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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.

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.

3 weeks ago | kosu.org | Thomas Pablo |Graycen Wheeler

The 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.

Feb 6, 2025 | oudaily.com | Abby Young |Thomas Pablo

Former Norman Mayor and Oklahoma Rep. Bill Nations died at 82 on Feb. 4 after battling cancer. Nations was born in Greenville, Texas, in 1942. He attended Noble High School and earned a history degree from OU. He attended dental school at Baylor University, where he met his wife, Teena Nations. The two married on June 2, 1967, in Dallas. Nations served in the Navy until 1970 when he and Teena moved to Norman, where he opened a dental practice on Main Street.

Feb 6, 2025 | oudaily.com | Thomas Pablo |Abby Young |Ismael Lele

OU Daily fact-checked statements made at the Norman mayoral debate on Jan. 30 featuring candidates including incumbent Mayor Larry Heikkila, Ward 7 Councilmember Stephen Tyler Holman and local attorney Riley Mulinix. The debate was hosted in partnership with OU Daily, NonDoc, News 9, The Norman Transcript and Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The debate was live-streamed on OU Daily, NonDoc and News 9 social media accounts and can be rewatched here.