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1 day ago | 
hppr.org | Graycen Wheeler
The Heartland Flyer carries passengers between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth once a day in each direction. The route opened to the public on June 14, 1999, making next week its 26th birthday. But soon after that, it may run no more. The Texas legislature closed out its lawmaking session Monday without funding its share of the route's budget.
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2 days ago | 
kosu.org | Graycen Wheeler
The Heartland Flyer carries passengers between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth once a day in each direction. The route opened to the public on June 14, 1999, making next week its 26th birthday. But soon after that, it may run no more. The Texas legislature closed out its lawmaking session Monday without funding its share of the route’s budget.
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2 days ago | 
flipboard.com | Graycen Wheeler
Oklahoma only has one Amtrak train route — and its future is now in question. The Heartland Flyer carries passengers between Oklahoma City and Fort …
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1 week ago | 
kosu.org | Graycen Wheeler |Robby Korth |Lionel Ramos
The House of Representatives and Senate overrode dozens of vetoes in rapid succession after several starts and stops. The Senate stalled out in the late afternoon while lawmakers in favor of overriding Stitt’s veto on HB 2769 worked to get enough votes. After hours at a standstill, the bill became law.
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1 week ago | 
kgou.org | Graycen Wheeler
The Grand River Dam Authority issued an E. coli advisory Saturday for Elk River at Grand Lake and Wolf Bay at Lake Hudson. The advisory also applies to Flint Creek at West Siloam Springs and the Illinois River at the Highway 59 bridge, Chewey Bridge, Combs Bridge and in Tahlequah. E. coli is a very common type of bacteria found in your digestive tract and the digestive tracts of many other creatures. But some E.
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1 week ago | 
kosu.org | Graycen Wheeler
The Grand River Dam Authority issued an E. coli advisory Saturday for Elk River at Grand Lake and Wolf Bay at Lake Hudson. The advisory also applies to Flint Creek at West Siloam Springs and the Illinois River at the Highway 59 bridge, Chewey Bridge, Combs Bridge and in Tahlequah. E. coli is a very common type of bacteria found in your digestive tract and the digestive tracts of many other creatures. But some E.
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2 weeks ago | 
kosu.org | Thomas Pablo |Graycen Wheeler
The Oklahoma City Council has approved an ordinance that makes it easier to build accessory dwelling units — little bonus houses on the same lot as another house. Before now, ADUs weren’t allowed to be used as residences without special approval from the city, called Simplified Planned Unit Developments. Those take time and money, and they require negotiations from the City Planning Commission on a case-by-case basis.
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2 weeks ago | 
kosu.org | Graycen Wheeler
The DOJ began its investigation of OCPD, the City of Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health in 2022. Although the investigation focused on behavioral health disabilities, it came on the heels of nationwide protests of how law enforcement officers treat Black people.
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2 weeks ago | 
kosu.org | Graycen Wheeler
“Thanks to our pro-business environment, Oklahoma is quickly becoming the critical minerals headquarters of the United States,” Stitt said in a statement Thursday evening. According to the memorandum of understanding Stitt signed in April with the company’s chief executive officer, that pro-business environment consists of more than $275 million in incentives from the state, plus another expected $735 million in tax exemptions and offsets.
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3 weeks ago | 
kgou.org | Thomas Pablo |Graycen Wheeler
Updated May 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM CDTThe governor's office lists legislation that would exempt religious schools from accreditation, remove federal funding requirements for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to create the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, and make aggravated DUI a felony. Stitt vetoed more bills in 2025 than in any previous legislative session as governor, both in number and percentage.
