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As the Oklahoma Corporate Commission’s telecommunications staff debates over the draft of a new toll-free policy, rural telephone companies are arguing to keep the proposal alive. Many others are in opposition to whole idea of the proposal. “Earlier this year, staff asked the commissioners for permission to look into developing rules, with an eye looking […]

Slaton Anthony has given up several things since deciding Oklahoma was not the place to be for a gay man. He gave up his home, marriage and military service. But Anthony also decided that practicing the law in Oklahoma, something he had devoted years to, was another loss in the fight between his sexuality and […]

second in News Content, News Writing, Advertising, Sales Promotion, third in Sports Coverage and received an honorable mention in Editorial Comment. Addy Awards The Gazette was the recipient of seven honors at the 44th annual ADDY Awards presented Feb. 27 by the Oklahoma City Ad Club. In the Print Best Special Event Material category, Jill […]

Kelly Damphousse, a sociology professor at the University of Oklahoma and associate dean for the OU College of Arts and Sciences, said it’s well known that Oklahoma locks up more women than any other state. But he said there are no good statistics on why that is. “The sense is, the majority of women incarcerated […]

Ruben Martinez tells his story from inside The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma Area Command’s Family Shelter. It’s a heart-wrenching tale of how his family became displaced last year. He said he lost his job as a truck driver due in part to the economic recession, and he was unable to find another position because of […]

Looking back nine years after MAPS for Kids, the Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools found the school district still needs improvement. This morning at the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library, Foundation Executive Director Lori Dickinson and President Dave Lopez released the organization’s 2009 assessment of MAPS for Kids and asked the Oklahoma City community […]

Normanites will chose between two candidates Tuesday when they vote for mayor. The candidates are current Mayor Cindy Rosenthal and Hal Ezzell, a member of the Norman City Council. Mayor Rosenthal graduated from Illinois’ Northwestern University and later from the University of Oklahoma with a doctorate in political science in 1995. Her interest in public […]

Mayor Mick Cornett faces challenger Steve Hunt on Tuesday’s ballot.Age: Cornett: 51 Hunt: 39 Marital Status:Cornett: Married Hunt: Single Political Affiliation:Cornett: Republican Hunt: IndependentChurch:Cornett: Crossings Community Church Hunt: Chapel Hill United Methodist Church Public Offices Held: Cornett: Oklahoma City Council (2001-2004); Oklahoma City Mayor (2004-present)Hunt: None. I was mayor of “SimCity” once, I think.Web: Cornett: […]

(Editor’s note: To maintain the integrity of the Oklahoma Writers’ Project, some of the verbatim quotes from the slave narratives contain misspellings and offensive subject matter, particularly the racial classifications. Research shows they were part of the vernacular in many instances in that time and would not be used in today’s discourse. This article, based […]

With the fate of a federal health care plan up in the air, Oklahoma legislators are anticipating and drafting legislation opting out of any federal health care plan. Both the House Rules Committee and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee have cleared four pieces of legislation earlier this month to be heard by the […]