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COVID-19 hospitalizations appear to be leveling off in Oklahoma, but hospital stays are longer due to the delta variant of the virus, health officials said Tuesday.
Read moreSenators James Lankford (R-OK) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) Tuesday were joined by Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Mike Braun (R-IN), Rick Scott (R-FL), Steve Daines (R-MT), Angus King (I-ME), Ben Sasse (R-NE), and Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) to reintroduce the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2021, which would take government shutdowns off the table by setting up an automatic continuing resolution (CR) if government funding has not been enacted on time and requiring Congress to stay in town until the job is done.
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Seminole State College will host its annual Constitution Day event on Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. in the Utterback Ballroom, located in the Enoch Kelly Haney Center.
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We passed some great legislation this session, and over the next few months I will use my Capitol Update to highlight some of those bills for you. We work for you, the people, and you should know what we got done and how it will affect our district and our state.
Read moreThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and OneNet a $414,595 Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) grant to connect two more campuses to the One-Oklahoma Friction Free Network (OFFN).
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The University of Central Oklahoma is launching a new program, called “Preducation,” for elementary students in Oklahoma schools. The program aims to introduce age-appropriate materials relating to prejudice, race, culture, disabilities and gender identity to young children to create awareness and understanding before stereotypes and bias are formed.
Read moreThe Department of the Interior Tuesday announced that it would begin consultations with Tribes as it continues to strengthen the ability of sovereign nations to establish and consolidate their homelands.
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