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Daniel Fritz has completed his OK-First Certification. Fritz, who is already a City of Seminole Emergency Management Trained Spotter, has gone beyond the required annual National Weather Service Spotter Training to become OK-First Certified.

In the competition between states, there is no sitting still. Oklahoma could become a national leader in school choice this year.

WASHINGTON, DC – Next week, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Investing in America” tour, U.S.

Authors, poets, book illustrators, designers, and photographers from across the state and the nation have been selected as finalists for the 2023 Oklahoma Book Awards. The thirty-fourth Annual Oklahoma Book Awards will take place on April 22, 2023, where winners in each category will be announced.

Thursday was our final day to pass House bills through the House chamber, and we ultimately heard 477 bills ahead of the third reading deadline. Two of the bills approved were two of my own.

ADA – Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby will deliver the Boswell Lecture at 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 31, at the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center at East Central University.

OBU alumnus Brandon Gilbert, Enterprise Territory Manager at Tenable, will be the featured speaker during OBU’s next Business Forum Monday, March 27. His lecture will be titled “Reverse Timelines: Work Backward Before Stepping Forward.

The Senate continued their efforts Thursday to improve public safety within the medical marijuana industry. Sen.

While Medicaid renewals are temporarily paused due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), eligibility reviews are soon restarting for all SoonerCare members. As a result, an estimated 300,000 Oklahomans will lose coverage over the next few months.

The Oklahoma CareerTech Foundation recently awarded more than $75,000 in scholarships to 263 postsecondary students in Oklahoma. The foundation distributed $77,783 in Otha Grimes scholarships to students attending Oklahoma CareerTech technology centers.