Common Bonds is made up of about 25 organizations with the shared goal of increasing the state’s animal save rate to 90 percent. The group hosted a press conference last week to lay out the ways it plans to achieve its goal. “We’re all here today because of a problem, and that is the high […]
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Cover: 2019 review
To the ballot Oklahomans have filed four statewide initiative petitions and one referendum in 2019. The referendum, filed in August, was to let voters decide whether or not they wanted “permitless carry,” the first bill signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt to go into effect. The referendum did not gain enough signatures. Ultimately, the law, which […]
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MAPS package
Oklahoma City council and mayor vote on a MAPS 4 slate tomorrow that includes all 16 proposals with formal presentations at the special meetings. Allocations are based on an estimate that the temporary 1-cent sales tax will generate $978 million in revenue. If passed by council, the package goes to a Dec. 10 vote for […]
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Project proposals
Members of Oklahoma City Council spent more than 10 hours hearing presentations on MAPS 4 proposals last week. On Tuesday, council heard presentations on Palomar Family Justice Center; parks; sidewalks, bike lanes, trails and streetlights; and Freedom Center. On Thursday, presentations were on youth centers, beautification, State Fair coliseum, senior wellness centers and an animal […]
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Meeting agendas
MAPS 4 public meetings 9 a.m. various dates Oklahoma City Hall 200 N. Walker Ave.
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Pet project
The estimated 140 animals have been spayed or neutered and vaccinated, and most have received microchip implants that help reunite owners with their pets, said volunteer Tiffany Chancellor-Pacheco. The adoption fee is $70 with proceeds going to the Moore Animal Shelter. About 80 dogs and 60 cats remain from the pets initially aken to the […]
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Purr-fect fix
That nearly 50 percent euthanasia rate is something shelter workers and animal welfare advocates hope the City Council can remedy in coming weeks. The potential solution: an ordinance that would allow the city shelter to launch a “community cats” program. Slated for a council vote Tuesday, the program is a simple one that begins with […]