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State Senator Jessica Garvin

State Senator Jessica Garvin

Garvin's bill would lift carryover caps on school funding

Tim Farley
Friday, December 17, 2021
State Senator Jessica Garvin is hoping her bill that would remove carryover caps for school district general funds will garner the support of superintendents. At least one leading school official said she likes the idea which has some critical advantages.
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Lawton moves to help ease parking woes at Farmer's Market building

Eric Swanson
Thursday, December 16, 2021
LAWTON – City officials took steps recently to ensure that the Farmer’s Market building in downtown Lawton has enough parking. The Council voted Dec. 7 to amend the lease agreement with the Farmer’s Market Institute, a community organization that hosts the farmers market once a week all year long.
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Lawton making pandemic relief funds ready to spend

Eric Swanson
Thursday, December 16, 2021
LAWTON – Lawton officials are moving forward with plans to spend the city’s share of federal pandemic relief dollars. With no discussion, the Lawton City Council voted Dec. 7 to amend the city’s budget for fiscal year 2021-22, earmarking about $9.
John Shiver, principal architect with Stantec Architecture, presents a conceptual design for Lawton’s indoor sports complex to the Lawton City Council at City Hall Tuesday. The council approved the conceptual design, clearing the way for the city to move forward with the project. Eric Swanson/Ledger photo

John Shiver, principal architect with Stantec Architecture, presents a conceptual design for Lawton’s indoor sports complex to the Lawton City Council at City Hall Tuesday. The council approved the conceptual design, clearing the way for the city to move forward with the project. Eric Swanson/Ledger photo

Lawton OKs youth sports complex plan

Eric Swanson
Thursday, December 16, 2021
LAWTON – Lawton City Council gave the green light Tuesday on a proposal to build Lawton’s youth sports complex in Elmer Thomas Park.
This 2016 copy of the Oklahoma Administrative Code, comprising 21 three-ring binders, was on shelves in the Chickasaw Nation Law Library at the Oklahoma City University School of Law in January 2020.

This 2016 copy of the Oklahoma Administrative Code, comprising 21 three-ring binders, was on shelves in the Chickasaw Nation Law Library at the Oklahoma City University School of Law in January 2020.

Small business owners concerned about health care costs, qualified employees

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, December 16, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – The problems of greatest concern to small business owners are health care costs and finding and retaining qualified employees. Unreasonable and excessive government regulations rank high, too. Those are the conclusions from research performed by the U.S.
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Mortgage banker sentenced for fraud, ordered to pay resitution

News Staff
Thursday, December 9, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY — The septuagenarian founder of a mortgage lending and loan servicing company was sentenced to eight and two-thirds years in prison for “a broad range of fraudulent conduct,” Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester announced.             Ronald J.
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