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A former journalist presents the biggest challenge to Sen. Jim Inhofe’s seat in over a decade.

Tags: State, News, election, state news, senate seat, national news, senate, senate race, senator, senate election, Abby Broyles, KFOR, Jim Inhofe, U.S. Senate, US Senate, Midwest City, journalist, attorney, health care, health insurance, rural hospitals, student loan debt, higher education, cannabis, mental health, farmers, immigration, DACA, dreamers, border

A Midtown retailer caters to both amateur and professional mixologists wanting to raise the bar with better ingredients and supplies.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, OKG Shop, Barkeep Supply, Vault Ice, Winship’s Bitters, bartending, bartenders, mixologists, mixology, craft cocktails, cocktails, mixed drinks, Julia McLish, bar, demonstration bar, drinks, Josh Cockle, Old Fashioned, Daiquiri, Ludivine, spirits, atomizer, bar bible, cocktail recipes, The Bar Book, Jeffrey Morgenthaler, ice, Seth Stevenson, Whiskey Cake, Norman, Oklahoma City, mixology scene, restaurant, bar, hotel, chemistry, UV filters, water softening, flavors, taste, guaiacol

Greg Williams, who has 36 years of experience at Oklahoma Department of Corrections, will be the new county jail administrator.

Tags: Metro, News, Oklahoma County, county news, oklahoma county jail, oklahoma county detention center, oklahoma county criminal justice authority, criminal justice authority, criminal justice, criminal justice system, jail, jail trust, Greg Williams, Tricia Everest, P.D. Taylor, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE

Rep. Kendra Horn spent several days this month meeting with constituents in her district and discussing big issues.

Tags: State, News, Kendra Horn, Fifth Congressional District, OK-CD5, prescription drug costs, medicare part d, medicaid expansion, healthcare, immigration, impeachment, impeachment inquiry, naturalization ceremony, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, DREAM Act, Donald Trump, National Republican Congressional Committee, Federal Election Commission, FEC

As DACA heads to the Supreme Court, a local immigration nonprofit doubles down on its decade of work helping Oklahomans.

Tags: State, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, Supreme Court of the United States, SCOTUS, US Supreme Court, Tasneem Al-Michael, Tax Al-Michael, Angelica Villalobos, Judith Huerta Morfin, Serena Prammanasudh, Dream Action Oklahoma, DAOK, United We Dream, Amicus brief, undocumented immigrants, immigration, news, immigration news, Oklahoma Dreamers, Oklahoma immigration, Mexico, Bangladesh, Carrie Blumert, JoBeth Hamon, Nikki Nice, Amanda Sandoval, Forrest Bennett, local policy, local politics, sanctuary city, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Black Lives Matter, T. Sheri Dickerson, Oklahoma County jail, Stephanie Montelongo

The closure of a local hearing site along with a record-breaking backlog of cases make court proceedings costly and slow.

Tags: State, immigration court, immigration, court, Kelli J. Stump, American Immigration Lawyers Association, green card, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, TRAC, Syracuse University, Oklahoma City, Dallas, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, EOIR, hearings, ICE, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Northern Triangle of Central America, Central America, Guymon, Oklahoma Panhandle, Giovanni I. Perry, Larry E. Davis, Michelle L. Edstrom, Oklahoma Western District Court, Barbara T. Baker, Paola M. Alvarez de Bennett, trial hearings

A coalition of activists continues to advocate for the removal of ICE officers at the county jail.

Tags: Metro, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, oklahoma county, oklahoma county jail, county jail, Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority, jail trust, United We Dream, Ben Brown, David Holt, Sheriff P.D. Taylor, P.D. Taylor, 287(g) agreement, Cynthia Garcia, Sara Bank, Carrie Blumert, Kevin Calvey, Brian Maughan, Danny Honeycutt, jail administrators, citizenship status, county commissioners, Francisco Erwin Galicia, Tricia Everest, Oklahoma City University School of Law, Board of County Commissioners

Advocates are urging area police and sheriff’s offices not to collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Tags: Metro, Immigration, oklahoma county jail, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, Fort Sill, Lawton, Sheriff P.D. Taylor, P.D. Taylor, Mark Myers, Bo Mathews, Dream Action Oklahoma, DAOK, Serena Prammanasudh, OKCPD, Oklahoma City Police Department, law enforcement, United We Dream, Wade Gourley, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, OCSO, 287(g) agreement, Canadian County Sheriff’s Office, Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority, Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office

Several local organizations and immigration activists are demanding the closure of camps and reunification of families at a Saturday rally in Lawton.

