Oklahoma City as we know it was unrecognizable 40 years ago. While physical changes — like the contemporaneous influx of entertainment and eatery options — are obvious, the attitudes of city residents were also drastically different in 1979 and in the following decades. “1979 was important for a lot of reasons,” said Bob Blackburn, executive […]
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Road MAPS
Oklahoma City Council will soon start hearing presentations and discussing MAPS 4 project ideas, which Oklahomans have been submitting since October. Mayor David Holt expects to lay out a schedule of public discussions happening throughout the summer by the end of May. While some ideas are buildings and facilities, some are more abstract and deal […]
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Polling projects
Oklahoma City officials are nearly ready to hear presentations and have in-depth discussions about suggestions for MAPS 4 projects. But as the MAPS conversation moves forward, former Ward 2 councilman Ed Shadid is revealing third-party poll results on the popularity of those project ideas. Shadid paid SoonerPoll for a study to gauge where OKC residents […]
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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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Local nonprofit provides early childhood education to at-risk communities
“The teachers are more engaged with the children because of the lower numbers in the classroom,” said Means, who said her classrooms were once home to one childcare staff member who took care of 16 children.
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A coalition is reassessing how the state treats low-level offenders
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform is working to change laws for low-level offenders in the state and better fund rehabilitation programs.
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County Jail Series: A 2009 agreement showed jail lacked proper staffing, space, security, health care and more
Lack of appropriate holding space, natural lighting, recreational areas and staffing require additional funding to remedy, which would likely require an additional sales tax vote. Whetsel said that also means a new structure must be built.
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Oklahoma City-County Jail: Flaws were built into current jail, tax vote for new facility might come soon
Accountability. More than anything else, this dominates Oklahoma County’s elected leaders’ thoughts as they and the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce ponder the possibility of calling an election asking voters to consider two jail-related proposed sales taxes.
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News Briefs: direct flights to Seattle, Ten Commandments monument and more
Alaska Airlines creates direct flights to and from Seattle, the Ten Commandments monument must be removed from Oklahoma Capitol grounds and more.
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Challengers in Oklahoma City Council races discuss online photos
The race for the Ward 2 seat, which is being vacated by outgoing Councilman Sam Bowman, features a lineup of six candidates, while Ward 5 incumbent Brian Walters faces a challenge from David Greenwell. In Ward 6, incumbent Meg Salyer faces two challengers — Jessica Holstein (pictured, left) and Adrian Van Manen — while in […]