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Lawmakers are at the halfway point in this year’s legislative session, and just a fraction of the education bills filed at the top of the session have survived big legislative deadlines.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics' panel discusses a delay in the signature gathering for an initiative petition to raise Oklahoma's minimum wage, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole vying to be the next chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations and Budget Committee and more.
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State leaders have asked the court for 90 days between executions to combat trauma, staffing shortages and reduce the potential for errors.
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Local headlines for Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Schools will soon be required to allow students to take excused absences for 4-H activities.
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As Al Gore's running mate in 2000, Lieberman became the first Jewish candidate on a presidential ticket of one of the two major parties. He later became an independent and was a leader of No Labels.
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Critics of an initiative petition that seeks to raise the minimum wage are asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to revisit its decision that the petition was constitutional.
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A bill that would allow Oklahomans to be charged with battery against an unborn child passed another legislative hurdle.
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Local headlines for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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Tulsa is set to offer new teachers extra cash.
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Oklahoma is above the national rate for virtual school enrollment.
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Nearly two years into a legal back-and-forth between the State of Oklahoma and Swadley’s Foggy Bottom Kitchen, the state says the barbecue chain owes millions of dollars in damages.
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A year after authorities arrested Qiu He, the Chinese immigrant has yet to be charged with a crime. She and others say anti-Asian bias plays a role in the state’s crackdown on the pot industry: “I don’t feel secure here.”
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