News
Clifton Adcock
State Superintendent Sandy Garrett cast the deciding vote at her final state Board of Education meeting.
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
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Passing the gavel
News
Clifton Adcock
State Superintendent Sandy Garrett cast the deciding vote at her final state Board of Education meeting.
Slow burn
The Oklahoma City Council and firefighters’ union agree to a contract, just as planning for next fiscal year’s contract begins.
News
Clifton Adcock
Eight months into the fiscal year, the Oklahoma City Council approved at its March 1 meeting a long-negotiated contract with the International Association of Fire Fighters.
Counterpoint: Fallin ‘should be praised’
Frankly, Oklahomans shouldn’t give a hoot.
Commentary
Charlie Meadows
House Bill 2130, high-profile legislation by Oklahoma House Speaker Kris Steele and supported by Gov. Mary Fallin, passed in mid-March with only 51 votes and then headed for the Senate.
Embarrassing loopholes
Letters to the Editor
Steven Goldman
Insightful legislative reporting by Clifton Adcock (“Triple R,” April 13, Gazette) led to reading Senate Bill 969, which should be titled “Public tax credits for private school grants.”
Living arrangement
The city is using incentive funding to encourage development of diverse downtown housing options.
News
Clifton Adcock
An apartment complex currently under development in the Deep Deuce neighborhood may get $1.25 million in assistance from the city.
Over the river and through the woods
Approximately 34.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day weekend
Features
Gazette staff
Approximately 34.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day weekend, according to leisure travel organization AAA. That represents a slight increase of 0.2 percent — or 100,000 people — from the 2010 holiday.
Detour ahead
Budgetary hand-wringing puts the partially constructed American Indian center in limbo.
News
Greg Horton
Sen. Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa, has called for an interim study on proposed bond issues, including the American Indian Cultural Center & Museum.
Myriad questions
Foundation officials insist OKC got a good deal on a multimillion-dollar property, but one City Council member is scrutinizing the details.
News
Clifton Adcock
When the Myriad Botanical Gardens publicly revealed the progress from the adjacent park’s ongoing renovation in April, many in Oklahoma City considered it a success.
