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Traveling Portrait Exhibit of 55 Over 55 Inspiring Oklahomans Launches at State Capitol

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OKLAHOMA CITY (January 19, 2023) – The traveling portrait exhibit of the inaugural class of 55 Over 55 Inspiring Oklahomans launches this week at the State Capitol on the fourth floor Rotunda with a free reception open to the public on Saturday, January 21, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The portraits will remain on…

Disaster Prep Protects Not Only Your House But Your Stuff

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Cape Coral, Florida, January 20, 2023 — Like many Americans, when Will Seippel started to think about where he might want to live for retirement, Florida was at the top of his list. In 2021 Seippel, the founder of WorthPoint, the world’s largest provider of information about art, antiques and collectibles, bought a house in…

Tulsa Boys’ Home seeks Foster and Adoptive Parents

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Tulsa Boys’ Home is excited to announce the launching of its critical initiative to recruit Foster & Adoption Homes for our boys! The Oklahoma Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division served close to 9,000 children who were living outside their homes for various reasons during the year 2022. Foster and adoptive parents play a…

Auditions for the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute announced

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Applications are open now with auditions in February; all accepted students attend on full scholarship OKLAHOMA CITY— High school actors, singers, writers, dancers, visual artists, filmmakers, musicians and photographers are invited to apply and audition for the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain (OSAI), Oklahoma’s one-of-a-kind arts education program. While visual and literary arts…

Stitt makes education a priority at Inauguration

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In an inauguration speech marking the start of his second term, Gov. Kevin Stitt vowed to continue his efforts to make Oklahoma a top 10 state in all areas with education and school choice a major focus. “Parents, we are going to fight for you,” Stitt said. “We are going to challenge the status quo….

OSU is accused of violating students’ constitutional rights

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Oklahoma State University has been sued by a civil-rights organization alleging the college has violated the constitutional rights of its students. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court, Speech First argued that OSU’s harassment, computer, and bias-incidents policies violate students’ First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The complaint said OSU has “created a series of…

Legislation filed to strengthen the energy sector and promote energy independence

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, has filed legislation to strengthen the energy sector and promote energy independence. “On this day in 1862, the first petroleum shipment from the U.S. to Europe arrived in England,” Dahm said. “Unfortunately, the radical left has so crippled our country with their ridiculous climate policies, that we…

Sen. Dahm files legislation to prevent further pandemic tyranny

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, has filed multiple pieces of legislation aimed at ending any remnants of the Covid tyranny, ensuring that there are greater limitations on government power during emergencies, and providing greater protections for individual freedoms in the event of such emergencies. “Three years ago, governments around the world chose…

Legislation filed to fight destructive woke gender ideology

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, has filed legislation to fight the dangerous and destructive woke gender ideology of the left. “For years, Senate leadership has dismissed the threat that the left’s gender ideology poses to our state,” Dahm said. “However, with instances of ‘family friendly’ drag shows, drag queen story hours, and…

Bill filed by Bullard prohibiting genital mutilation of youth under 26

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, recently filed Senate Bill 129, also known as the Millstone Act, to prohibit Oklahoma doctors from providing gender transition procedures or referral services relating to such procedures to anyone under the age of 26. The bill would further authorize the state’s attorney general to enforce the act and…