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Tulsa's public radio station. Listener-supported. NPR & local news on 89.5 KWGS. Classical music on 88.7 KWTU. linktr.ee/publicradiotulsa

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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority Board unanimously approved a motion to allow General Manager Scott Marr to begin negotiations with realtors to sell the decades-old transit hub and find locations to build a new one. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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Tulsa transit authority approves first step to sell downtown bus station
The move has been in the works for years. Tulsa’s 2018 Arena District Master Plan included the goal of either moving or revamping the downtown station.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The program was developed by City Hall as a way of evaluating the well-being of neighborhoods across nine categories. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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Tulsa makes neighborhood index program permanent, hopes to avoid gentrification
The program was developed by City Hall as a way of evaluating the well-being of neighborhoods across nine categories.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
According to a press release, the project will add 1 million square feet to the facility, which manufactures sanitary tissue papers for personal hygiene, commercial cleaning and medical use. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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Italian manufacturer breaks ground on $775m factory expansion in Inola
Sofidel broke ground on the 1 million square foot addition Thursday. The foreign investment drew praise from Oklahoma leaders despite a recent lawsuit targeting a different Inola project with foreign ...
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
At a press conference announcing the charges, Drummond said Charles Hudgins, TPS’ former director of bond development, hired two contractors to do engineering work on school roofs when, according to prosecutors, no work was completed nor ever needed. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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State AG, Tulsa DA charge three with defrauding Tulsa Public Schools
Prosecutors allege a former TPS official hired two contractors under bogus work orders for school roofs when no work was completed nor ever needed.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Food service workers at Tulsa Public Schools expressed joy and relief Monday evening as the board of education voted to move all district meal preparation in-house. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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TPS food workers rejoice as district moves to in-house meal production
The board voted to grant Aramark one final contract for the 2026-2027 school year, but only on the condition that the district may terminate the deal when in-house operations are ready to go.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The Wilma P. Mankiller Cherokee Capitol Park is now open.
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New Cherokee park honors first female principal chief
Last week, Cherokee Nation celebrated the grand opening of a park in Tahlequah dedicated to the tribe’s first woman elected principal chief.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Tulsa city councilors voted unanimously Wednesday to decide who can administer $5 million in voter-approved funds. #tulsa
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Tulsa Council votes unanimously to shift oversight of Greenwood development funds
Tulsa city councilors voted unanimously Wednesday to decide who can administer $5 million in voter-approved funds.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Rotelli said he doesn’t want to give too much away because he hopes people will enjoy the artists’ process while the mural slowly takes shape. #tulsa
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Popular downtown Tulsa murals to return, owner says
At the corner of Third Street and Frankfort Avenue sits a building with larger-than-life paintings of local musical legends Leon Russell and The Gap Band. The likenesses of Wayman Tisdale and Aretha F...
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols continued to advocate for his proposed city budget Monday night, including planned utility rate hikes. #tulsa
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Mayor defends planned utility rate hikes as necessary for infrastructure
Mayor Nichols acknowledged that a higher cost for utilities isn't a popular plan, but said the money is necessary to keep ongoing services like water delivery up to date and free of costly breakdowns.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Tulsa city councilors are worried for working parents as 1,400 childcare slots are being eliminated across the county due to state budget cuts. #tulsa
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1,400 childcare slots set to be eliminated in Tulsa County
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Oklahoma's Jewish population is estimated to be under 9,000 people or around 0.2% of the state. A push to expand Oklahoma's Jewish education options has drawn criticism from members of the same community it intends to serve. (W/ StateImpact Oklahoma.) www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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Another battle is brewing over public funds for religious schools. Oklahoma Jewish leaders are uneasy.
Oklahoma is again ground zero for a battle over publicly funded religious education as a proposed Jewish charter school looks to the courts for vindication. That's despite members of the state's Jewis...
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Public Radio Tulsa reached out to Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton (R-Tuttle), who’s been the target of criticism after an abrupt adjournment this week, but received no response. #tulsa
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Tulsa officials fret over loss of 1,400 childcare slots
Tulsa city councilors are worried about working parents in the wake of drastic childcare funding cuts, stricter regulations and rising costs.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols kicked off another round of community conversation on Tuesday at Union High School in front of a modest group of residents. #tulsa
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Mayor kicks off more community conversations with City Hall wins
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols kicked off the latest round of community conversations with city residents by talking about accomplishments and future goals.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Daily Beast partner PunchUp writes there is a favored pick to run ICE. And it’s Tulsa Sheriff Vic Regalado. #tulsa
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Report: Regalado considered to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Daily Beast partner PunchUp writes there is a favored pick to run ICE. And it’s Tulsa Sheriff Vic Regalado.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A Tulsa city councilor says she is being ignored when it comes to development in her own district. #tulsa
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Battle over Greenwood and Kirkpatrick Heights development heats up
At a Wednesday City Council committee meeting, District 1 Councilor Vanessa Hall-Harper expressed concerns over the creation of the Greenwood Legacy Corporation attached to Partner Tulsa, the city’s e...