Tags: State, Immigration, immigration rally, concentration camps, detainment camps, Dream Action Oklahoma, Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Brenda Lozano, Serena Prammanasudh, Fort Sill, Lawton, Close the Concentration Camps, Close the Camps, United we Dream, asylum seekers, detained immigrants, David L.Moss Criminal Justice Center, Tulsa County Jail, Okmulgee County Jail, Garvin County Detention Center, Pauls Valley, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Priya Desai, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, Esquire, Andrea Pitzer, One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, Waitman Wade Beorn, Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Even a disastrous radio promotion from 1979 tells us something about our current situation and how we look at history.

Tags: Commentary, Commentary, The Spy, The Spy FM, Spy 101, KOSU, Disco DemolitionNight, Chicago White Sox, Comiskey Park, DJ Steve Dahl, Disco Demolition, Insane Coho Lips, InfoWars, Breitbart, Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump, Trump administration, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE raids, immigration raids, undocumented immigrants, concentration camps

As deadCenter Film Festival enters its 19th year, the organization energizes its education initiatives.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, deadCenter Film Festival, film, Lance McDaniel, Stephen Tyler, education, virtual reality, Danny Boyle, Yesterday, Growing Up George, OKC Thunder Films, Paul George, Nanae Yamano, Arrows of Outrageous Fortune, Mickey Reece, Alex Sanchez, Ben Hall, Mary Buss, Cate Jones, The Art of Self-Defense, Harkins Theatres Bricktown 16, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Riley Stearns, Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Luke Dick, Republican Hair, Red Dog Saloon, Red Dog, Kim Kassen, Who Let the Dogs Out, Brent Hodge, Ben Sisto, Bluebird, The Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift, Don Schlitz, Kenny Rogers, Mark Irwin, Alan Jackson, American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel, Dr. Robin Meyers, Catherine Butler, Jeanine Butler, Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ, Lori Walke, Collin Walke, Carlton Pearson, Higher Dimensions Family Church, All Souls Unitarian Church, Bernard Brandon Scott

Seven years after DACA was implemented, Dreamers continue wrestling with the uncertainty of their future.

Tags: State, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, Dreamers, immigration, undocumented, Donald Trump, Trump administration, Barack Obama, Obama administration, Denver, Juarez, Colorado, Mexico, college, scholarships, driving, Javier Hernandez, immigration attorney, Tasneem, Al-Michael, Taz Al-Michael, Brisa Ledezma, Miriam Ortega, Yovana Medina, ywca, historic Capitol Hill, Santa Fe south, Merlin Bell, Chelsey Branham, Oklahoma Bar Association, Jalisco, CATO Institute, Migration Policy Institute, economy, American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, deportation, Video

Stitt’s post-inaugural prayer service spoke volumes about his narrow view of the faith community.

Tags: Commentary, Lori Walke, Kevin Stitt, prayer service, faith community, prayer, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Baha’i, Sikhism, atheists, agnostics, humanists

A xenophobic Senate bill would take away prenatal care for all low-income Oklahoma women just to make things difficult for undocumented immigrants.

Tags: Commentary, Paul Scott, Senate Bill 40, Soon-To-Be-Sooners, STBS, Oklahoma Healthcare Authority, maternity, Lori Walke

Oklahoma Contemporary and the Plaza District celebrate Latino arts, culture and community for Día de los Muertos.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Day of the Dead, Coco, mariachi, Theresa Beck, David Záizar, Amante, 16th Street Plaza District, Day of the Dead Festival, Mariachi Orgullo de América, Stephanie Sunday, Dig It!, Maximus Detritus, Bomb Shelter, Amanda Martinez, Día de los Muertos, Erika Reyes, Everything Goes Dance Studio, Capitol Hill High School Academy of Fine Arts, La Bruja, ofrendas, Oklahoma Latino Cultural Center, Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, Day of the Dead/Día de Los Muertos, Chris Ortiz: Portraits of Latinx Identity/Retratos de la identidad latina, Self-Help Graphics, Narciso Argüelles, Wilmari Ruiz, Ricardo Sasaki Cajias, Calle Dos Cinco, Calle Dos Cinco on SW 25th Street, La 29, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE