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It’s an attempt to centralize the drug testing of racehorses and manage the results, as well as dole out uniform penalties to horses and trainers instead of the current patchwork rules that vary from state to state.
Horse racing’s efforts to clean up the sport and level the playing field took another step forward Monday with the launch of a new anti-doping program.
The measure, Senate Bill 437, also addresses education and registration requirements of people employed by medical ma*****na businesses.
A bill focusing on education and registration of physicians who make recommendations for medical ma*****na use has cleared the Oklahoma Senate and advanced to the House of Representatives.
The annual spring retreat was hosted at the BOK Financial technology center with about 75 teenage girls participating (Oklahoma Women in Technology).
Oklahoma Women in Tech offered a free retreat Friday in Tulsa to help female students explore the wide variety of STEM occupations out there.
Anyone who’s been to a Thunder game or concert at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City or watched the Sooners play in Norman may have noticed that cash is unwelcome at the concession stands.
As the number of retailers that are going cashless continues to climb, what about the unbanked and underbanked who are caught in the void?
Some 800 students in all also had opportunities to learn about computer coding and harnessing solar power, among other things – as well as how they might harness their own ambitions to achieve lucrative careers in engineering (The University of Oklahoma).
Students from 40 high schools across the state picked up skills in roller coaster design and bridge construction recently while taking part in a popular annual open house hosted by the Gallogly College of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma.
As Oklahoma and other states compete more for aerospace, automotive and other high-ceiling, high-tech economic development prospects, it makes sense to invest in programs to encourage students interested in science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
Guernsey, an Oklahoma City-based design and consulting firm, teamed recently with STEAM Engine Inc. to plan a series of “State of STEAM” roundtable events.
More than 1,200 challenges were compiled by the association in 2022, nearly double the then-record total from 2021 and by far the most since the ALA began keeping data 20 years ago.
Attempted book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries continue to surge, setting a record in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association.
The move brought the federal funds rate to a range of 4.75% to 5%, effectively raising the costs of borrowing for consumers and businesses.
Inflation justified a move by the U.S. Federal Reserve this week to raise its key interest rate yet again, the chief investment strategist at BOK Financial said.
Planned work will be centered around moving a 60-inch water main that currently runs parallel to Douglas Boulevard from Oklahoma City’s Lake Draper to north Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City has been approved to receive $35 million in funding for water system projects to benefit Tinker Air Force Base and approximately 400,000 people who live or work on or near the base.
A group of “co-neutral” evaluators reported this week that the state has achieved success in numerous key metrics to the point that they should no longer have to be independently monitored.
Oklahoma has made admirable progress in improving its foster care system in the years since it settled a class-action lawsuit filed by a child welfare advocacy group.
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority must push ahead with a proposed turnpike extension through Norman despite pending litigation, public opposition and an audit, Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz said Wednesday.
The pushback doesn’t diminish the need to complete the Oklahoma City metro’s outer loop, the state's transportation secretary tells the chamber.
Six months after a special legislative session ended to allocate almost $1.7 billion, just a fraction of those federal coronavirus relief funds have been sent from state coffers to agencies or other entities.
Two former state senators who graduated from the Oklahoma City University School of Law are among the finalists to succeed Law Dean Jim Roth when he steps down at the end of the academic year.
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt and former Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb are two of the four candidates selected to meet with university and law school constituent groups on campus starting next week.
The bill is officially titled the Ratepayer Protection Act, but detractors who think it helps the utilities more than customers have called it the “Shareholder Protection Act.”
In an odd twist, a utility-backed bill changing how electric utilities process rate increases got a full hearing Monday in an unlikely place: the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
A bill to provide an across-the-board pay increase for educators passed through the Senate on Tuesday.
Teachers and certified school employees in Oklahoma could be in line to get a pay raise amounting to several thousand dollars if legislation advancing at the Capitol continues to make progress.
The storm set the stage for a continuing debate over how the state should act to prevent such a disastrous outcome from occurring again in the future.
Two years after Winter Storm Uri delivered a historic blast of arctic weather to Oklahoma, the vicious cold punch has continued to stir controversy over how arrangements were made in its aftermath to cover unprecedented utility bills faced by ratepayers.
One, House Bill 2095, proposes to extend a moratorium on issuing any new licenses for cannabis grow operations until at least Aug. 1, 2026.
State lawmakers have advanced several bills designed to clamp down on illegal ma*****na grow operations and other illicit activities related to Oklahoma’s medical ma*****na industry.
The Patriot missile system, which hasn’t yet been deployed in Ukraine, is particularly useful for defending population centers and critical infrastructure, said Brig. Gen. Shane Morgan, Fort Sill’s commanding general.
The soldiers are expected to leave Oklahoma in the next several days for additional training in Germany before they deploy to Ukraine with a Patriot missile battery.
Out of 75,601 construction trade workers in the state, 2,054 (2.7%) of them are women.
Oklahoma ranks 24th for the highest percentage of female construction trade workers. Out of 75,601 construction trade workers in the state, 2,054 (2.7%) of them are women.
