In The News 03.13.2025

Here are the headlines shared on Thursday, March 13, 2025

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission voted to pursue prosecution against State Superintendent Ryan Walters for alleged campaign violations (Read) - Image: Associated Press

In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Thursday, March 13, 2025

• Ethics Commission pursuing prosecution in district court in one Supt. Walters' case (KOKH)

• Oklahoma Ethics Commission pursuing Ryan Walters for campaign finance violations (Oklahoma Voice)

• 'Doing the best they can': Oklahoma lawmakers weigh in on Ethics Commission challenges (KOKH)

• Farmers sue Trump administration over halted IRA grants (KFOR)

• Oklahoma braces for severe wildfire threat (KOCO)

• Oklahoma school cellphone ban bills take next step to becoming law (KOCO)

• Oklahoma School for the Deaf wins national cheerleading competition (KOTV)

• How will USDA cuts impact Oklahoma?(KTUL)

• BCBS of Oklahoma requiring insured asthma patients to do their own medicine injections (KOKI)

• Tips on driving in windy conditions (KXII)

• Coalition asks Oklahoma Supreme Court to pause Walters' Trump Bible donation plan (KGOU)

• Megachurch founder, former Trump spiritual advisor indicted in Oklahoma for alleged child sex abuse (KGOU)

• New rules, rising costs are putting some Oklahoma child care providers in peril (KGOU)

• (DON'T) click here to pay your tolls: How you can stop spam texts (KOSU)

• Bill to incentivize professional women's sports in Oklahoma narrowly advances (KOSU)

• Supreme Court won't hear case to restrict legal action against oil and gas giants (KOSU)

• Revised OSDE social studies standards tell students to 'identify discrepancies in 2020 election results' (Nondoc)

• Oklahoma officials weigh in on mass federal education agency layoffs (The Oklahoman)

• The most likely Medicaid cuts would hit rural areas the hardest (News From The States)

• Democratic attorneys general sue Trump over U.S. Education Department layoffs (News From The States)

• Texas Tech investigating cause of blast and fires at campus (The Texas Tribune)

Oklahoma | U.S. Drought Monitor | March 13, 2025

Extras

March 13,2025: Strong winds and power outages - KOCO 5 New

Trump Is Exposing How Frail Our Democracy Is - Leeja Miller

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