Reform in the Oklahoma City Municipal Court was in part prompted by similar change within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department and city court.
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Cover Story: Fall from grace: Tate publishing authors speak out
“The public needs to know about this,” Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter said as he ended the May press conference announcing that criminal charges had been filed against Richard and Ryan Tate.
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“The only people in the whole mix that say these earthquakes aren’t man-made and not caused by wastewater disposal wells are those directly in the business,” Reid said.
“The only people in the whole mix that say these earthquakes aren’t man-made and not caused by wastewater disposal wells are those directly in the business,” Reid said.
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OKG Q&A: Comedian Eddie Izzard talks global politics, standing up to LGBT harassment ahead of Dec. 29 show
Comedy is like a cousin of journalism. Journalists point out intellectual truths and psychological truths about things that are going on in the world. Comics, we can point out things that make people laugh by pointing out the fallibility, the strangeness and the twisted nature of things.
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City holds special election over firefighter pay negotiation
Oklahoma City voters will choose between proposals from the city and the firefighters’ union Jan. 10.
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A new law changes the rules in local taprooms
Senate Bill 424 allows local breweries to sell full-strength brews directly to consumers.
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“Over the next 10 years, we’re going see marijuana descheduled and we’re going to see hemp farms everywhere,” Echo-Hawk predicted.
“Over the next 10 years, we’re going see marijuana descheduled and we’re going to see hemp farms everywhere,” Echo-Hawk predicted.
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Cover Story: Aid groups, lawmakers and leaders work to define panhandling while protecting some of our city’s most in-need residents
“At some point, all of us are capable of ending up at a public spot and begging because we are just trying to get the next meal.”
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A black man was accused of killing a cop in 1910; the rest is history
With no eyewitnesses, no murder weapon and only the barest of circumstantial evidence, the men on the jury were asked to convict a man and send him to his death simply because he was black and wore winter attire near the murder of a white man.
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Here are 10 new laws you should know about
As the 2015 legislative season draws to a close — the deadline to end this session is Friday — here are 10 bills that you might not have heard about that were passed into law.