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Get Out! Oklahoma’s Eviction Timeline is One of the Fastest in the Nation
Oklahoma Watch
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July 1, 2025
Sign up today for First Watch! Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Oklahoma’s eviction laws are among the most lenient in the nation. With the sixth-highest...
What’s in Oklahoma’s 100 new laws taking effect July 1?
News9 - Oklahoma
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July 1 marks the rollout of 100 new state laws. These changes touch nearly every aspect of life in the state, including education, criminal justice, public health and government oversight. Here’s a look at some of the biggest legal changes now in...
TUES: Is the National Weather Service New Mexico prepared for a Texas-level emergency? + More
KUNM - New Mexico
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July 8, 2025
Is National Weather Service New Mexico prepared for a Texas-level emergency? - Nakayla McClelland, Albuquerque Journal Over the holiday weekend, New Mexico’s neighboring state endured a catastrophic flood that claimed the lives of more than 100...
White, Legally Armed, and Primed for Political Violence
Rolling Stone
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July 1, 2025
This story is published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Subscribe to its newsletters. B y Nov. 3, 2020, the day of the presidential election, 44-year-old Ian Rogers had been preparing for the implosion of...
Milhaus, Humphreys Capital Complete 276-Unit Oxlley Apartments in Edmond, Oklahoma
REBusinessOnline
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June 30, 2025
45EDMOND, OKLA. —A partnership between Indianapolis-based developer Milhaus and locally based investment firm Humphreys Capital has completed Oxlley Apartments, a 276-unit multifamily community in Edmond, about 15 miles north of Oklahoma City....
Oklahoma County Jail Trust embarks on ‘self evaluation’ amid calls for its end
NonDoc - Oklahoma
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June 27, 2025
On Friday, members of the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority voted unanimously to embark on a performance review process to assess the body’s long-term viability and effectiveness amid calls for it to disband and return day-to-day jail...
Oklahoma helpline doubles free nicotine therapy to aid residents in quitting
KTUL - Oklahoma
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OKLA. — The Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline is enhancing its support for residents aiming to quit tobacco by doubling its nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) offer. Starting July 1, the Helpline will provide four weeks of free NRT, including patches,...
Oklahoma Requests Soda, Candy Be Excluded From Food Stamp Purchases
Zero Hedge
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Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, Oklahoma has become the latest state to request federal permission to exclude soft drinks and candy from the list of items that can be purchased through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
Oklahoma nonprofits brace for major federal funding cuts
The Journal Record - Oklahoma
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June 27, 2025
Summary: – Nonprofits report rising demand but falling donations and grants. – Budget cuts to SNAP, Medicaid could destabilize key services. – Leaders urge public to donate, volunteer and contact Congress. Oklahoma’s nonprofit sector is anxiously...
State's economy growing, Fed officers says
Enid News & Eagle - Oklahoma
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ENID, Okla. — Oklahoma's economy is growing as it continues to recover from the COVID pandemic, a representative of the Federal Reserve Bank said Monday, June 30, 2025. Cortney Cowley is the Federal Reserve Bank's lead officer and regional...
Proposed federal food aid cuts could overwhelm Oklahoma nonprofits, leaders warn: 'A very scary time'
News9 - Oklahoma
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On Monday night, lawmakers worked late into the night deciding whether to pass President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. The president is pressuring his party to pass the tax cuts and spending package by July 4. Proposed $287 billion in...
Lawmakers aim to increase CareerTech access for Oklahoma National Guard, but allocated no funding
Oklahoma Voice
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June 30, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma National Guard members may be eligible for tuition assistance to pay for CareerTech programs, but lawmakers did not allocate funding to pay for the program in its first budget year. Senate Bill 31, authored by Sen. Carri...
Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards has lessons to learn from Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
The Guam Daily Post
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MINNEAPOLIS - Since Kevin Durant won’t be sitting in the locker next to Anthony Edwards next season, he should find someone new to emulate. I have just the role model for him: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Sunday night, Gilgeous-Alexander led the...
What new Oklahoma laws go into effect today?
KGOU - Oklahoma
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July 1, 2025
Dozens of new state laws went into effect today. Here are some of the noteworthy pieces of legislation going into the next fiscal year. Public schools Many of the new laws pertain to public schools in advance of the 2025-26 academic year, which...
STAT+: Supreme Court declines to review Oklahoma law regulating PBMs
STAT - Massachusetts
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June 30, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review an appeals court ruling that struck down key parts of an Oklahoma law regulating the retail networks created by pharmacy benefit managers, a victory for the controversial middlemen in the...
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Is Elon Musk serious about starting a third political party in the US?
Firstpost
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July 1, 2025
Elon Musk is threatening to form a third political party in the United States. His outburst came as a direct response to US President Donald Trump’s massive domestic spending proposal — nicknamed the “Big Beautiful Bill” — which Musk has denounced...
Oklahoma GOP leaders say open primaries are a bad idea
KGOU - Oklahoma
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June 27, 2025
As an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling looms on whether voters will have the chance to open state primary elections to all, the state Republican Party is working to convince its members that State Question 836 is a bad deal. But political rhetoric...
Alaska ranked 18th in average VA home loan amount in Q1
Last Frontier News - Alaska
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July 8, 2025
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia With $423,899 in home loans issued, Alaska ranked 18th in average loan amount for VA home loans in the first quarter of...
Garrett Nussmeier talks 'unfinished business' at LSU and what he's doing to improve
The Advocate - Louisiana
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If Garrett Nussmeier had turned pro after his first year as LSU's starting quarterback, he would have been a fairly high pick in the NFL draft. With his potential inside a weak quarterback class, he might have even gone in the first round. But as...
I'm 80 and still working. I've filed for bankruptcy twice and have only $37 in my savings account, but I feel blessed.
Business Insider
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July 1, 2025
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sandy McConnell, 80, who lives in Nevada. McConnell works as a full-time accounts receivable specialist, earning about $50,000 annually. She has $37 in savings and more than $70,000 in debt,...