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Governor Kevin Stitt last week signed an executive order to address concerns surrounding the administration of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans in Oklahoma, including the resulting burden imposed on healthcare providers and reduced access to care for consumers across the state, particularly in rural and underserved areas.
Read moreHeading into his second year as Oklahoma House Speaker, Kyle Hilbert, hopes to pass reforms to education policy and regulate data centers.
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Seminole State College President Lana Reynolds has been named chair of the Oklahoma Academy for 2026. She assumed the role during the Academy’s Board of Directors’ annual business meeting on Jan. 16 in Oklahoma City. Reynolds succeeds BancFirst President and CEO Darryl Schmidt.
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Filmmakers John Selvidge (far left) and Storme Wood will present an entertaining and informative overview and update of their experience filming “He Brings the News” in Seminole during an upcoming fundraising event.
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The Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center at Oklahoma State University is launching a major modernization effort following a $6 million investment from the Oklahoma Legislature aimed at expanding support for Oklahoma’s growing food and agricultural processing sector.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Insurance Department’s (OID) Medicare Assistance Program (MAP) will continue its free Medicare Mondays webinar series in 2026, offering live and on-demand education for Oklahomans navigating Medicare.
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DEAR ABBY: It seems that everywhere I go, people expect tips. Yesterday, I pulled up to the drive-through at a cookie store, and before I paid or was handed my cookies, the clerk asked, “Would you like to leave a tip?” My niece recently told me that after she left a tip at a restaurant, the server followed her outside and asked if she hadn’t been a very good server because the tip was small. I can give you more examples just from my family regarding their experience with tipping.
Read moreJoshua Oneal Mariott, failure to wear seatbelt, plea of guilty, $20.
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