In The News 02.24.2025

Here are the headlines shared on Monday, February 24, 2025

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In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Monday, February 24, 2025

• Warner Bros. demands removal of Chickasha's iconic leg lamp (KFOR)

• Lawmakers react as OSDE seeks supplier of bible lessons for elementary schools (KFOR)

• Community on edge after reports of possible firings at Tinker; lawmakers react (KFOR)

• Medicare telehealth coverage set to expire in March (KOCO)

• Oklahoma lawmaker wants to lock the clock on Standard Time (KOCO)

• News 9 Sports Director Dean Blevins announces retirement (KWTV)

• 'Perfect storm': Tonkawa faces water emergency, boil order (KOKH)

• Governor Stitt continues pushing for sports betting in Oklahoma (KSWO)

• Arrest warrants issued for Haskell couple who allegedly left foster child outside in freezing temperatures (KOKI)

• State lawmakers, ODOT and Travel Oklahoma announce new state map highlighting Route 66 (KOKI)

• Stitt, Walters clash on immigration status documentation (KTEN)

• Walters asks Oklahoma Attorney General if Trump order pulls funding from undocumented students (KGOU)

• Federal layoffs leave mark on Oklahoma agriculture (KGOU)

• To prevent wildfires, Great Plains and Midwest landowners are burning land (KOSU)

• Senate rejects bills targeting illegal poultry farms (The Journal Record)

• Freedmen appeal pending as Muscogee Supreme Court hears special justice law arguments (Nondoc)

• Bill would add items to the Oklahoma back-to-school sales tax holiday list (Oklahoma Voice)

• Senators Want to Know if DOGE’s FAA Layoffs Will Make the Skies Less Safe (Oklahoma Watch)

• Elk City: The Price of Progress (The Penny News)

• ‘HONOR SONG’ at Oklahoma Contemporary showcases Native art (OKC Free Press)

• Olivia Julianna sees new path to turn Texas blue (The Texas Tribune)

Oklahoma Mesonet Ticker: Spring #2

Extras

Facebook & Content Moderation: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Algorithms are breaking how we think (Technology Connections)

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