In The News 02.21.2025
Here are the headlines shared on Friday, February 21, 2025
In The News
Here are the headlines shared on Friday, February 21, 2025
Oklahoma finalizes three agreements with Homeland Security, ICE (KFOR)
"He's acting like a king": Lawmaker sues Oklahoma governor (KFOR)
'Widespread anxiety': Concerns mount over end to work from home for state employees (KOKH)
The Heritage Foundation releases new vision for education, endorsed by Stitt, Walters (KOKH)
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge set to hold Prescribed burn (KSWO)
Oklahoma Historical Society concerned about Bartlesville's Price Tower after winter weather (KOKI)
Bill requiring citizens to explain why they're voting absentee moves forward (KOKI)
Mercy Health Ardmore honors hospital’s first African-American nurse (KXII)
Judge rules petition insufficient to turn Rock Creek Entertainment district to public vote (KGOU)
Oklahoma lawmakers advance bills altering mail-in voting, election calendar and more (KGOU)
First tribally-owned resort OKANA celebrates grand opening (KOSU)
Bureau of Indian Affairs announces new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples initiative (KOSU)
Education Department Seeks to Buy Bible Lessons for Elementary Kids (Oklahoma Watch)
Markwayne Mullin Has Made Trump Administration Nominees His Social Media Brand (Oklahoma Watch)
Job seekers struggle with layoffs, ghost job scams (The Journal Record)
'Asylum as We Know It': An Immigration Historian on Trump, Refuge, and Exclusion (Texas Observer)
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