In The News 04.25.2025

Here are the headlines shared on Friday, April 25, 2025

Some ranchers have joined together to protect declining bird species. (Read) / Copilot AI-Generated Image

In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Friday, April 25, 2025

• New OSDE school standards come with $33 million price tag (KFOR)

• Passenger train between OKC, Fort Worth could soon see its last ride (KFOR)

• Plans for Donahue Mental Health Hospital on OSU-OKC's campus halted (KOKH)

• Measles case confirmed in Cherokee Nation Reservation (KOKH)

• Comanche and Tillman reach agreement on county roadway maintenance (KSWO)

• Governor Stitt's Wildfire Response Working Group releases findings (KJRH)

• Independent bookstores form alliance in Oklahoma (KJRH)

• Cherokee Nation steps in as Oklahoma passes on Summer EBT (KOTV)

• ORU student's visa restored as Trump reverses international student policy (KTUL)

• Dr. Jim Hess appointed as 20th president of Oklahoma State University (KOKI)

• Jim Hess named OSU president (O'Colly)

• Dollar Tree announces return of Marietta distribution center (KTEN)

• Oklahoma’s utility regulator criticizes proposed state energy legislation (KGOU)

• United Keetoowah Band one step closer to reopening casino in Tahlequah (KOSU)

• Ranchers form alliance to protect endangered Lesser Prairie-Chicken (KOSU)

• Oklahoma's St. Isidore case will be heard by SCOTUS next week. Here's what's at stake (KOSU)

• Republicans Split on St. Isidore (Oklahoma Watch)

• LGBTQ+ advocates visit Oklahoma State Capitol amid hostile legislative environment (KWGS)

• Legislation aims to cut some court fees that keep some Oklahomans trapped in ‘debtor's prison’ (The Frontier)

• 'This dog don't hunt': CFO testimony leaves House ODMHSAS investigative committee frustrated (Nondoc)

• $40 million in Broadband projects launched in SW Oklahoma (Oklahoma Energy Today)

• Trump administration faces suit over withheld family planning funds in Oklahoma, other states (Oklahoma Voice)

• JeKia Harrison, Aletia Haynes Timmons file for vacant House seat (The Oklahoman)

• Trump denies disaster aid, tells states to do more (News From The States)

• Tracking the Texas Legislature water measures (The Texas Tribune)

Oklahoma / U.S. Drought Monitor / April 24, 2025

Update

Sorry, I missed yesterday’s edition. I got caught up watching the weather as storms visited my part of the state. - K.

We usually leave the TV on KWTV 9 (OKC) during severe weather in our area.

Extras

The 73 cent teleportation hack (Kendra Gaylord)

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