Headlines for Friday, April 29, 2016:
- OG&E gets approval for pollution scrubbers at its coal-fired power plant in Red Rock. (Journal Record)
- State officials are telling schools to brace for one more round of cuts before summer. (KOSU)
The Governor signs a bill to help people who have property seized by the police. (NewsOK)
A bill to put non-violent offenders in county jails to work gets close to heading to the Governor. (Oklahoma Watch)
A bill prohibiting the act known as “revenge porn” is heading to the governor. (Tulsa World)
Approval ratings for Oklahoma’s two Senators drop below 50%. (Tulsa World)
A convicted reserve deputy is getting housed in an individual cell to avoid other inmates. (Tulsa World)
Oklahoma’s teacher of the year falls just short of being named the best teacher in the US. (NewsOK)
The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame wants a monument for Merle Haggard in Muskogee. (Muskogee Phoenix)