Jim Gallogly recently snubbed University of Oklahoma (OU) administrators for being in the red and owing a whopping $1 billion in debt. “Our debt has more than doubled in the last 10 years, as we’ve been on a building campaign,” Gallogly said at an OU Board of Regents meeting over the summer. While Gallogly’s comments […]
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Americans take more antidepressants than any other country in this world, yet we don’t have a health care system that works.
Americans take more antidepressants than any other country in this world, yet we don’t have a health care system that works.
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Chicken-Fried News: Teacher pay saga
A teacher pay bill is making its way through the Oklahoma Legislature, but not everyone is happy about it.
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Cover Story: Local impact! How federal decisions affect local lives and communities
“They are trying to create and turn citizens against the environment and environmentalism, which troubles me more than anything,” Bridgwater said.
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Voters weigh $180 million bond package for OKC schools
Read more Oklahoma Gazette election coverage here and here. As Maintain OKC Schools coalition sees it, the $180 million proposed bond package calling for major facility improvements to the state’s largest school district is a straightforward decision. “It is about taking care of what we already have,” said Roy Williams, a member of the steering […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Cheating kids
A misinterpreted law led the Oklahoma Tax Commission to fail to distribute funds to 419 school districts.
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City of Oklahoma City conferring with large hotel chain
Dallas-based Omni Hotels & Resorts could be selected to build OKC’s convention center hotel.
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Pulitzer Prize winners don’t lie. Fact-check them.
Pulitzer Prize winners don’t lie. Fact-check them.
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State Question 779 sparks debate over sales tax
State Question 779 would utilize a 1 percent sales tax to fund the Education Improvement Fund.
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Letters to the Editor: July 29, 2015
Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to jchancellor@okgazette.com or sent online at okgazette.com. Include a city of residence and contact number for […]