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Li’l Friday: Jim Gaffigan, ‘Oklahoma!,’ Houndmouth
Port City Daily - North Carolina
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August 14, 2025
Jim Gaffigan will perform at Live Oak Bank Pavilion on Thursday. (Courtesy Live Nation) SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Li’l Friday features dozens of ways for people to enjoy the weekend via theater, music, art, culinary happenings and more. All events...
Oklahoma State University names Marsh vice president for student affairs
Oklahoma State University
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August 13, 2025
Dr. Brent Marsh Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Media Contact: Mack Burke | Associate Director of Media Relations | 405-744-5540 | mack.burke_iv@okstate.edu Oklahoma State University President Jim Hess has announced the appointment of Dr. Brent A....
Oklahoma first responders train for active shooter scenarios
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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August 13, 2025
THEY GO THROUGH? WELL, GUYS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMS AND FIRE OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS THE STATE GATHERED IN THIS SCHOOL BUILDING TODAY REENACTING SCENARIOS AS IF THEY WERE IN AN OFFICE BUILDING OR A SCHOOL. NOW, WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE COULD BE...
Oklahoma schools to continue charging meal fees, despite Walters’ demands
Oklahoma Voice
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August 13, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — Multiple Oklahoma school districts say they will continue to charge cafeteria fees despite demands from the state’s public education chief to provide all meals for free. Serving free meals to all students, as state Superintendent...
Gender Ideology Loses in Court Yet Again
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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August 13, 2025
Like abortion zealots in the past, gender warriors today are trying to use the courts to force on the American people a dangerous agenda that neither they nor their elected representatives want. So far, at least, they are striking out. More than...
Oklahoma City students dive into STEM learning as school year begins
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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August 13, 2025
THIS SCHOOL YEAR. YEAH. AND THE DISTRICT HAS MADE BIG INVESTMENTS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH WITH EVERY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT OFFERING HANDS ON LEARNING FROM ROBOTS TO REAL WORLD PROBLEM SOLVING. STEM...
Podcaster Praised For Saying MAGA Should Be ‘Banned’ From ‘Best Thing’ About America
HuffPost
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August 15, 2025
A Bravo star is getting applause online for her blistering take on Trump supporters. Jennifer Welch, who starred in the reality series “Sweet Home” and now co-hosts the “I’ve Had It” podcast with her friend Angie “Pumps” Sullivan, went off on a...
Educator warns mental health support for students at risk after PRIME program ends
KTUL - Oklahoma
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CHICKASHA, OKLA (KTUL) — Rural Oklahoma schools are grappling with new challenges in mental health support following recent federal funding cuts to a critical program. The PRIME program, which had been instrumental in filling counseling gaps in...
Oklahoma's ban on sex-change surgeries for minors upheld by 10th Circuit
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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August 13, 2025
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Operating room staff perform a surgery. | Getty ImagesA federal appeals court has upheld an Oklahoma law banning body-disfiguring sex-change surgeries for minors in what supporters...
Oklahoma to end in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants after Department of Justice lawsuit
OUDaily - Oklahoma
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August 13, 2025
Oklahoma has agreed to bar undocumented immigrants from qualifying for in-state tuition after the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit. On Aug. 5, the DOJ filed a complaint that argues an Oklahoma state law conflicts with federal law, which...
Maybe Oklahoma has to go back to basics to fix our schools
The Oklahoman
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From my research, Oklahoma has never ranked 17th in the national NAEP Scores — NAEP being what’s known as The Nation’s Report Card. I most recently researched this, and where it comes from is Education Week’s Quality Counts report, where in 2011,...
EXCLUSIVE: Ted Budd Endorses Andy Barr In Kentucky Senate Race To Replace Mitch McConnell
The Daily Caller
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August 14, 2025
Republican North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd is throwing his support behind Republican Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr in the hotly-contested 2026 GOP primary to succeed Mitch McConnell in the Senate. Barr is vying for the Republican nomination against...
Some Oklahoma towns still ticket tribal citizens, in violation of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
The Frontier - Oklahoma
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Daniel Bear was driving home from the nearby Golden Pony Casino after taking his wife out for a treat on Mother’s Day when he was blinded by the headlights of a Henryetta police officer. The officer pulled Bear over for allegedly speeding eight...
Oklahoma ends tuition assistance for illegal immigrants after DOJ complaint
Washington Examiner
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August 13, 2025
The DOJ argued an Oklahoma law conflicted with federal law that “prohibits aliens not lawfully present in the United States from getting in-state tuition benefits that are denied to out-of-state U.S. citizens,” the filing states. The state law in...
Oklahoma lawmakers considering new state oversight into homeless shelters
The Oklahoman
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The Oklahoma lawmakers behind a controversial bill to restrict the locations of homeless shelters are now pushing for more state oversight. Sen. Lisa Standridge, R-Norman, and Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, will host an interim study at the Oklahoma...
Open Records Act and Education
The Madill Record - Oklahoma
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August 14, 2025
A growing controversy is unfolding in Oklahoma after the State Department of Education, under Superintendent Ryan Walters, announced a push to shield teacher resignation letters from public disclosure records that have historically been accessible...
Oklahoma classrooms go phone-free under new state law
News9 - Oklahoma
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Students across Oklahoma will face a big change as they head back to class with a new state law banning cellphone use during the school day. RELATED: Oklahoma’s new bell-to-bell cellphone ban: Teachers, administrators weigh in on impact in...
University of Central Oklahoma ends print publication of student newspaper
KGOU - Oklahoma
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August 14, 2025
The future of University of Central Oklahoma’s student newspaper, The Vista, is unclear following a decision to immediately end the print publication. The Vista was established in 1903 and is distributed on the Edmond campus for free. This fall...
Google to Invest $9 Billion in Oklahoma to Expand AI, Cloud Infrastructure
TechEconomy
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August 14, 2025
Advertisements Google is making one of its biggest U.S. infrastructure bets yet, committing an additional $9 billion to Oklahoma over the next two years to fund a new data centre campus in Stillwater. The tech giant also plans to expand its...
Oklahoma lawmakers consider adding state oversight for homeless shelters
The Frontier - Oklahoma
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The Oklahoma lawmakers behind a controversial bill to restrict the locations of homeless shelters are now pushing for more state oversight. Sen. Lisa Standridge, R-Norman, and Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, will host an interim study at the Oklahoma...