• Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 14 April 2021

    Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 14 April 2021 - April 14, 2021

    This week, 16 Oklahoma counties are in the “orange" risk level, 54 are in the "yellow" risk level, and 7 are in the "green" risk level for the COVID-19 Risk Level System. OSDH continues to mon...

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  • House to Hold Public Comment Session on Redistricting Map Process

    House to Hold Public Comment Session on Redistricting Map Process - April 14, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma House of Representatives will hold a public comment session this week to hear from Oklahomans that submitted a statewide redistricting plan for House districts. The H...

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  • Stillwater balloon festival a bust

    Stillwater balloon festival a bust - April 14, 2021

    by: Austin Breasette   STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) – A food truck vendor spoke out Tuesday after a Stillwater balloon festival last weekend where patrons that attended said they didn’t ge...

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  • Oklahoma Credit Outlook Improves

    Oklahoma Credit Outlook Improves - April 14, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Saying Oklahoma state government has done well managing its finances during the pandemic, Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings has revised the state’s outlook from ne...

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  • Standridge comments on the OK Supreme Court ruling on Norman’s defund vote

    Standridge comments on the OK Supreme Court ruling on Norman’s defund vote - April 14, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Rob Standridge, R-Norman, released the following statement after the Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that the city of Norman violated the state’s Open...

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  • Oklahoma health officials pause distribution of J&J vaccine

    Oklahoma health officials pause distribution of J&J vaccine - April 13, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials announced plans Tuesday to halt distribution of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine following reports of potentially dangerous blood clots....

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  • Court rules Norman violated FOIA when approving budget

    Court rules Norman violated FOIA when approving budget - April 13, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The city of Norman violated the state’s Open Meeting Act when it approved a budget that cut the police budget by $865,000, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The court...

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  • Bell Responds to Passage of JD McCarty Center Legislation

    Bell Responds to Passage of JD McCarty Center Legislation - April 13, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- State Rep. Merleyn Bell, D-Norman, released the following statement today after the passage of Senate Bill 382, which exempts purchases of clothing and food for patients in the care...

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  • Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 13 April 2021

    Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 13 April 2021 - April 13, 2021

    As of this advisory, there are 443,882 (109 new today) cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. Kay County is reporting a total of 5,259 confirmed cases, with 125 deaths. Osage County has had a tota...

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  • Ida’s Law Passes House, Heads to Governor

    Ida’s Law Passes House, Heads to Governor - April 13, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill to bring home federal dollars to address missing and murdered indigenous persons passed the House on Tuesday. Senate Bill 172, or Ida’s Law, authored by Rep. Collin Wal...

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