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housing insecurity

As OKC grows, rising costs create housing insecurity

Jessica Ramirez spends her days caring for her 1-year-old son and working as a cashier, hoping to keep a roof over her head and...
Gentner Drummond, Tim Gatz

Improper merging? Drummond gives Gatz a citation

Much like the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Attorney General Gentner Drummond apparently cares about lanes. He cares so much that he issued a formal...

CIVICS

Phil Koons hearing

‘Get his day in court’: After Phil Koons hearing, case heading to jury trial

WAURIKA — In a packed courtroom this morning, Jefferson County District Court Judge Dennis Gay allowed a criminal case against Ringling Public Schools principal...
New Life Village

City taking New Life Village to court, June 18 set for Edmond lodging tax...

Two weeks after declaring New Life Village a public nuisance owing to persistent issues with code compliance and criminal activity, the Edmond City Council...
Oklahoma childcare bills

‘Nationwide issue’: Childcare bills reflect little-discussed aspect of education, workforce

When House Speaker Charles McCall announced Rep. Kyle Hilbert as speaker-designee for the 2025 legislative session, he praised the 29-year-old's experience. But when Hilbert (R-Bristow)...
Lee Anne Bruce Boone, new Ethics Commission executive director

New Ethics Commission executive director to ‘renew our focus on education’

Lee Anne Bruce Boone was named the fourth executive director of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission on Dec. 7, and she began her new duties...
Oklahoma e-filing

27 years and counting: The long road to e-filing in Oklahoma courts

After decades of discussion and development, Oklahoma's glacial journey to e-filing in state court appears nearly ready to bear some fruit. While the ability to...
Drummond dual office-holding opinion

After Drummond opinion, Stitt asks court to decide rights, obligations on dual office-holding

(Update: On Tuesday, March 12, Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed SB 1196, which proposes added exemptions regarding Cabinet secretary appointments. In his veto message, Stitt ...

CULTURE

Norman electricity powerline politics

Electric election: Norman’s shocking powerline politics

Tree lovers versus the power company? More like two sides — a city and a utility — who are almost in agreement, yet quite distant...
pizza tax

HB 1955 carveouts? Say hello to the beer and pizza tax

It appears groceries are about to get a little cheaper. Well, most of them anyway. After weeks of discussion, the Oklahoma State Senate decided to...
cut sales tax on groceries

Senate sends Stitt bill eliminating state share of sales tax on groceries

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt will get a tax cut he has pledged to sign, but not the one he most craved. The State Senate today...

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