In The News 02.17.2025

Here are the headlines shared on Monday, February 17, 2025

Good advice for dressing for cold weather from the NWS. I think It would be a good idea to stay inside for the next few days if you can.

In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Monday, February 17, 2025

• Lawmakers wants Oklahoma absentee voters to explain their absence (KFOR)

• Changes to Oklahoma teacher bonus legislation moves forward (KFOR)

• NAACP spending guide urges Black Americans to avoid companies that dumped DEI (KFOR)

• AG Drummond has eye on natural gas supply with next winter storm (KFOR)

• Lawmaker writes cyberbullying bill after death of Oklahoma student (KOCO)

• Kendra Horn talks Trump administration's impact on federal workforce and education in Oklahoma (KWTV)

• Oklahoma lawmakers advance bill in effort to continue to grow film and TV industry (KOKH)

• Gov. Stitt to finalize immigration deal for state troopers to assist ICE arrests (KOKH)

• Local business owner seeks answers after stolen camper van ends up in scrap yard (KTUL)

• Stitt celebrates mental health agency resignations over 'pronoun ban' (KGOU)

• Oklahoma Board of Equalization says legislature will have $120 million less for upcoming budget (KGOU)

• 'All we wanted to do was our jobs': Federal layoffs felt across Indigenous communities in Oklahoma (KOSU)

• This school district is reshaping student suspensions (KOSU)

• Hundreds of Oklahomans gather at Capitol to protest Trump administration’s divisive policies (Oklahoma Voice)

• ‘No Kings on Presidents Day’ protest draws anti-Musk, Trump crowd to city hall (Public Radio Tulsa)

• Thousands of people protest in Washington, D.C., and across the U.S. on Presidents Day (NPR)

• Oklahoma Senate bill establishes lottery for mountain lion hunting (The Journal Record)

• Mexico awaits Google response on dispute over Gulf of Mexico before filing lawsuit (ABC News)

Oklahoma Mesonet Ticker for February 17, 2025 #okwx

Extras

Trump 2.0: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Is The Penny *Finally* Dead? CGP Grey

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