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Local headlines for Friday, August 19, 2022
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One of the first lunch counter sit-ins of the civil rights movement took place in Oklahoma City in 1958. This weekend, the city remembers the protest and its organizer Clara Luper.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss a lawsuit filed by Labor Commissioner candidate Sean Roberts against State Rep. Carol Bush for slander, and several primary runoff elections.
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Federal auditors found problems with Oklahoma’s COVID-19 relief programs for students. It’s causing delays in spending additional funds totalling nearly $18 million.
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Altus residents may have noticed yellow water coming from their taps yesterday. The city says that’s due to higher-than-normal manganese levels in the water thanks to a lake turnover at Tom Steed Reservoir.
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OU is welcoming more than 4,700 students and OSU is bringing in more than 4,600.
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Recent survey results show commercial honeybees are on track to have another year of colony losses. A decline in these essential pollinators could hinder food production.
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As the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority moves forward with its ACCESS Oklahoma project, residents are concerned about the impact on local wildlife.
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Local headlines for Thursday, August 18, 2022
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Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.