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‘I tell you the truth, even when it’s hard’: Gentner Drummond makes final push...
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With James Taylor ‘proposing consolidation,’ Robert Franklin pans ‘inappropriate process’
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Insurance commissioner runoff: Marty Quinn, Bob Sullivan clash on cause of rising rates
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Amid critical questions about how to handle the troubled jail, a pressing sales tax vote and crumbling infrastructure, incumbent Oklahoma County District 1 Commissioner...
SQ 844: Property tax reimbursement reform has educators uneasy
A state question on Oklahoma’s Aug. 25 ballots would change how counties are reimbursed for ad valorem tax revenue when properties qualify for manufacturing...
SD 34 runoff: Dana Prieto, Aaron Forst talk Freedom Caucus future, childcare, projects
In one of two State Senate races where a Republican incumbent has been pushed to an Aug. 25 runoff Oklahoma Freedom Caucus co-founder Sen....
Tulsa District 9: Ben Johnson, Pete Regan, Shawn Tiemann disagree on Flock cameras
With Carol Bush the only Tulsa City Council member voluntarily retiring in 2026, the race to replace her in southwest Tulsa’s District 9 is...
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