In The News 04.22.2025

Here are the headlines shared on Tuesday, April 22, 2025

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In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Tuesday, April 22, 2025

• Bills aim to tackle teacher shortage, added options for maternity leave for teachers (KFOR)

• Bill would limit which schools Oklahoma students can transfer to (KOCO)

• OSDE to withhold federal funds from districts with DEI programs (KOCO)

• Oklahoma health officials report increase to 13 measles cases, all unvaccinated (KOKH)

• State Treasurer Russ accuses AG Drummond of overstepping constitutional boundaries (KOKH)

• Engineer explains why Fort Gibson Dam Bridge is closed indefinitely: 'Public safety is top priority' (KOTV)

• Tulsa's LaFortune Tower added to National Register of Historic Places (KOTV)

• Cherokee Nation Principal Chief signs executive order expanding sustainability initiatives (KOKI)

• How will tariffs impact Oklahoma's agriculture industry? (KGOU)

• Indian boarding school preservation efforts halted after Trump administration cuts funding (KGOU)

• Oklahoma coal-fired power plants get extensions for pollution requirements (KOSU)

• Gov. Stitt approves parole for a man who was locked up as a teenager for murder (The Frontier)

• Bill impacting state Board of Education agendas on brink of failure (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma Treasurer’s Office Faces Scrutiny Over Use of Signal in Anti-ESG Coordination (Oklahoma Watch)

• OSSAA to vote to add shot. clocks to Oklahoma high school basketball (The Oklahoman)

• Track the spread of measles in Texas (The Texas Tribune)

• Pope Francis's body to lie in state until funeral on Saturday, Vatican says (Yahoo! News)

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