Oklahoma governor’s race tops primary runoff election ballot
The race for the GOP nomination to replace Oklahoma's term-limited Gov. Mary Fallin tops this week's unusually high number of primary runoff elections.
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Could a new state agency regulate medical marijuana?
During the second meeting of a bipartisan legislative working group, lawmakers and marijuana advocates spent four hours Wednesday discussing the next steps for medical cannabis regulations, including the potential creation of an independent state agency that would have oversight and regulatory control of the marijuana industry. Committee members asked a wide array of questions of some of the state's most influential marijuana advocacy groups - Green the Vote, New Health Solutions and Oklahomans for Health - ranging from growing and cultivation to the apparent clash between federal and state laws.
The Latest: In Oklahoma, Republicans ousted over teacher pay
It was a mixed bag for teachers running for political office in Oklahoma but a bad night for incumbent Republicans who voted against a tax package earlier this year to fund a teacher pay raise. Several GOP incumbents who voted against the tax hikes were either ousted from office or pulled into a runoff against a fellow GOP opponent, a signal some teacher candidates say bodes well for them in November.
The Latest: Bad night for GOP incumbents who opposed taxes
As his wife Monica, left, looks on, Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb gives a concession speech in the Republican primary for Governor, in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, June 26, 2018.
Mixed bag for teachers, bad night for legislative incumbents
In this April 10, 2018, file photo, Benita Boone, right, an educator joining on the 110-mile trip from Tulsa to the state Capitol, shouts as the walkers rally with other teachers while protests continue over school funding, in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Oklahoma Supreme Court says an initiative petition that would overturn a package of tax hikes for funding teacher pay raises and public schools is invalid.
The Latest: Polls open for Oklahoma’s primary election
In this Thursday, June 14, 2018 photo, elementary school principal Sherrie Conley, left, who is running for state representative in District 20, gets out of a vehicle driven by friend Jana Robins, right, as she goes door-to-door campaigning in Goldsby, Okla, Thursday, June 14, 2018. Conley is part of a wave of about 100 educators, including dozens of Republicans, who are running for office in the aftermath of a teacher walk-out that shut down public schools for two weeks this spring and opened an unusually bitter chasm in the state's ruling party.
FBI: Lake Hefner shooter’s social media reported twice to agency
An FBI spokesperson says the man who shot and wounded patrons at a Lake Hefner restaurant last week was investigated twice by the agency after concerns were brought forward regarding videos posted to a social media account, but both times the cases were closed as the bureau deemed the reports not specific enough or the videos protected under the constitution. On Friday, an Oklahoma City woman said she had contacted Oklahoma City Police and the FBI earlier this month after coming across videos posted by Tilghman on his YouTube channel.
In gubernatorial campaign, Lamb shifts to emphasis on Capitol experience
Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb, who has spent much of his gubernatorial campaign trying to distance himself from the state Capitol, stressed his legislative experience here Thursday at a Republican Party gathering. On a question about mental health services, Lamb said, "I think it goes back to a little bit of experience.
Passage of adoption bill represents shift in Oklahoma Source: AP
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Oklahoma business briefs for April 26
Delaware Resource Group of Oklahoma LLC has been awarded the Air National Guard KC-135 Boom Operator Sustainment System contract. DRG will provide program management, systems engineering, operations, maintenance and sustainment for the KC-135 boom operator training system.
Oklahoma governor vetoes bill lifting ban on ballot selfies
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has vetoed legislation that would have allowed voters to take and share cellphone photos of their ballots.
Billy Graham remembered at Oklahoma City bombing memorial
Aren Almon Dan, right, looks at pictures with her nephew Zyden Clymer and niece Marlee Hill next to Aren's daughter Baylee Almon's chair at the 23rd Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony of the Oklahoma City bombing on Thursday, April 19, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Okla. less Aren Almon Dan, right, looks at pictures with her nephew Zyden Clymer and niece Marlee Hill next to Aren's daughter Baylee Almon's chair at the 23rd Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony of the Oklahoma City bombing ... more Doc Shannon, member of the DEA Trauma Team from Tulsa that responded to the bombing, looks at decorations at the 23rd Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony of the Oklahoma City bombing on Thursday, April 19, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Man accused of plotting to bomb Oklahoma City building facing additional charge
According to a criminal complaint, the FBI arrested 24-year-old Jerry Drake Varnell on Aug. 12 after he allegedly attempted to detonate what he believed to be an explosives-laden van in an alley next to BancFirst in downtown Oklahoma City. "He wanted to make the biggest impact wherever he was going to place his bomb.
For youth and the workforce, Oklahoma City’s Metro Technology Center has Signing Day
Life trajectories will be as surely changed, if not more so, than at the sports signing events that get so much attention from county papers to the national sports news. Signing Day is 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Metro Technology Centers' South Bryant Campus, 4901 S Bryant Ave., and Aviation Campus, 5600 S MacArthur.
The Latest: Oklahoma teachers’ union calls for end to strike
Public schools in Oklahoma's two largest cities will remain closed another day despite plans to end a strike by teachers seeking more classroom funding. Oklahoma City and Tulsa schools said Thursday they will remain closed on Friday, the end of the second week of a statewide walkout by teachers who marched on the state Capitol.
Oklahoma teachers strike: Large public school districts will remain closed for ninth consecutive day
OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma's two largest school districts will close for the ninth consecutive day because of a teacher strike, matching the length of a walkout in West Virginia earlier this year that started a rebellion of teachers in some Republican-led states. Oklahoma City Public Schools, the state's largest district, and Tulsa Public Schools, said Wednesday that they will remain closed on Thursday.
TV host resigns after threatening school shooting survivor
Some National Guard members have started arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border with more expected as federal government officials continue to discuss what they'll do about illegal immigration. Some National Guard members have started arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border with more expected as federal government officials continue to discuss what they'll do about illegal immigration.
The Latest: Oklahoma teachers’ union issues new demand
Arizona teachers and education advocates shouts as they march at the Arizona Capitol highlighting low teacher pay and school funding Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Phoenix. FILE - In this March 28, 2018 file photo, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin speaks during a news conference following a vote on a package of tax hikes to fund teacher pay raises in Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma Senate approves $40M for schools as strike goes on
Hundreds of teachers have crammed into the Oklahoma Capitol for the second day to press demands for additional funding for the state's public schools. Arizona teachers and education advocates shouts as they march at the Arizona Capitol highlighting low teacher pay and school funding Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Phoenix.
Oklahoma teacher walkout stretches into 5th day
Thousands of teachers from across Kentucky gather outside the state Capitol to rally for increased funding and to protest last minute changes to their state funded pension system, Monday, April 2, 2018, in Frankfort, Ky. Thousands filled the state Capitol in Kentucky on Monday to protest teacher pension changes, and schools were closed statewide in Oklahoma as thousands more educators rallied for increased education funding.