• Hofmeister comments on open transfer and funding formula bills

    Hofmeister comments on open transfer and funding formula bills - April 01, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (March 31, 2021) – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister made the following remarks after the House and Senate today both passed education bills regarding open t...

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  • Bill Allowing Motorists to Escape Unlawful Assemblies Passes House Committee

    Bill Allowing Motorists to Escape Unlawful Assemblies Passes House Committee - March 31, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill that would protect motorists from criminal or civil prosecution when they make a reasonable effort to escape from a crowd unlawfully blocking the road and surrounding the ve...

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  • Bill capping cost of insulin passes out of committee

    Bill capping cost of insulin passes out of committee - March 31, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – According to the American Diabetes Association, more than 450,000 Oklahoma adults suffer from diabetes with over one million more having prediabetes. Approximately 5% of the state�...

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  • Bill approved to honor fallen National Guardsmen killed in line of duty

    Bill approved to honor fallen National Guardsmen killed in line of duty - March 31, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill to honor Oklahoma’s fallen heroes passed the Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously Wednesday. House Bill 2374, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, will provide up to $1...

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  • Downtown Sidewalk Improvements to begin April 5th

    Downtown Sidewalk Improvements to begin April 5th - March 31, 2021

      Beginning Monday, April 5, the sidewalk on the east side of Third Street, between Grand Avenue and Central Avenue, will be replaced, as will the north half of the west side of Fourth Street ...

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  • Democrats Want Substance, Not Show for Oklahoma Students

    Democrats Want Substance, Not Show for Oklahoma Students - March 31, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- Members of the Oklahoma House Democrat Education Policy Team released the following statement today in response to the passage of Senate Bill 783 and today’s signing by the govern...

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  • Democrats Sound Off on Senate Bill 627

    Democrats Sound Off on Senate Bill 627 - March 31, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- Members of the Oklahoma House Democratic Caucus released statements today after Senate Bill 627 passed the House General Government Committee. SB627 was originally legislation th...

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  • Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 31 March 2021

    Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 31 March 2021 - March 31, 2021

      This week, 10 Oklahoma counties are in the “orange" risk level, 60 are in the "yellow" risk level, and seven are in the "green" risk level for the COVID-19 Risk Level System. OSDH continue...

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  • AG Hunter Files Motion for Rehearing in Bosse Murder Case

    AG Hunter Files Motion for Rehearing in Bosse Murder Case - March 31, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today filed a motion requesting the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to rehear the state’s case against Shaun Bosse, a non-Indian who murdered a Ch...

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  • Committee Passes Everett’s Law

    Committee Passes Everett’s Law - March 31, 2021

    Legislation Bans Discrimination for Organ Transplant Recipients OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Carol Bush, R-Tulsa, today won passage of a bill in the House Insurance Committee that would prohibit disc...

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