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Stitt blasts Hoffmeister for failing Oklahomans in education

October 27, 2022

October 24, 2022 (Oklahoma City, Okla.) – Governor Kevin Stitt blasted Democrat Superintendent Joy Hofmesiter today after the Nation’s Report Card showed Oklahoma’s test scores have had one of the steepest drops in the nation: “This is a direct result of my Democrat opponent’s failure to improve education in Oklahoma during her eight years as…

Bright Health Will No Longer Offer Health Plans to Individual Oklahomans in 2023

October 27, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY – Bright Health will stop offering individual health plans in 2023 in all the Affordable Care Act (ACA) markets across the country. In Oklahoma, roughly 14,000 people in Oklahoma, Canadian and Cleveland counties will be impacted by this decision. The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) has been monitoring the company’s activities and ensures consumer…

Obituary: Charles Rogers Biggs

September 8, 2022

Charles (Charley) Rogers Biggs unexpectedly departed this world on August 29th, 2022. He was a beloved brother, husband, father, grandfather, and uncle. In 1953, he was born the youngest of five sons of Harley Upton Biggs and Rama Rogers Biggs. Charley and Susan met in 1981 through a mutual friend and married in July 1982….

Hofmeister wanted closings for 2 years due to the virus

August 25, 2022 Ray Carter

From July 2020 to July 2021, Oklahoma’s population growth outpaced most of the country thanks in part to people moving into the state. Officials attribute much of that migration to the lack of COVID restrictions and, in many cases, say the lack of widespread school closures was one factor that drew families here. “I personally…

High state funding doesn’t mean improved academics

August 25, 2022 Ray Carter

Oklahoma’s per-pupil funding for public schools typically ranks low in 50-state comparisons. But significant local property-tax bases have allowed several dozen Oklahoma districts to achieve dramatically higher per-pupil funding levels. In a significant share of those districts, per-pupil funding exceeds not only the average in Oklahoma, but also most states, and some districts have per-pupil…

Two freshman get ready for classes to start at Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma State freshman class is the biggest one ever

August 25, 2022

Oklahoma State University is welcoming its largest freshman class in history. With 4,668-plus first-time freshmen enrolled, the class of 2026 eclipses previous records and represents an increase of more than 9% over last year’s freshman enrollment for the fall semester. The OSU Honors College also set a new enrollment record for the second consecutive year…

Lawmaker seeks help for farmers hit hard by the drought

August 25, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, said he is considering proposing legislation that could be brought forward in the House’s current special session to assist Oklahoma farmers and ranchers in the current drought. “Previously, in times of serious drought, Oklahoma’s government has stepped in and assisted ranchers with shipping hay,” Humphrey said. “During Oklahoma’s…

Tulsa gas prices rose 14.9 cents/g

August 25, 2022

Average gasoline prices in Tulsa have risen 14.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.47/gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 321 stations in Tulsa. Prices in Tulsa are 37.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 61.3 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price…

Marxist elements are pushing CRT

August 25, 2022 John Grimaldi

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Marxist elements seek to brainwash our next generations of citizens using the Critical Race Theory [CRT]. They’re using a similar strategy to upend the cornerstone of American democracy — the free enterprise that has given us, as a nation, economic freedom. The focus of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free…

ICAP helps student prepare for life

August 25, 2022

As Oklahoma high school students return to the classroom this month, they will participate in an initiative helping them prepare for life after graduation. For the third consecutive year, all incoming freshmen in Oklahoma public schools will begin a four-year Individual Career Academic Planning (ICAP) process. ICAP guides students through a variety of academic and…