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Last week, Gov. Kevin Stitt criticized the Oklahoma State Forester’s response to the fires that blazed across Oklahoma in March. This week, the governor is floating the concept of axing the entire Forestry Services division.
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Oklahoma's 60th regular legislative session has begun. While lawmakers have filed more legislation than ever before, only a relative few will ever become law.
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Local headlines for Wednesday, March 26, 2025
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OKC MTV, a local music video showcase, is coming to the historic Rodeo Cinema at the Stockyards in Oklahoma City.
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Legislators say the Jail Standards Act will establish clear minimum requirements for the state’s county detention and lockup facilities.
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Lawmakers are ready to reduce the number of state and local elections occuring yearly in Oklahoma. That means some “common sense” consolidating.
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Oklahoma schools could be required to show students a fetal development video — such as a prominent one produced by an anti-abortion activism group.
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More than three-quarters of U.S. wells make just 6% of the country's oil. They're called marginal wells because of their small output. But they're a big deal to oil producers and environmentalists.
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Oklahoma’s plan to meet federal smog regulations has been in limbo since the EPA rejected it in 2023 and the state sued in response. That case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard arguments today.
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The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports these cases are among unvaccinated individuals in northeastern Oklahoma.
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Local headlines for Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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In the latest development of the Muscogee Creek Nation v. City of Tulsa lawsuit, a civil rights attorney and Freedmen advocate, Damario Solomon-Simmons, filed a motion to intervene in the case last Friday as a representative of the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band.
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As questions swirl around the power and influence of the federal Department of Government Efficiency and its efforts to slash government services, constituents are calling into one important Oklahoma congressman’s office.
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Amid a slew of federal cuts under the Trump Administration, the U.S. General Services Administration announced plans to sell 443 federal properties, including the Oklahoma City Federal Building, earlier this month. After quickly backtracking, the agency has released a new list that does not include any Oklahoma facilities.
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