Oklahoma - Page 8

June 21

Tulsa's mayor has a $105M plan to help descendants of the 1921 race massacre, but don't call it reparations

Tulsa's mayor is proposing a different kind of reparations plan, focusing on creating a private trust to help atone for one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history.

June 12

Man who pledged loyalty to ISIS plotted attack on college football stadium, court records say

An Oklahoma man scouted the Oklahoma Sooners' football stadium for a potential terrorist attack after pledging his allegiance to ISIS, according to newly released court documents.

June 12

Oklahoma is leading the fight to save girls' sports – and they're winning

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters champions Oklahoma's Save Women's Sports Act amid growing national movement to protect girls' sports.

June 2

Tulsa mayor proposes $100M reparations plan for descendants of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols IV is pushing a $100 million trust to aid descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre, aiming to revitalize the Greenwood District and provide scholarships.

May 22

Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma decision, in blow to religious charter schools

In a split decision, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold a lower court decision that held a religious charter school cannot obtain public funding from the state of Oklahoma.

May 21

Federal judge slaps hold on new Oklahoma immigration law

An Oklahoma law criminalizing illegal immigrants living in the state has been paused from coming into force by a federal judge, drawing ACLU praises while the state attorney general criticized it.

May 1

EXCLUSIVE: DHS fires back at claims ICE raided 'wrong home' in Oklahoma smuggling investigation

EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security is setting the record straight after media reports claimed ICE raided “the wrong home" and targeted U.S. citizens, setting Democrats fuming.

April 30

Supreme Court to hear arguments on school choice case involving Catholic charter school

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday regarding the establishment of the nation's first religious charter school in Oklahoma.

April 30

Parents and students need school choice, not religious bigotry

American schools are falling behind their global counterparts. Oklahoma wants a Catholic school to join its charter program to help fix things. It's up to the Supreme Court to decide.

April 22

Republican civil war brewing over taxpayer-funded Catholic school

Supreme Court will hear arguments over the first religious public charter school in the U.S., where Oklahoma's GOP attorney general, who is running for governor, is at odds with fellow Republicans.