In The News 01.31.2025

Here are the headlines shared on Friday, January 31, 2025

I hate to say it, but Little Nicky is not allowed in the office for a while. The monitor he knocked over kind of still works as my secondary. Ouch.

Just a reminder: You can find links to many Oklahoma and national news media sources I use at blogoklahoma.com/news.

In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Friday, January 31, 2025

• Bill targets storm chasers with licensure requirements (KFOR)

• Health data, entire pages wiped from federal websites as Trump officials target ‘gender ideology’ (KFOR)

• Oklahoma schools go virtual as flu outbreak worsens, affecting more districts (KOKH)

• 'Equal opportunities': Bill seeks to open school activities to charter students (KOKH)

• Judge rules Walters, OSBE violated transgender student's rights in gender marker case (KOKH)

• Keeping Native American languages alive (KTEN)

• Trump executive order blurs future of Oklahoma’s electric vehicle charging plans (KGOU)

• Oklahoma tribe expands sustainability efforts with hydroponic greenhouse (KOSU)

• Stuck at the bottom: Oklahoma reading and math scores stagnate (Public Radio Tulsa)

• 'He always stayed true to his principles': Attorney Ryan Kiesel dies at 45 (Nondoc)

• White House announces tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico, China (Oklahoma Voice)

• 'We will forever feel this loss': Victims with Oklahoma ties lost in DC plane crash (The Oklahoman)

• Latinos Unidos reacts to education board's citizenship rule (OU Daily)

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