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Sisters A’Toni and Anecia Fowlkes are soft-spoken when asked about their work. #tulsa
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A red phone booth could mark the start of an arts revitalization in north Tulsa
The North Tulsa Economic Development Initiative unveiled the art installation on Thursday in the hopes of expanding the city’s growing creative scene to historically disenfranchised areas.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols presented his $1.22 billion fiscal year 2027 budget proposal to Tulsa City Council on Wednesday. #tulsa
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Mayor's $1.22B budget ask includes new emergency management office, rate hikes
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols presented his fiscal year 2027 budget proposal to city council on Wednesday.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Three suspects arrested in connection to a Fort Gibson teen’s hit-and-run pleaded not guilty Monday during arraignment in federal court. #tulsa #muskogee
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Family faces charges in connection to high-profile death of Fort Gibson teen
Three suspects arrested in connection to a Fort Gibson teen’s hit-and-run pleaded not guilty Monday during arraignment in federal court.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Van Vu and thousands of other Southeast Asian immigrants have been confined to ICE detention over non-violent convictions that are decades old. Families are left torn apart. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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‘Where is our dad?’ – Decades after a non-violent conviction, an Oklahoma farmer faces deportation
Van Vu and thousands of other Southeast Asian immigrants have been confined to ICE detention over non-violent convictions that are decades old. Families are left torn apart.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Thousands gathered at Dream Keepers Park on Saturday for Tulsa's third "No Kings" rally decrying the policies of President Donald Trump. #tulsa
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Thousands protest Trump, ICE and Iran war at Tulsa 'No Kings' rally
Organizers says over 5,000 showed up to Dream Keepers Park to mark Tulsa's third major rally against Trump since his reelection.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
In March, Hannah Remick lost her job and her home from a text message. (via @oklahomawatch.bsky.social ) www.publicradiotulsa.org/2026-03-09/t...
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Tenant problems pile up at Tulsa-based Vesta Realty
Oklahoma Watch interviewed nine tenants at several different Vesta-owned properties, and each shared a similar experience.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
“This is nothing but anti-Black racism,” said the lead attorney for the Freedmen descendants. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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Creek Freedmen want election postponed until citizenship fight resolved
“This is nothing but anti-Black racism,” said the lead attorney for the Freedmen descendants.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In a statement, TU said Leeds "brings a strong commitment to accountability and excellence to the presidency." www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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Former Cherokee Supreme Court justice to lead TU
The University of Tulsa announced Stacy Leeds as its 22nd president effective July 1.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Long-time Tulsa police officers are getting ready for retirement after the ends of their careers were delayed, complicating a public safety picture critics say lacks oversight. #tulsa
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Delayed retirements may soon hit understaffed Tulsa police as accountability concerns persist
Despite what department advocates say, research suggests that short-staffed police forces pose a higher risk of officer misconduct.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Oklahoma’s senior U.S. senator says he will be touring ICE detention facilities, though he doesn’t plan on bringing media and he’s giving advance notice. #tulsa
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Lankford to visit ICE detention centers
Oklahoma’s senior U.S. senator says he will be touring ICE detention facilities, though he doesn’t plan on bringing media and he’s giving advance notice.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
After 34 years in prison, Cathy Lamb rolled out the gates of Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McCloud on Wednesday.
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Reporter’s Notebook: On the release of a woman sentenced to life without parole
This reported essay traces the case of Cathy Lamb, an Oklahoma woman who spent more than three decades in prison serving life without parole for a 1991 killing her prosecutor said was self-defense.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"It is not about the actual merits of any of the cases," said Alex Gavern, an assistant clinical professor of law at the University of Tulsa. #tulsa
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Inside the ICE detention system: How Oklahoma facilities use legal limbo to pressure deportations
After the Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested Yingchao Fan following a rollover accident on Interstate 40, he sat in Sequoyah County jail despite facing no criminal charges, not even a traffic citation. ...
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
When Yingchao Fan's car rolled over on Interstate 40 in Sequoyah County during January's snowstorm, he did what anyone would do: he called 911 for help.
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Oklahoma becomes ICE arrest hub as federal policy drives enforcement explosion
When Yingchao Fan's car rolled over on Interstate 40 in Sequoyah County during January's snowstorm, he did what anyone would do: he called 911 for help.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
At least 45 protesters rallied at the Chapman Centennial Green Park on Friday to decry the policies of President Donald Trump. #tulsa
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Amid ICE fears and Epstein revelations, Tulsans plan to rally every Friday to denounce Trump
Organizers with Indivisible Tulsa County said small, more consistent protests can help raise awareness and build community.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A consortium of civil rights and anti-state religion advocacy groups is calling on the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board to reject at its upcoming Feb. 9 meeting a proposal for the formation of an online Jewish charter school.
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Civil rights groups call for rejection of Jewish charter school in Oklahoma
The coalition, including the ACLU and Oklahoma Appleseed Center, claims the theoretical school would “indoctrinate its students in Jewish religious beliefs.”
