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Curtis Shelton, OCPA Policy Fellow Oklahomas state treasurer has released the monthly report for May revenue collections. The report shows total gross receipts collected in May were $1.07 billion a 10.6 percent, or $103 million, increase over the same month from the prior year. This marks the 24th month in a row of year over

Patrick B. McGuigan OKLAHOMA CITY, OK Lawyers for Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones plan to press for clemency for their client. The news was shared at a recent event supporting Oklahomas leading organization coordinating efforts to end capital punishment in Oklahoma. Lawyers announce clemency campaign to seek Justice for Julius At that

by Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin Oklahoma City, OK, June 17, 2019 Nine months ago today, our Open Records request was snail-mailed to the Open Records Office at the University of Oklahoma. That letter, dated September 17, 2018 sought to recover from the University information about the activities of OU staff members

Mexicos Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to ratify a new free trade agreement with the United States and Canada, making it the first of the three countries to gain legislative approval.

After decades of improvement, Americas air may not be getting any cleaner.

The Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission licensing division issued four mixed-beverage licenses, one retail store license and one beer and wine license from June 3 to June 7.

OKLAHOMA CITY An Oklahoma City teenager, who has spent most of his life in hospitals, learned to pass time by making friendship bracelets, and Fletcher Burns has made 5,000 of them just since January Its been a blessing to see him come out of his shell, Fletchers mom Denise said. He was diagnosed with Epidermal Nevus Syndrome when he was five weeks old. A nevus is like a mole or a birthmark, but he also has, in addition to,

PAULS VALLEY, Okla. Pauls Valleys mayor signed an Emergency Disaster Proclamation after Wednesday early morning storms left more than 4,500 people without power. Now nobody is allowed to be out on the streets past midnight. This was by far one of the roughest storms that ever came through here, said Janie Cooksey, whose roof was ripped off during Wednesdays early morning storms. The overnight storms unleashed severe winds. Trees uprooted and limbs scattered in front of nearly every home.

OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy OISA and the Oklahoma State Department of Health OSDH are holding an art contest to showcase great drawings by Oklahoma children. The theme is Envisioning a Bright Future, so OISA and OSDH are asking childrenand youth to submit drawings of what they think will be in their future, what they want to be when they grow up, what holidays they look forward to, or how they think the world will look

He prefers to talk policy over biography, and voters asked what he would do if elected president, including whether he would limit the use of executive orders.

The suspect was looking for his wife who was an employee at the restaurant.

This outreach brings books and computers to laundromats.

OG&E crews are scrambling to return power to 4,000 Pauls Valley residents. OG&E says power may not return until Friday. In the meantime, the mayor of Pauls Valley is imposing a citywide curfew. That curfew will take effect at midnight. By doing so, police

Reaction continues this week now that Fort Sill is soon to become shelter for migrant children from the U.S.-Mexico border. Officials say at any time, approximately 1,400 migrant children will be brought to the army post. In 2014, Fort Sill housed migrant

Crews in Yukon wrestled with quite a problem Wednesday. A 170,000-pound house slid into a muddy ditch. The mobile home wasnt too mobile. It was being transported down Banner Road, when the driver swung too far right and drove it right into a ditch.

What is the qualified opportunity zone programThe qualified opportunity zone program is a relatively new tax incentive program designed to encourage long-term investment in low-income communities, or qualified opportunity zones.Read more on NewsOK.com

WASHINGTON AP Former top White House adviser Hope Hicks refused to answer questions related to her time in the White House in a daylong interview with the House Judiciary Committee, dimming Democrats chances of obtaining new or substantive information about President Donald Trump in their first interview with a person linked to his inner circle.Frustrated Democrats leaving the meeting Wednesday said Hicks and her lawyer rigidly followed White House orders to stay quiet about her time there and said they would be forced to go to court to obtain answers.House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said Hicks lawyers asserted the White Houses principle that as one of Trumps close advisers she is absolutely immune from talking about her time there because of separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches.Read more on NewsOK.com

Wire reportsThe Dominican Republics lead prosecutor said Wednesday that former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was not the target of a shooting in a nightclub in his hometown.Attorney General Jean Alain Rodrguez told reporters the target was another man, dressed similarly to Ortiz, who was seated with the retired baseball star on the night of the June 9 shooting in Santo Domingo.Rodrguez said the shooting was orchestrated by a member of Mexicos Gulf Cartel, who remains on the run.Read more on NewsOK.com