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Government
Save OKC Schools launches 90-day petition drive for local income tax
Phylesia Dailey thinks her daughter is getting a good education at Cleveland Elementary in Oklahoma City Public Schools.
She also believes all children in the...
Code for America brigades in Oklahoma promote good government
Since 2009, Code for America has been making a positive impact on governments mostly at the local level.
“This is really about people helping people,”...
Cultures and Cinema
Supt responds to Confederate generals school name concerns
National events are forcing local Oklahoma City Public Schools leaders to respond to heightened concerns about four schools the district says are named after...
The oldest new land – Alana’s lots on NE eighth
Alana Haynes House grew up visiting a friend on Eighth Street near the Health Sciences Center.
She was impressed with the old, stately houses of...
Politics
Martyrs, self-defense mark change in focus for political Left
“We will remember our martyrs!” may have been the most striking line from the numerous speeches at the Oklahoma Standing in Solidarity with Charlottesville...
Capitol Hill Civic group tours library construction with U.S. Rep Russell
The Capitol Hill Civic Group walked from Grill on the Hill Thursday morning to the new Capitol Hill Library branch under construction at SW...
Business and Technology
One last look before work begins on First National Center
Developer Gary Brooks and his partner, Charlie Nicholas, are ready to begin work on the First National Center in downtown Oklahoma City on Robinson...
State is “hypocritical” says OKC industrial entrepreneur
“We are a very hypocritical state,” says Dirk Spiers, one of the leading industrial entrepreneurs in Oklahoma City.
He doesn’t like how the Oklahoma Legislature...
Education
Fight is on! OKCPS to sue state
What happened Thursday may be a sign of things to come over the next year.
Oklahoma City Public Schools leaders announced in a news conference...
Supt responds to Confederate generals school name concerns
National events are forcing local Oklahoma City Public Schools leaders to respond to heightened concerns about four schools the district says are named after...