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Members of Oklahoma’s LGBTQ+ community came together for an annual gathering at the Oklahoma State Capitol Tuesday. “The People’s Hearing,” is a storytelling event aimed at fostering solidarity among trans and gender-nonconforming Oklahomans. This year, like the last, a main theme was remembering nonbinary and trans youth lost to suicide.
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Notably, the changes include how long city councilors serve and when council elections take place.
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If you spread out all of OKC’s vacant offices next to each other, they would cover about 75 football fields.
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Towns in the path of the total eclipse could see millions of dollars flow into their communities to witness a few minutes of darkness when the moon passes in front of the sun.
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The Russian president described the violent shooting as "a bloody, barbaric terrorist act" after a group linked to the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the event.
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Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole is vying for greater control of the federal budget. The U.S. representative pitched to his colleagues in Congress Friday to choose him as the next chair of the U.S. House Appropriations and Budget Committee.
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Oklahoma's medical association is opposing a bill heading to the governor, which would allow providers like nurse practitioners to prescribe certain drugs independently.
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For the first time in three years, honey yields rose across the United States. It’s good news in an industry facing headwinds.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses a report showing State Superintendent Ryan Walters used taxpayer dollars to pay a public relations firm to promote him on the national stage, a Catholic charter school moving forward with applications to open this fall despite facing legal challenges and more.
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A move by Oklahoma's governor at the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission could shape how future compacts are negotiated.
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This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features stories on a controversial bill in the state legislature, a heated city council race in Enid, wildfires in Western Oklahoma, and more.
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Nex Bendict’s death has made headlines across the country after they died by suicide in the wake of a fight at Owasso High School. But the district attorney says there isn’t enough evidence to press charges.
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