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The legislative interim studies have been approved by both chambers, so the meetings are now being scheduled for hearings. Interim studies are hearings requested by lawmakers and approved by the leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate.
Read moreU.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona last week congratulated the 2024 President’s Education Awards Program (PEAP) recipients, recognizing hundreds of thousands of elementary, middle, and high school graduates from public and private schools across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Outlying Areas, and American military bases abroad on their educational accomplishments.
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Danny and Dr. Patricia Cole realized very early in the life of their son Duke Cole that he struggled relating to others. After years of watching Duke struggle to “fit in,” he was diagnosed with an autism disorder in his early teens. Now in his 30s, Dr. Duke Cole recently released the book “Easier than Fighting Rocky.” The book details Duke’s journey learning to understand the world of emotions and compassion from his stubborn, defiant and rebellious horse, Rocky.
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Gold Medalist Ryan Franklin Recounts His Olympic Journey
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The Executive Director of TEEM (The Education and Employment Ministry), a nonprofit dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty and incarceration in Oklahoma will be the featured speaker at the Seminole Chamber of Commerce monthly forum meeting on Thursday, August 8, 2024. The luncheon meeting will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in the Haney Center at Seminole State College Steele is a former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, presiding over the 53rd Legislature. He was elected to represent District 26 in the House on November 7, 2000, and was term-limited out of office in 2012. During his tenure in office, he led the charge on a number of reforms in the areas of health care, human services and criminal justice.
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Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) celebrated the Senate passage of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)—the first major reform to the tech industry since 1998.
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