On April 19, 1995, a bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. It killed 168 people — including 19 children — and injured hundreds more. It forever shaped our community.
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Oklahoma is a step closer to criminalizing people in the state without legal immigration status. Democrats questioned the bill’s legal and moral merits, as well as the consequences of its passage, intentional or not, during a tense House floor discussion Thursday morning.
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Get up-to-date on the latest from the state capitol, as lawmakers work their way through thousands of bills concerning taxes, school funding, reproductive care and more.
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Enter for a chance to win tickets to see Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa on Monday, May 6, 2024.
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Enter for a chance to win tickets to see Bruce Cockburn at Tower Theatre in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.
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KOSU's Oklahoma Music Minute features musicians and bands from across the state. Here's this week's featured artists.
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Local headlines for Monday, April 15, 2024
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Hundreds of Oklahoma high school seniors will graduate next month. On top of the end-of-year jitters and finals, prospective college students are completing FAFSA paperwork – but not always in English. Some students and their families need bilingual resources to take their next steps after graduation.
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Supporters of raising the minimum wage can start collecting signatures Tuesday on an initiative petition to put the issue on a ballot.
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A tax burden isn’t the dollars and cents you pay in taxes. Instead, it’s the proportion of total income you pay toward state and local taxes.
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Oklahoma’s Department of Veterans Affairs is seeing another leadership shake-up after Executive Director Greg Slavonic announced his departure from the agency last week.
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Jury selection is underway for Donald Trump's hush-money trial — the first time in U.S. history a former president is being tried on criminal charges. A decision could come by summer.
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Iran launched an unprecedented barrage of over 300 drones and missiles at Israel over the weekend. Israel and allies shot down nearly all of the weapons. Israel called for sanctions on Iran.
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Sirens sounded across Israel overnight as Israeli officials urged residents to take shelter. The attack follows a vow of retaliation from Iran after an earlier strike on an Iranian consulate in Syria.
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Local headlines for Friday, April 12, 2024
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