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Whitney Bryen/ Oklahoma Watch, File Voters cast ballots at the McClain County Election Board in Purcell

Whitney Bryen/ Oklahoma Watch, File Voters cast ballots at the McClain County Election Board in Purcell

Stitt signs bill regarding SQ recounts

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, May 20, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation that could require a recount if a statewide election on a statutory issue or constitutional change is decided by a narrow margin was signed by Governor Stitt. House Bill 2564 by Rep. Chad Caldwell, R-Enid, and Sen. Marty Quinn, R-Claremore, goes into effect Nov.
Bill to cap insulin prices signed into law

Bill to cap insulin prices signed into law

Bill to cap insulin prices signed into law

Tim Farley
Thursday, April 22, 2021
A “lifesaving” medicine will be more affordable since Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a measure Tuesday that passed both the state House and Senate. House Bill 1019 will make insulin much cheaper than currently charged by pharmacies. Introduced by Rep.
City of Lawton, file Sgt. Chris Tally of the Lawton Police Department displays a Zebra eCitation electronic ticket-writer.

City of Lawton, file Sgt. Chris Tally of the Lawton Police Department displays a Zebra eCitation electronic ticket-writer.

Bill to end ticket quotas moves forward in Senate

Tim Farley
Thursday, February 11, 2021
A state Senate bill that passed its initial hurdle would prevent Oklahoma law enforcement agencies from rewarding or punishing officers based on the number of traffic tickets written. Senate Bill 346, authored by Sen.
Rep. Andy Fugate

Rep. Andy Fugate

Bill to open elections spurned by committee

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, February 11, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – A proposal to allow voters of all political persuasions to decide which nominee should be elected to a public office when candidates from only one political party file for that office was rejected Tuesday on a party-line vote. House Bill 1844 by state Rep.
Another federal aid bill is a possibility

Another federal aid bill is a possibility

Another federal aid bill is a possibility

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, June 11, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Although support in Congress for another federal stimulus package is tepid at best, the possibility of another large infusion of federal aid is not entirely improbable. 2020 will be remembered in the U.S.
Juvenile justice

Juvenile justice

Governor signs juvenile justice protection bill

News Staff
Thursday, May 28, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – The governor signed a bill to protect children ages 12 and younger from being placed in a state juvenile detention facility unless all alternatives have been exhausted and the child is charged with an offense that would be classified as a felony if committed by an adult.
Dennis Willard, of Bellevue, Wash., carries a sign that reads "Where Is She" as he marches in support of missing and murdered indigenous women during a rally to mark Indigenous Peoples' Day in downtown Seattle, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. The observance of the day was made official by the Seattle City Council in 2014, and it takes place annually on the federal holiday of Columbus Day. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Dennis Willard, of Bellevue, Wash., carries a sign that reads "Where Is She" as he marches in support of missing and murdered indigenous women during a rally to mark Indigenous Peoples' Day in downtown Seattle, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. The observance of the day was made official by the Seattle City Council in 2014, and it takes place annually on the federal holiday of Columbus Day. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

House panel OKs bills addressing missing, murdered Indigenous

Lenzy Krehbiel-burton Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY — The state House of Representatives’ Public Safety Committee approved three bills Thursday targeted at addressing Oklahoma’s rate of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Authored by Rep.
A Union Pacific diesel-powered locomotive pulling about 38 cars of gravel across the Great Plains sat idle at a railyard north of Chickasha on Sunday. Each car of the estimated quarter-mile long train has a 2,300 cubic-foot capacity, weighing up to 225,000 pounds each.

A Union Pacific diesel-powered locomotive pulling about 38 cars of gravel across the Great Plains sat idle at a railyard north of Chickasha on Sunday. Each car of the estimated quarter-mile long train has a 2,300 cubic-foot capacity, weighing up to 225,000 pounds each.

Bill would set minimum crew for trains

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Any freight train operating in Oklahoma would have to be staffed with a minimum crew of two, House Bill 2874 mandates.
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