In The News 04.23.2025

Here are the headlines shared on Wednesday, April 23, 2025

The OSSAA has approved shot clocks for HS basketball games. (Read) / Copilot AI-Generated Image

In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Wednesday, April 23, 2025

• OSSAA votes to approve shot clock for Oklahoma high school basketball (The Oklahoman)

• Proposal to check Oklahoma students’ citizenship status draws bipartisan concerns in state House (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma lawmakers eye investing millions to upgrade schools on Altus, Enid air force bases (Oklahoma Voice)

• Walters’ New Hires Steeped in Politics, Not Education (Oklahoma Watch)

• Oklahoma governor disapproves of social studies standards switch (KFOR)

• OKC Downtown Library temporarily closed due to body lice (KFOR)

• ‘I’m not a big fan of tariffs:’ James Lankford discusses economy, taxes and immigration with Tulsa crowd (The Frontier)

• Stitt picks Rainey Williams for OU Board of Regents, Tracy Poole for OSU (Nondoc)

• Smishing text scam escalates in Oklahoma; be wary! - Consumers urged to not click links from unknown sources or give out personal information (Oklahoma Turnpike Authority) /PDF/

I’ve been getting that PikePass scam text regularly. I use my iPhone’s Report Junk feature when I get one.

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