Tuesday, OKC votes on Mayor Cornett’s plan for the city’s future. The ballot includes a $967.4 million bond referendum as well as two sales tax propositions to address safety and streets.
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Sept. 12’s election will include propositions for improvements to infrastructure
Oklahoma City voters could deliver a $730.5 million investment for roads through a combination of proposed sales and property taxes
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Chicken-Fried News: Invisible riches
Oklahoma libraries are participating in a program bringing WiFi to rural communities.
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Metropolitan Library System branches are high-tech community learning hubs
“We talk about reading being at the heart of what we do, but learning is really at the heart of what we do,” Rogers said.
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Commentary: Spending to reduce debt
I want to agree with Oklahoma Gazette Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Chancellor’s May 14 statement on public radio that Oklahoma City’s investments in infrastructure help level the playing field between rich and poor. The MAPS accomplishments are revitalizing OKC, now the envy of hundreds of American cities. True, most improvements benefitted our downtown and the bankers and […]
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Lend a little
No matter how high-tech some become, however, pockets exist that opt for a more analog approach. Maybe it’s a hole-in-the-wall diner or a record store stocked with vinyl. Or maybe it’s the Little Free Library. Looking like something Laura Ingalls Wilder would have dreamed up as a prairie precursor to Redbox instead of writing the […]
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Soundcheck: The Okee Dokee Brothers
“There’s a participatory culture in all of our performances,” Mailander said. “We like to break down the barriers between the performer and audience. It turns what’s normally a passive experience for the listener — like watching TV — into a more active one.” He and Lansing, better known as kid-friendly folk duo The Okee Dokee […]
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Book learning
The book relays the story of Rachel, who finds herself rescued and captured by pirates. She applies lessons she’s learned from her five brothers to earn the pirates’ trust. Her tale is filled with adventure and weaves a web on the importance of family. Anna said she came up with the idea on a family […]