It was a narrow win for abortion rights advocates since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.
A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a portion of the state’s near total ban on abortion, ruling women have a right to abortion when pregnancy risks their health, not just in a medical emergency.
If things go according to plan, it said not only will the refinery be able to produce gasoline more efficiently, but the process will have less of an effect on the environment and could positively affect operations at other refineries.
A Houston-based company has reported progress on a plan to improve the gasoline production process at a refinery in Wynnewood.
Oklahoma law has been consistent for decades: A person convicted of a felony loses their voting rights for their entire court-mandated sentence.
Questions remain about whether some commutation recipients immediately have their voting rights restored.
U.S. consumers reported losing nearly $8.8 billion to fraud in 2022, an increase of more than 30% over the previous year, according to new Federal Trade Commission data.
Statewide, identity theft and imposter scams accounted for about one-third of the reports at 6,068 and 5,322 cases respectively.
The program last year funded 125 projects proposed by numerous companies across the state, with expectations that their anticipated growth would result in creation of no fewer than 750 jobs and added payroll of at least $35 million.
Oklahoma companies with plans to expand, diversify product lines or otherwise strengthen their market positions may benefit from funding made available this year through the Oklahoma Innovation Expansion Program.
In Oklahoma City, pump prices dropped by about 6 cents over the past week to settle at an average of $2.87 per gallon, according to a survey of 669 stations in the metro by industry-watcher GasBuddy.com.
Declining crude oil prices sparked by banking concerns and fears of a worldwide economic slowdown have contributed to cheaper gas found at stations in Oklahoma City and across the country recently, but the trend may be short-lived, analysts say.
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell on Friday scheduled a June 16 status conference in Tulsa, saying both sides requested the extension.
A federal judge is giving Oklahoma and nearly a dozen poultry companies, including the world’s largest poultry producer, Tyson Foods, an additional 90 days to reach an agreement on plans to clean a watershed polluted by chicken litter.
A six-minute walk from the Center of the Universe, Holberton Tulsa, a software engineering school, celebrated Women’s History Month on Wednesday, urging women to use their voices to close the gender gap.
A National Equal Pay Day workshop addressed the gender pay gap and taught negotiation strategies.
Oil and gas workers revealed concerns about job security, unsafe working conditions, wage declines, and transitioning to other jobs in a report released Friday by True Transition.
Amid record profits announced by Big Oil CEOs, companies are producing more with fewer workers.
Max Murphy tries to be in line by 7 a.m., waiting for a van carrying the promise of a day’s work and a $65 paycheck.
With only one van operating three days a week in each city, there are more people seeking A Better Way than funding and resources can support.
The Federal Reserve announced a new lending program for all banks that need to borrow money to pay for withdrawals.
The government's response to the failure of two large banks has already involved hundreds of billions of dollars. So, will ordinary Americans end up paying for it, one way or another? And what will the price tag be?
Her remarks were an effort to signal to markets that there would be no broader contagion from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in California and Signature Bank in New York.
A week after the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday that the nation’s banking system “remains sound” and Americans “can feel confident” about their deposits.
The Edmond City Council voted this week to borrow $88.1 million to finance the construction of two large projects scheduled for completion in spring 2025.
The money will fund construction of the three-building downtown City Center Complex and a city-owned building that will include a YMCA and a new public library.
Record snowfall and rain have helped loosen drought’s grip on parts of the western U.S., and forecasters even warned Thursday that some areas should expect serious flooding as snows melt.
Despite the receding drought, experts cautioned that the relief may be only a blip as the long-term effects persist from what has been a stubborn dry streak.
House GOP leadership formally censured state Rep. Mauree Turner, stripping them of all committee appointments.
Oklahoma’s House Republicans have declined to criticize two of their fellow representatives with pending criminal charges but were quick to pass judgment last week on a Democrat who is the nation’s first non-binary state lawmaker.
A final hearing and vote are scheduled March 28.
Amendments to a downtown tax increment finance district that will expire in 2026 would benefit two proposed residential developments and preserve the funding tool as an option for future projects on undeveloped properties.
The loss of the plant – and an estimated 3,500 jobs that over time would have come with it – stung lawmakers, who had authorized nearly $700 million in incentives for Volkswagen.
In the wake of news that Oklahoma had lost out to Canada as the site for a coveted electric vehicle battery production facility planned by Volkswagen, state lawmakers have undertaken to figure out why.
Regulators closed Silicon Valley Bank – the go-to lender for tech startups – on Friday after depositors rushed to withdraw their funds all at once.
When regulators closed two banks over the weekend it broadcasted anxiety throughout the industry, despite the atypical nature of those two institutions, banking experts in Oklahoma said Tuesday.
For many, it said, problems can be far more serious than just itchy eyes and runny noses.
Sneezy seasons are getting longer and more miserable for allergy sufferers around the globe, and that’s especially bad news for Oklahomans, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
An independently managed and unconsolidated subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Diamond owns the Bally Sports Regional Sports Networks (Bally Sports).
Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday. The move came after it missed a $140 million interest payment last month.
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