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A little blue

The municipal recycling program tries encouraging voluntary participation through monetary rewards.


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Peter Wright
Despite the availability of curbside recycling in Oklahoma City, less than a third of residents put out their recycle bins every week.
 
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Action precedes Jackson

Rev. Jesse Jackson's visit to OKC high school follows brief student scuffle.


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Gazette staff
The Rev. Jesse Jackson told students at Douglass High School this morning that they can aspire to be anything in life, but his words of inspiration might have come a few hours too late for a group of youths at the Oklahoma City school.
 
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Takeover trouble

The city’s request for operators of the MAPS 3 senior wellness centers has generated little interest.


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Clifton Adcock
Although the Oklahoma City Council has approved plans laying out two MAPS 3 projects, council members expressed concern that one of the projects has drawn little interest from operators that eventually will be needed.
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Righting wrongs

OCU law students are working to identify and remedy cases of wrongful conviction.


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C.G. Niebank
Although it’s said justice is blind, and thus fair, mistakes are sometimes made — and innocent people are wrongfully convicted of crimes.
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Bully pulpit

Oklahoma gets a starring role in a controversial documentary.


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Phil Bacharach
Ty Field-Smalley had had enough of being bullied at his school in Perkins. Slammed into lockers. Shoved into a garbage can. Chocolate milk dumped on his head in the cafeteria.
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Walk this way

In the midst of a recall campaign, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will share his message with a friendly OKC audience.


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Clifton Adcock
Embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is scheduled to visit Oklahoma City this evening, and some in organized labor are planning to roll out their own welcome wagon.
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Wills' way

The Bob Wills archives make its way to Oklahoma


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Phil Bacharach
Bob Wills is coming back to Oklahoma — in a sense.
 
Friday, April 6, 2012

Audit now, money later

Fallin, state lawmakers say a bond issue for the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum is contingent on an audit.


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Clifton Adcock
State Senators today announced that an agreement had been reached with Gov. Mary Fallin and legislative leaders that an audit must be conducted of the American Indian Cultural Center & Museum.
 
Thursday, April 5, 2012

War of the womb

A legal tug-of-war proceeds as the legislative and judicial branches consider abortion rights.


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Clifton Adcock
The battle over abortion rights has hit a fever pitch in Oklahoma.
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Chipping in

OKC leaders contribute $9 million toward the partially constructed American Indian Cultural Center & Museum.


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Clifton Adcock
The Oklahoma City Council pledged to chip in the remaining $9 million required to get matching state funds for the completion of the American Indian Cultural Center & Museum.
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Safe room

The conversation about gender-neutral housing at OU continues along a hopeful path for LGBT advocates.


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Carol Cole-Frowe
Devin Luxner is feeling optimistic.
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Family affair

An Oklahoma City medical researcher has a personal stake in his research of autism.


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Dawn Watson
For Jim Rand, science and hope work in small steps.
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

‘Collateral’ soldier

An initial responder to the controversial New Baghdad helicopter assault shares his experience in an OKC appearance.


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Clifton Adcock
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Plaza, sweet

The 16th Street Plaza District makes a historic resurrection.


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Peter Wright
After decades of neglect and disrepair, the 16th Street Plaza District is in the midst of a full-fledged resurgence.
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Artful move

City Arts Center announces move from fairgrounds for Automobile Alley


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Clifton Adcock
The Kirkpatrick Family Fund and City Arts Center announced today that the arts center, currently housed at the Oklahoma State Fair Park, will move east to Automobile Alley near downtown.
 
Friday, March 30, 2012
 
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