Local headlines for Thursday, January 17, 2019:
- The federal shutdown is raising concerns among rural firefighters. (Journal Record)
- Senate leader files bills to give more power to the governor over agency heads. (NewsOK)
- Legislation makes county sheriff elections nonpartisan. (Journal Record)
- Bill allows counties to ban medical marijuana. (Tulsa World)
- Medical marijuana sales reach nearly a million dollars in December. (AP)
- Tax collections remain relatively unchanged amid new alcohol laws. (NewsOK)
- Fallin leaves office with dozens of unfilled open record requests (NewsOK)
- Cybersecurity team finds millions of unsecured files at a state agency. (NewsOK)
- Tulsa’s mayor calls for an independent monitor on police use-of-force. (Tulsa World)
- First woman appointed to second-in-command position at Dept. of Public Safety. (Tulsa World)
- OSU dismisses three basketball players possibly linked to vandalism. (Tulsa World)
- Study shows restoring inmate Pell Grants saves the state $2.4M a year. (NewsOK)
- Hoteliers call on Tulsa to close its Tourism Improvement District. (Tulsa World)
- OKC Zoo releases nine-year plan to spend $71M in renovations and exhibits. (Journal Record)
