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The Not Invisible Act Commission, a cross jurisdictional advisory committee composed of law enforcement, Tribal leaders, federal partners, service providers, family members of missing and murdered individuals, and survivors, today transmitted its congressionally mandated recommendations to the Department of the Interior, Department of Justice and U.S. Congress. Federal responses to the Commission’s recommendations are due within 90 calendar days.
Read moreThe Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum have jointly purchased the tour de force “Lessons of the Hour” (2019) by artist and filmmaker Sir Isaac Julien. The moving image installation interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of 19th-century activist, writer, orator and philosopher Frederick Douglass (1818–1895). Through critical research, fictional reconstruction and a marriage of poetic image and sound, Julien asserts Douglass’ enduring lessons of justice, abolition and freedom that remain just as relevant today.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office is partnering with the Oklahoma Press Association to host a seminar on Oklahoma’s open meeting and open records laws in McAlester on November 13.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Employment Security Commission’s (OESC) monthly employment report, released Wednesday, November 1, shows that Seminole County is continuing to improve from being tied with Haskell county for the third highest rate of unemployment in the state two months ago and fourth highest rate in last month’s report, to the fifth highest rate in Wednesday report.
Read moreAdrienne Hagy of the Strother FFA chapter was one of 50 high school freshman FFA members from across Oklahoma to qualify for the state finals ofc the Greenhand Quiz Career Development Event held at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater Oct. 24.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) latest Synar results reveal that most Oklahoma businesses refuse to sell tobacco to those under 21. 86.4% of Oklahoma businesses helped stop sales and are operating within compliance. This marks a significant improvement compared to the previous year, which saw a compliance rate of 79.8%.
Read moreOklahoma Baptist University, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Baptist Historical Commission and the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, will be hosting a reception in celebration of the restoration and exhibition of a 1613 copy of the King James Bible. This will take place from 2 p.m.-4 p.m., Nov.10, 2023 at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art.
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