Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Alex Ewald
Wish fulfillment
The camps include a commemorative T-shirt, lunch and hands-on science experiences.
Kids
Alex Ewald
Did you ever wish you could launch your own rocket? Build your own roller coaster? Make your own slime?
State offers cooling relief for needy
Low-income residents can take advantage of $22 million program
News
Alex Ewald
Low-income households in Oklahoma can apply for summer cooling-system funds of at least $200 starting July 11, by which the state’s dog days of summer will be well under way.
Matter of degrees
A Brookings Institution report says Oklahoma is behind in education level among immigrants.
News
Alex Ewald
A new report sheds light on immigration in the United States, showing more workers with a college education settling in the coastal areas and those without a high school diploma clustering in the Southwest and Great Plains.
Shelter from the storm
A public-service project and state incentive programs aim to help individuals be prepared during tornadic trepidation.
News
Alex Ewald
During one of May’s tornadic storms, Oklahoma City resident Joshua Trent was inspired after his dad called from Calumet, where five of the storms’ deaths occurred, asking him the location of the closest storm shelter.
Rep. Boren’s retirement makes future hazy for state voice in Congress
GOP vows ‘we can do better’ than Boren
News
Alex Ewald
Oklahoma has lost its lone Democratic voice in Congress after U.S. Rep. Dan Boren announced his decision at a press conference Tuesday not to run for re-election next year.
Rep. Boren not seeking re-election in 2012
Spokeperson confirms Congressman’s plans to retire
News
Alex Ewald
U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, the lone Oklahoma Democrat in Congress, will formally announce his decision not to run for re-election next year, at a press conference at 2 p.m. today in his hometown of Muskogee.
