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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Chicken-Fried News: Bag men
One of 2018’s most popular memes took a screen shot from a bespectacled anime character looking at a butterfly and asking the question, is this a pigeon? As Norman mayor-elect Breea Clark made the push to tax single-use plastic bags in the city, the Oklahoma Senate is looking at that attempt with the question, is […]
Ralph Ellison Foundation continues to promote literacy and important conversations
The foundation is entering its fourth year of existence.
Chicken-Fried News: Anti-Democratic process
A University of Oklahoma employee is peeved after being told that she isn’t allowed to run for a seat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives while employed by the university.
Oklahoma cities score poorly for LGBT equality in a new study, but Freedom Oklahoma believes gains, even small, are coming
Oklahoma cities score poorly for LGBT equality in a new study, but Freedom Oklahoma believes gains, even small, are coming.
Chicken-Fried News: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Norman City Council recently declared the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and groups and individuals wonder when OKC will join the movement.
Chicken-Fried News: Road block
Norman City Councilwoman Breea Clark started a petition to change the name of a street named after a Ku Klux Klan grand dragon.
