In The News 05.05.2025

Here are the headlines shared on Monday, May 5, 2025

With all this rain we’ve been having, don’t forget to take a stroll around your yard and empty any standing water you find. Let’s help keep those pesky mosquitoes away.

In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Monday, May 5, 2025

• REAL ID deadline: How to get your REAL ID in Oklahoma (KOCO))

• BBB warns Oklahomans of REAL ID scams as deadline approaches (KFOR)

• Housing access would increase if Oklahoma’s minimum wage grew to $15 an hour, report finds (Oklahoma Voice)

• As reading scores fall, states turn to phonics — but not without a fight (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma Democrats disappointed GOP won't hold Ryan Walters accountable (KGOU)

• Walters wins Oklahoma's fight over social studies standards, at the expense of public transparency (Oklahoma Voice / Commentary)

• Lawmakers "frustrated" with lack of financial answers from Mental Health Department (KFOR)

• Oklahoma State Fair to sell seats from historic Jim Norick Arena (KWTV)

• Gov. Stitt declares disaster emergency for several counties after heavy rain, flooding (KOKI)

• Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower in Bartlesville sold to McFarlin Building LLC (KOKI)

• Texas funding cut threatens Amtrak service to Gainesville (KTEN)

• Tulsa's Gilcrease Museum to repatriate remains, artifacts to various Oklahoma tribes (KGOU)

• Oklahoma agency that feeds, supports seniors faces federal funding uncertainties (KOSU)

• El Reno celebrates the Oklahoma Onion Burger with 800-pound homage (KOSU)

• Medical contractor with troubled history to leave Cleveland County jail (The Frontier)

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