Local headlines for Tuesday, February 12, 2019:
- The first anti-abortion bill in the 2019 session passes out of the State House. (Tulsa World)
- A Senate committee advances a bill giving more independence to nurses. (NewsOK)
- Lawmakers craft bills to gather more data to aid in corrections reform. (Journal Record)
- The farm belt is seeing an increase in bankruptcies. (Journal Record)
- Attorneys in Pawhuska marijuana trafficking case calls for charges to be dropped. (Tulsa World)
- Former AG candidate gets sued by the federal government. (Tulsa World)
- Baptist leaders regret news of alleged cover-up of sexual abuse. (NewsOK)
- Grady County repays Chickasha Schools $2.1M. (NewsOK)
- Broken Arrow wants to redefine the high school experience (Tulsa World)
- UCO offers faculty buyout to offset a budget gap. (NewsOK)
- New program helps Oklahoma women in prison learn to code on computers. (NewsOK)
- Shawnee art museum claims St. Gregory’s owes $2.3M. (Journal Record)
- Russell Westbrook makes history with a Thunder win against Portland. (NewsOK)