Okie Notes
Tuesday Links
Monday Links
- NewsOK: Oklahoma County seeking grant to get GPS tracking bracelets for juveniles on probation
- NewsOK: Runoff elections allow small minority of voters to give nominees a majority of votes
- Oklahoma Watchdog: Fight for “Nick’s Law” continues beyond state’s borders
- NewsOK: Tecumseh eyed for maximum-security juvenile facility
- OK Policy Blog: Voters to decide fate of health care reform.
Friday Links
- Cherokee Phoenix: Report finds that federal agencies fail to comply with law to return indigenous remains
- Tulsa World: Tulsa settles police racial-discrimination lawsuit after 16 years
- NewsOK: Replacement teachers ‘fired up’ at Oklahoma City’s U.S. Grant
- NewsOK: Some Oklahoma lawmakers want to first artwork by a Hispanic at the Capitol to be taken down
- NewsOK: Donations sought for abandoned Weimaraners’ medical bills
- OUDaily: CART to increase campus stops
- Okie Funk: Coburn Spreads More Fear
Thursday Links
- The Norman Transcript: Stolen Dino head returned to Norman gas station
- NewsOK: Air quality alert in effect for central Oklahoma today
- Tulsa World: Oklahoma lobbying firms join to help schools get grants
- NewsOK: Fallin favors more tax cuts, has no plans for alternative revenue
- Tulsa World: City of Tulsa expected to sue state of Oklahoma on new tax collection law
- NewsOK: Oklahoma Turnpike Authority OKs study on Kilpatrick, Creek widening projects
- NewsOK: Oklahoma County district attorney to go forward with Jerome Ersland trial
- OKGazette: Mainsite Contemporary Art photography exhibit showcases a range of imagination and technique
Wednesday Links
- NewsOK: Local Norman business Wild Hare Beadery praised for unique charm
- Tulsa World: Oklahoma ACT test scores remain static
- The Norman Transcript: Groups oppose English-only measure
- Urban Tulsa Weekly: MTTA’s Public hybrid transit plan awaits green light
- Urban Tulsa Weekly: Both sides of controversial SQ 744 agree educating voters is key to success
- Urban Tulsa Weekly: Facing severe budget cuts, school officials try to make 1 plus 1 equal three or sometimes four
- NewsOK: Oklahoma County DA says murder charge’s dismissal is an option in pharmacist’s case
- NewsOK: Oklahoma City settles lawsuit with family of drowned high school student
- CapitolBeatOK: Republican political consultant Pat McFerron considers the transformation of Oklahoma politics
- The Journal Record: Urban Land Institute says I-40 will be a barrier to Core to Shore
- OKGazette: OKC Councilors complain that MAPS 3 convention center getting all the attention, other projects pushed aside
- The Xenia Institute: Beginning of school year marks a new ‘season of service’ in Norman
- Oklahoma SDS: Veganism in Norman
Tuesday Links
- NewsOK: Some Oklahoma wine grapes to rot on vines
- Tulsa World: Oklahoman set to be executed today
- The Norman Transcript: Norman landmark gets decapitated
- Tulsa World: Mayor Bartlett hoping to implement PlaniTulsa soon
- NewsOK: Judge rules Oklahoma must fund charter school
- Tulsa World: Oklahoma awarded grant to improve oversight on health insurance premium hikes
- NewsOK: Oklahoma City’s proposed panhandling ordinance postponed
- OK Policy Blog: The real value of early childhood education
Monday Links
- Native American Times: Counselor, bulldog team fight addiction
- NewsOK: Dogs rescued from OKC and Norman puppy mills adjust to new homes
- NewsOK: Oklahoma insurance officials warn of another scam
- NewsOK: Stillwater bicyclist killed in crash west on State Highway 51 Sunday afternoon
- NewsOK: Oklahoma Indian gaming revenues soar
- Tulsa World: Spay Oklahoma group says Tulsa-area animal shelter policies on spaying, neutering ‘self-defeating’
- OK Policy Blog: Would voter ID proposal solve a problem or create one?
Friday Links
- NewsOK: Incoming Oklahoma speaker names redistricting panel
- Oklahoma News Report: What’s Behind Jail Overcrowding
- The Norman Transcript: Putting a human face on homelessness
- Cherokee Phoenix: Cherokee Nation citizen brings recycling to Tahlequah
- NewsOK: Planning meeting set on future of Pauls Valley disabled-care center
- NewsOK: Victims advocacy group calls OKC Catholic Archdiocese to task
- NewsOK: Oklahoma City’s Plaza District brings all ages, dispositions together
- NewsOK: Oklahoma heat death toll rising
- Oklahoma Rock Newsblog: Penny Hill releases “Salem” video
Thursday Links
- Tulsa World: Oklahoma prisons often top 99 percent capacity
- NewsOK: 27-year-old dies of apparent heat-related complications in Oklahoma City
- Tulsa World: AEP-PSO to test smart electric technology in Owasso
- Tulsa World: Flexibility granted in new funding for Oklahoma schools
- Tulsa World: Tulsa recycling collector reduces complaints
- NewsOK: OU Medical Center sues Oklahoma County over inmate medical bills
- NewsOK: Oklahoma death row inmate requests second clemency hearing
- Tulsa World: Osage Nation appealing to U.S.
Wednesday Links
- The Norman Transcript: CNG buses spruce up CART
- Cherokee Phoenix: Judge dismisses lawsuit over Geronimo’s remains
- Tulsa World: Arizona pulling more than 1,700 inmates from Oklahoma prison
- NewsOK: State puts brakes on highway camera system plan
- OK Policy Blog: State revenue glass half-full or half-empty?
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