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Oklahoma County voters could see a proposal for a sales tax increase to pay for a new jail sometime next year, and polling by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber on such a measure may begin as early as December. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division issued a scathing report on the Oklahoma County […]

A federal judge has temporarily halted the implementation of a recently passed state constitutional amendment that would ban state judges from issuing rulings based upon Islamic law. The ruling, issued Monday in the Western District of U.S. District Court, granted a temporary restraining order requested in a lawsuit filed Nov. 4 by Oklahoma resident Muneer […]

Americans are ready for a new sense of civility and unity in political and nonpolitical life, U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman told an Oklahoma City crowd Wednesday night. He was the keynote speaker at the 13th anniversary celebration of the Chabad Community Center for Jewish Life and Learning in Oklahoma. On Thursday, Lieberman also spoke at […]

Oklahoma Republicans scored major electoral victories in Tuesday’s general election, sweeping into the governor’s office and key state positions in landslide victories and even scoring a few upsets. In the state gubernatorial race, Republican candidate U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin beat Democratic Lt. Gov. Jari Askins with more than 60 percent of the vote, making Fallin […]

The Oklahoma City Council voted down a measure Tuesday that would have lifted the moratorium on city payments for out-of-state travel by council members and the mayor. The measure, which failed 6-3, would have rescinded the moratorium enacted on Oct. 27, 2009, after the city began to tighten its fiscal belt because of decreased revenue. […]

The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office is disputing cited violations from the state Department of Health over inmate treatment at the Oklahoma County jail. An inspection in July, spurred by an inmate complaint, led to the notice. On Oct. 27, the Oklahoma County Commissioners approved the Sheriff’s Office plan of action, which will be sent to […]

The pedestrian SkyDance Bridge was to be an “iconic symbol of Oklahoma City’s future,” according to city planners, spanning the relocated Interstate 40 near S.W. 9th Street and Harvey Avenue and providing a critical link between the city’s core and development to the south. But when the bridge’s projected construction costs more than doubled from […]

The city of Oklahoma City will likely bring the company Architectural Design Group on board to help it plan the proposed MAPS 3 projects. The MAPS 3 program contains eight projects at a total cost of around $777 million. Once a contract is hammered out between ADG and the city, the company will become a […]

The two candidates vying for governor got down to business on Tuesday in Oklahoma City at the 2010 Gubernatorial Candidate Fall Forum organized by the State Chamber of Oklahoma. Both Lt. Governor Jari Askins, a Democrat, and Rep. Mary Fallin, a Republican, voiced their support of several state business incentive funds; the need to examine […]

A major component of Oklahoma City’s Core to Shore program is undergoing significant changes after it ran into enormous projected cost overruns. The proposed SkyDance Bridge, a pedestrian bridge spanning Interstate 40 that was to be an “iconic symbol of Oklahoma City’s future” and serve as a linkage between the planned central park and promenade […]