Norman earned Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s distinction as an “All Star” city for advancing LGBTQ+ equality without relying on state law. Human Rights Campaign (HRC) annually ranks cities across the country in various categories from 0 to 100 through its Municipal Equality Index. Norman more than doubled its ranking from 41 in 2018 to 92 […]
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Jails on ICE
Oklahomans are tackling a national immigration issue at the local level. Activists are urging state and municipal law enforcement agencies to not assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amid reports of immigration raids and detained asylum seekers. Last Saturday, immigration advocates gathered outside Fort Sill, a military base near Lawton set to house more than […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Party foul
Classically trained pianist/existential philosopher Andrew W.K. famously said, “Let’s get a party going (let’s get a party going)/When it’s time to party we will always party hard.” These are words Gov. Kevin “The Original Party Animal” Stitt seems to live by, as the Associated Press recently reported his first-term inauguration celebrations cost more than $2.4 […]
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Immigration rally
Immigration activists will meet in Lawton on Saturday to demand closures of camps where immigrant children and families are detained. Dream Action Oklahoma (DAOK) is hosting the event in conjunction with organizations such as Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice (OCRJ), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oklahoma and Black Lives Matter Oklahoma. “The overall purpose […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Snake eyes
Doorbell cameras are an important line of home security, allowing people to see who is at the door even when they are not at home. When doorbell camera footage makes the news, it is often for something weird like that guy in California who licked a doorbell for a few hours and then walked away. […]
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Marketing passion
Not counting the other collaborations and EPs he has planned, Jacobi Ryan is on track to release a song every week this year, but several he has written might not be released at all. “I have probably 50 songs that need to be recorded,” said Ryan in a phone interview, while he was, not surprisingly, […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Local noose
A Lawton news station is grappling with some controversy, and surprisingly enough, it has nothing to do with claims of “fake news.” KSWO 7 meteorologist Mandy Bailey was playing a brainteaser the station calls Mind Mixer, a game in which their talent draws a puzzle for people to solve. Bailey wrote the word “There” with […]
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Cover: No smoke
Medical marijuana activists were dealt a blow when the Oklahoma State Board of Health added amendments not written in the final draft of emergency regulations submitted to the board. A pair of amendments — one banning smokable marijuana, which appears to be on shaky legal ground, and another requiring dispensaries to hire full-time pharmacists — […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Remember the mall?
A breastfeeding rights group held a nurse-in at an Oklahoma mall after a security guard escorted a woman out of the mall for breastfeeding.
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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.