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Oklahoma Senate takes bold step to improve women's health | Opinion

The Oklahoman 14 Apr 2025
A tip of the hat to Oklahoma’s state senators who managed to do some good governing that, for once, actually would help improve women’s health ... Janelle Stecklein is editor of Oklahoma Voice.
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These abortion abolitionists want women who get abortion to face criminal charges

Press & Guide 14 Apr 2025
Dusty Deevers poses for a photo Wednesday, April 9, 2025, inside the State Capitol in Oklahoma City ... Dusty Deevers, a Republican state senator who co-sponsored the bill in Oklahoma, said he ran his campaign on a platform of abolishing abortion.
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Despite tweet from governor, state Democrats and Republicans tout cooperating on lawmaking

The Oklahoman 13 Apr 2025
Senate Minority Leader Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, also weighed in ... A Democrat senator from inner-city Oklahoma City represents the same number of people that a rural senator does, regardless of party.
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Sen. Sacchieri reflects on first session in office

The Duncan Banner 13 Apr 2025
A new face for Senate District 43 took her oath of office and made her way into the Oklahoma Senate in 2024 ahead of the 60th Legislature for 2025 ... .
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Faction of ‘abolitionists’ wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges

The Los Angeles Times 13 Apr 2025
Dusty Deevers, a Republican state senator who co-sponsored the bill in Oklahoma, said he ran his campaign on a platform of abolishing abortion ... The bill died in Oklahoma after some local antiabortion organizations spoke out against it.
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An emboldened anti-abortion faction wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges

NBC Bay Area 13 Apr 2025
Dusty Deevers, a Republican state senator who co-sponsored the bill in Oklahoma, said he ran his campaign on a platform of abolishing abortion ... The bill died in Oklahoma after some local anti-abortion organizations spoke out against it.
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A reader explains why measles is preventable; another is worried about food banks | Letters

The Oklahoman 12 Apr 2025
Ervin Yen, Oklahoma City ... Thank you Dave Rader for introducing Oklahoma Senate Bill 783 that would prohibit an employer from requiring an employee to sign an NDA related to sexual harassment as a condition of employment.
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Oklahoma Senate approves bill that includes a trigger for an income tax cut

The Oklahoman 11 Apr 2025
After more than an hour of discussion, the Oklahoma Senate voted mostly along party lines Thursday to approve a bill that would trigger an income tax cut if the state met certain revenue collection thresholds in the future.
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Fetgatter to Further Study Storm Chasing Licensing Bill

Okemah News Leader 11 Apr 2025
Mann, the Senate author of the bill, added, “Oklahoma is known for our severe weather, and our media meteorologists and storm trackers have been on the cutting edge of innovation in the collection and delivery of vital lifesaving information.
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Disagreements over regulating wind turbines continue between Oklahoma House, Senate

The Duncan Banner 11 Apr 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — Differing ideas of how to create residential setbacks for wind turbines have advanced through the Oklahoma House and Senate, but the chambers have yet to find a compromise on bill language ... .
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Vaughn College earns FAA approval to launch new air traffic control training program

The Villager 11 Apr 2025
The program will eliminate the need for students to relocate to Oklahoma, which has traditionally been the primary site for such training, according to a source close to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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Arizona passes Bitcoin mining rights bill, HB 2342, protecting miners from zoning restrictions

Cryptopolitan 11 Apr 2025
cleared the Arizona Senate in a narrow 17–12 vote and now heads to Governor Katie Hobbs for final approval ... Texas just its Bitcoin reserve bill (SB-21) out of the Senate, and Oklahoma’s passed the House 77–15 and is headed to the Senate.
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Bill would allow Oklahoma detention centers to waive state health inspections

The Oklahoman 10 Apr 2025
Former Oklahoma County jail inmate describes conditions in prison. Dallas Dixon remembers the harsh conditions he, and others incarcerated in the Oklahoma County jail, faced while behind bars in the troubled jail.
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