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Headlines: Methane Gas, Teacher Pay & H&8th Competition

Headlines for Wednesday, August 19, 2015:

  • The Obama administration proposes first federal limits on methane emissions. (NewsOK)

  • Oil produces in Osage County file another law suit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (Tulsa World)

  • State Senator resigning amid embezzlement allegations won’t get pension. (AP)

  • A State Senator introduces a plan to raise teacher pay. (Journal Record)

  • A lawsuit hopes to stop a law banning teachers from paying union dues out of their paychecks. (NewsOK)

  • Religious leaders call on the governor to remove the Ten Commandments monument from the Capitol. (Tulsa World)

  • A man supporting a Muslim-free gun store shoots himself when his weapon falls out of its holster. (Tulsa World)

  • Congressman Tom Cole faced angry constituents at a Town Hall meeting. (NewsOK)

  • The Tulsa Sheriff’s fight over a petition against him cost more than $12,000 in legal fees. (Tulsa World)

  • Tulsa’s mayor talks public safety in state of the city address. (Journal Record)

  • OKC wants to crack down in prostitution and drugs. (NewsOK)

  • OKC is creating a texting and driving ordinance similar to state law. (KFOR)

  • Oklahoma’s beer industry is booming according to an economic study. (NewsOK)

  • A popular Oklahoma City block party is getting competition. (Journal Record)

  • Popular PBS Chef from OKC returns home for October benefit. (NewsOK)

  • Thunder releases preseason schedule. (NewsOK)

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