Coding ‘error’ reveals Edmond City Council has little to spend on one-time discretionary projects
When he opened an email Thursday morning from Edmond city manager Scot Rigby, Ward 2 Councilman Barry Moore went "slack-jawed" as he learned an...
Senate confirmations get political: House leaders’ relatives, others await fate
(Update: In the days following this article, Senate Bill 362 was passed into law, and the nominations of Clay McCall and David Echols were...
Nine teaching certificates suspended by state board
After more than an hour of executive session, Oklahoma State Board of Education members voted today to suspend the educator certificates of nine teachers...
Parties fight to finish Uncommon Ground Sculpture Park agreements by June 10 deadline
When news broke that the Edmond City Council had approved the site plan, preliminary plat, final plat and eight variances for the Uncommon Ground...
FY 2025 state budget deal: Slew of capital projects, sheriff funding, $25 million for #oklaed
Two days after negotiations blew up for the second time in a row, leaders of the Oklahoma Legislature struck an FY 2025 state budget...
Tribal roundup: Tahdooahnippah new Comanche Nation chairman; Cherokee, Seneca-Cayuga, Iowa elections loom
Across Oklahoma, tribal governments are holding their 2024 election cycles, with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes and the Peoria Tribe and the Apache Tribe...
Back to the drawing board? OKC Council denies new county jail site
The long saga of efforts to replace the troubled Oklahoma County Jail with a new facility has hit yet another snag, as the OKC...
Senate, House have decisions to make on bills expanding religious options in schools
As the Oklahoma Legislature negotiates the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, a number of policy bills are currently sitting on various rungs of the long...
‘Slap in the face’: Legislative fight over DPS training center roils commissioner
A suggestion by the Oklahoma State Senate's floor leader to pull back funding on a training center long sought by the Department of Public...
As trailer bill lifts sales tax election restriction, OKC metro’s commuter rail votes could speed up
Cities and counties looking to hold sales tax elections between now and June 2025 were impeded by language within this year's legislation that eliminated...
