Okie Notes
Tuesday Links
- A Downtown ontheRange: Decision to demolish downtown buildings is a huge historical blunder
- Data Watch: Hundreds of political donors give maximum in Oklahoma primary races
- The Associated Press: Daughter urges Okla. voters to not vote for father
- Tulsa World: Oklahoma a lowly 44th among states in child well-being, says new Kids Count Data Book
- Tulsa World: Local opposition rising to plan for tar sands pipeline that would cross Oklahoma
- NewsOK: Fatal hit-and-run cases rise in Oklahoma City
Monday Links
- NewsOK: Former investigator accuses OSBI of incompetence and fraud
- NewsOK: Gubernatorial candidate Q&A with Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson
- NewsOK: Gubernatorial candidate Q&A with Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Jari Askins
- NewsOK: More than 70 dogs rescued from puppy mills in Norman and Oklahoma City
- NewsOK: Gubernatorial candidate Q&A with U.S.
Friday Links
- Tulsa World: Garrett gives final address as superintendent, says ‘no one will want to take credit’ for current leg.
- NewsOK: Early voting begins in Oklahoma today for statewide primary races
- NewsOK: Memorial bike ride honors cyclists killed on Oklahoma City roads
- CapitolBeatOK: Judicial elections boring?
Tuesday Links
- The Norman Transcript: County Dems to host HD44 candidate forum tonight
- The Norman Transcript: 14-year-old bicyclist hit by SUV
- New York Times: A Gay Campaign in Oklahoma? Both Sides Demur
- NewsOK: In-person absentee voting begins in Oklahoma late this week
- NewsOK: Oklahoma cyclists describe fear of cars after weekend accidents
- OK Policy Blog: SQ 744 is the wrong solution
Monday Links
- Tulsa World: Judge extends order blocking Oklahoma abortion law
- NewsOK: Errors lead to firing of OSBI DNA analyst
- Tulsa World: One in five Tulsa prekindergarten children is Hispanic
- Tulsa World: Terrill wants grand jury probe halted, claims ‘absolute immunity’ for legislators
- NewsOK: Change in law may force counties to pay elected officials the highest possible salaries under state law
- NewsOK: Bicyclists killed in two collisions with cars this weekend in OKC
- Native American Times: Iroquois lacrosse team bowing out of World Championships because UK won’t recognize passports
- NewsOK: Homeless students in Oklahoma face extra worries
- The Norman Transcript: House 44 candidates answer questions
- NewsOK: Oklahoma’s student population hints at ineffectiveness of immigration law
- OKonomics: Sales Taxes and Big Government
Friday Links
- NewsOK: Local food hub Earth Elements threatened by highway expansion
- Tulsa World: Commuter rail system part of downtown master plan
- The Journal Record: Tax credits have many lives
Thursday Links
- The Norman Transcript: Kovach and Cubberley spar over TIF during Tuesday council meeting
- The Norman Transcript: Norman Regional donates medical packaging material to line cages at animal shelters
- NewsOK: Woody Guthrie’s family fans gather in Okemah
- NewsOK: Oklahoma’s lowest performing schools split $36.9M in federal grants
- Journal Record: CNBC report finds Oklahoma losing ground in many categories
- OK Gazette: If Oklahoma is one of the country’s most religious states, why preach to the choir?
Wednesday Links
- NewsOK: Norman council members cleared of allegation they violated Open Meeting Act
- OK Gazette: Many legislators paid lip service to going ‘green,’ but did they actually do anything?
- OK Gazette: Okemah’s annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival allows fans to celebrate the legacy of the Okie icon
- Tulsa World: Plans for giraffe barn move ahead
- Urban Tulsa Weekly: Tulsa Transit Authority might make a whole lot of money with its curb-to-curb service
- NewsOK: Famke Janssen is directing a film to be shot in Oklahoma
- CapitolBeatOK: Meacham says 2010 Oklahoma budget challenges ‘unmatched’ in modern history
- KFOR: Local Bakery Takes on ODOT
Tuesday Links
- Cherokee Phoenix: Passport dispute could keep Iroquois from lacrosse tourney
- NewsOK: Development dreams in downtown Oklahoma City face economic reality
- NewsOK: Former death row inmate freed after plea deal, banished from Oklahoma
- CapitolBeatOK: Edmondson adds language to S.Q. 756 ballot pointing out that Oklahoma can’t override federal law
- Bobaganda: A crime is being committed against April Harrington!
Monday Links
- OUDaily: Oklahoma colleges seeing higher enrollment due to economic downturn
- Tulsa World: Oklahoma seeks high-speed rail funds
- NewsOK: Oklahoma Teacher’s Retirement plan substantially underfunded
- CapitolBeatOK: Senator Susan Paddack Democratic front-runner for superintendent’s nomination
- CapitolBeatOK: Janet Barresi front-runner in race for Republican nomination for state superintendent
- NewsOK: Winds of change for Oklahoma’s prairie chicken
- OK Policy Blog: We’re in this together: Private sector suffers, too, from public sector decay
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