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The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) reports that continued unemployment claims and continued claims’ four-week moving average decreased, while initial claims and initial claims’ four-week moving average increased for the week ending July 9.
Read moreThe Biden-Harris administration Thursday released final guidance for eligible states and the Navajo Nation on how to apply for the first $725 million in funding available for reclaiming abandoned mine lands (AMLs). President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides a total of $11.3 billion in AML grant funding over 15 years to eligible states and Tribes to help communities eliminate dangerous environmental hazards and pollution caused by past coal mining while creating good-paying jobs and revitalizing coal communities. The final guidance was
Read moreThe money that your federal government spends is divided into two categories: mandatory spending, where Congress unacceptably put it on autopilot, and discretionary spending, which has to be directed each year. For now, let’s set aside the runaway mandatory part and talk about the money that makes up Congress’ traditional role in the power of the purse. Discretionary spending, this category that Con gress originally oversaw, is made up of 12 annual bills known as appropriations. And to make this explanation even more complicated, this week, the House is voting on a so-called “minibus,” the combination of six of the traditional 12 appropriation bills for the next fiscal year.
Read moreA suspect with a Sasakwa address faces multiple charges in the District Court of Seminole County after allegedly setting a fire and then eluding officers without a license.
Read moreThe Seminole Public Works Department took advantage of extremely dry conditions with a controlled burn in Boom Town Park earlier this week. The burn was a hot job, with temperatures already in the 90’s during the “cooler” morning hours, but it made short work of what is usually a challenge to weed-eat up the steep hill and around the rocks. —Staff Photo by Bob Melton
Read moreA Monday morning single vehicle accident claimed the life of a Cromwell man. An accident report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol states that Gregg Lewis, 45, was pronounced deceased at the scene of the accident.
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