Board representing District 1. Two candidates are seeking the position: the incumbent, Ms. Stacey Woolley, who is also the current president of the board, and Mr. Jared Buswell. As a “a proud citizen of the Choctaw…

OEA advises to hide information from parents

March 23, 2023 Ray Carter

In recent years, Oklahoma lawmakers have voted to restrict access to school bathrooms based on sex, and have voted to prevent males from competing in girls’ sports as transgender females. But even with those laws on the books, a guidebook provided by the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA) to its members advises teachers to do the…

Bixby Band wins Irish Band Competition

March 23, 2023

The Pride of Bixby Marching Band from Oklahoma have been named as the overall winners of the 51st Limerick International Band Championship – Ireland’s only marching band competition. For the second year running, the Limerick International Band Championship returned to the Henry Street route as the city streets were filled with the sound of beating…

Oklahoma Economic Report

March 23, 2023

The U.S. jobless rate was 3.4 percent in January, down by one-tenth of a percentage point from the prior month, while Oklahoma’s employment numbers continued to show -strength. In January, the state’s unemployment rate was 3.1 percent. Regional economic trends have turned positive. The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index for the nine-state region reached…