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The voice you've been hearing delivering local Tulsa news to you bright and early for more than a year is departing. #tulsa
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KWGS bids fond farewell to reporter, Morning Edition host Zach Boblitt
The voice you've been hearing delivering local Tulsa news to you bright and early for more than a year is departing.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Activist groups who oppose President Donald Trump are gathering for training on how to connect with each other and defy the administration. #tulsa
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Local groups are offering training on how to observe ICE, CBP
Activist groups who oppose President Donald Trump are gathering for training on how to connect with each other and defy the administration.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
“I’m not involved in that. That’s a local Texas race,” Trump told reporters Sunday at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
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Texas stunner: Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips Republican state Senate district Trump won by 17 points
Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican state Senate district in Texas in Saturday’s special election, continuing a string of surprise victories for Democrats.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A proposed Google data center near Sand Springs moved one step closer to approval Tuesday night. #tulsa
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Sand Springs advances proposed Google data center rezoning
A proposed Google data center near Sand Springs moved one step closer to approval Tuesday night after the city’s Planning Commission voted 6-1 to recommend rezoning more than 800 acres of land in Osag...
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Tuesday marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz. #tulsa
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'A warning cry to humanity': Tulsa's Jewish community centers Holocaust education on remembrance day
While the Jewish community in Tulsa has focused on local education, other major institutions have been outspoken about comparisons to Nazi atrocities and current events.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
More than 100 people turned out to a Tulsa vigil for two people killed in Minnesota. #tulsa
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Tulsans mourn Minnesota shooting victims, rail against fascism
More than 100 people turned out to a Tulsa vigil for two people killed in Minnesota.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Gov. Kevin Stitt said “Americans don’t like what they are seeing” in Minneapolis.
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Stitt criticizes Trump admin as nation reacts to Minnesota shooting
Gov. Kevin Stitt said “Americans don’t like what they are seeing” in Minneapolis.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Open primary advocates have a reached a red letter day. #tulsa
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Open primary advocates brace for challenges after submission of signatures
Open primary advocates have a reached a red letter day.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A House lawmaker filed legislation to prevent artificial intelligence from having the same rights as humans in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma lawmaker proposes bill to prohibit AI from reaching personhood status
A House lawmaker filed legislation to prevent artificial intelligence from having the same rights as humans in Oklahoma.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Daily life is about to be disrupted across Oklahoma as Winter Storm Fern bears down on the state.
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Tulsans brace for Winter Storm Fern
Daily life is about to be disrupted across Oklahoma as Winter Storm Fern bears down on the state.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Geothermal is a technology that produces energy from the earth’s own heat. It’s touted as always available and carbon neutral. #tulsa
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Tulsa company says geothermal push will be ‘game changer’
A Tulsa company says it’s about to revolutionize the energy industry.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Leaders of Tulsa’s Jewish community have expressed surprise and unease about a potential Jewish online charter school they said was introduced without local input. #tulsa
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Tulsa Jewish leaders surprised by Jewish charter school application
The Jewish Federation of Tulsa said it was not consulted about an application seeking to found a taxpayer-funded online Jewish charter school.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
In 2022, Wells, a DJ by trade, made a post online wondering why Tulsa praises artistic “mediocre white men so hard." #tulsa #oklahoma
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Scott Taylor whistleblower recounts experience of trial, verdict
It’s been a long few years for 41-year-old Kylie Wells.
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 09/01/2026
A group of at least 200 people gathered Tuesday in opposition to the mosque, with flyers reportedly handed out to attendees linking Islam as a whole to terrorism. My latest for @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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Okla. AG launches investigation into proposed Broken Arrow mosque
The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called Drummond's investigation a "witch hunt" in a statement.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Coweta city councilors decided they don’t need to have guns in their meetings, at least not yet. #tulsa
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Coweta council delays decision on allowing members to carry guns
Coweta city councilors decided they don’t need to have guns in their meetings, at least not yet.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Many others KWGS approached in Kiefer said they weren't aware of the news or didn't have enough information to react. Some declined to comment altogether or did not seem to care.
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In Kiefer, residents surprised, indifferent about Epstein files
"Never in a million years would I figure the little town of Kiefer make national news," said one person who grew up in the area.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Enacted in late 2024, the law allows domestic violence survivors to seek reduced sentences. But only one woman has been released from prison. #tulsa #oklahoma
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Why Oklahoma’s Survivors’ Act is failing the women it was meant to help
Enacted in late 2024, the law allows domestic violence survivors to seek reduced sentences if abuse was a “substantial contributing factor” in the crime they committed against the perpetrator.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Three city councilors are protesting a Tulsa World op ed. #tulsa
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City councilors say they won’t speak with Tulsa’s newspaper of record after inflammatory op ed
Three city councilors are protesting a Tulsa World op ed.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
A Tulsa financier says spending on artificial intelligence will be cooling off next year. #tulsa
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AI spending will cool in 2026, Tulsa financier predicts
A Tulsa financier says spending on artificial intelligence will fall off next year.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States.
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Trump suspends U.S. green card lottery after Brown University and MIT shootings
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that, at Trump's direction, she is ordering the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause the program.
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