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Headlines: Commuting Sentences, Tribal Marijuana & Bricktown Entertainment

Headlines for Tuesday, August 18, 2015:

  • The state Parole Board approves rules designed to increase commutation of sentences. (NewsOK)

  • Tulsa commissioners consider replacing jail authority members who threatened lawsuits. (Tulsa World)

  • Efforts to create a Tulsa African American Commission might stall in the city council. (Oklahoma Watch)

  • An official who called for an investigation of an embattled Tulsa County reserve deputy testifies before a Grand Jury. (Tulsa World)

  • A Tulsa clinic is seeing an increase in kids needing vaccinations as classes get ready to start. (Tulsa World)

  • A new law prohibiting tobacco use on school grounds begins on Thursday. (Fox25)

  • Oklahoma State University starts the 2015 Fall semester with a free campus safety app. (NewsOK)

  • A lawmaker wants to study the arming of state employees. (Journal Record)

  • Judicial Nominating Commission changes revisits recommendations after accusation of partisan politics. (NewsOK)

  • Oklahoma's two largest tribes say they have no plans to grow or sell marijuana. (Oklahoma Watch)

  • Judge rules in favor of a female band director claiming she wasn’t hired at OU because of gender bias. (NewsOK)

  • Oklahoma City's Gold Dome's future is uncertain again. (KOCO)

  • Two state electric co-ops postpone plans to consolidate. (NewsOK)

  • The Osage Ballet company performs for Pope Francis in Philadelphia next month. (News9)

  • Norman is getting a unique cafe. (Norman Transcript)

  • A group hopes to save the current look of a 1904 hotel north of downtown Oklahoma City. (Journal Record)

  • Bricktown family entertainment complex opens Thursday. (NewsOK)

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