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Oklahoma’s 148 hospitals are powerful economic drivers for their communities and for the state, generating a statewide economic impact of $30.5 billion annually according to a new report prepared by RegionTrack and released by the Oklahoma Hospital Association (OHA) Wednesday.
Read moreJudges are often accused of legislating from the bench and a recent decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court is one reason why. The court majority declared, in essence, that we have fallen through the looking glass like Alice in Wonderland and up is now down – depending on what outcome is favored by justices.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management today announced opening of the application period for the new Emergency Response Capability and Impacts Grant Program. Municipalities, counties, and other governmental entities may apply for a grant for a capital project or equipment to increase emergency response capacity or for emergency relief from natural disasters. The grant program was created by the Oklahoma State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief via House Bill 2017X in 2023. The Joint Committee allocated $25 million in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) through American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). OEM is administering the program in coordination with Oklahoma Management and Enterprise Services, the Joint Committee, and 929 Strategies.
Read moreSenator James Lankford (R-OK), Chairman of the Senate Values Action Team and Co-Chair of the Senate Olympic and Paralympic Caucus, sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach following the vulgar depiction of the Last Supper during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Lankford called out the blatantly offensive depiction.
Read moreThe Department of the Interior Tuesday announced next steps on the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, launched in June 2021 by Secretary Deb Haaland as the first-ever comprehensive effort by the federal government to recognize the troubled legacy of past federal Indian boarding school policies with the goal of addressing their intergenerational impact and shedding light on past and present trauma in Indigenous communities. There were several such boarding schools in and around Seminole County, including the Emahaka Academy, the Mekusukey Academy, the Sacred Heart Mission and the Wewoka Mission School.
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Car Fire Leads to Home Loss
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