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April brings welcome rainfall to Oklahoma

News Staff

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

The state welcomed much-needed rainfall between April 24 and 30. Rainfall totals in Oklahoma averaged 1.89 inches, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The April 25 U.S.

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OERB receives Clean State Audit for 2022

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, a small state agency charged with environmental restoration of abandoned and orphaned oil well sites, received a clean bill of health from the state auditor’s office.

Tribal leaders push back on Governor’s veto of Regalia Bill, call for override

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — The leaders of the state’s most successful tribal nations called on state lawmakers last week to override Governor Kevin Stitt’s veto of a bill that would allow graduating Native American students to wear eagle feathers and other cultural items at graduation ceremonies.

Anti-retaliation bill for renters stalls in Senate

Tim Farley

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

An anti-retaliation bill that would protect tenants from vindictive landlords fell to the wayside in the Oklahoma Legislature this session, but proponents for the measure hope it’s resurrected in 2024. House Bill 2109 was authored by Rep. Daniel Pae (R-Lawton) and Sen.

Affordable housing out of reach for many Oklahomans

Tim Farley

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Approximately 40% of working Oklahomans cannot afford a modest rental home because of low wages and an affordable housing shortage in most of the state, according to an analyst with the Oklahoma Policy Institute.

New law provides security for state election workers

News Staff

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — Election officials across Oklahoma are accorded new security protections in recently enacted legislation. Senate Bill 481 by state Sen. Dave Rader (R-Tulsa) and state Rep. Jeff Boatman (R-Tulsa) was signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt on May 1.

U.S. Supreme Court grants stay in Glossip’s execution

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — Just days after Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond sent a brief requesting the execution be halted, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday stayed the May 18 execution of Richard Glossip.

PSO customers praise, pan ‘fuel-free’ power plan

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — As might be expected, Public Service Company of Oklahoma’s $2.47 billion “fuel-free” power plan has been praised and panned. Several PSO customers expressed their opinions to the regulatory Corporation Commission.

The recent Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award ceremony included (from the left) Steven Taylor, Courtney Warmington, Chancellor Allison Garrett, Chrystal Overton, Western Oklahoma State College vice president of academic affairs; U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Colby Arends, U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Raymond Harris and Dr. Chad Wiginton. WESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE COLLEGE

Altus Air Force Base receives Business Partnership Award

News Staff

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

ALTUS — Western Oklahoma State College recently honored Altus Air Force Base with the Business Partnership Excellence Award through the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the college announced.

Treasurer singles out 13 institutions as violators of state’s new ESG law

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — State Treasurer Todd Russ has begun blacklisting several of the nation’s biggest financial companies from doing business with the State of Oklahoma.

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