In The News 05.09.2025

Here are the headlines shared on Friday, May 9, 2025

I would like it to stop raining so I can work in my backyard. Getting a bit overgrown. Ha! Have a good weekend, everyone.

In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Friday, May 9, 2025

• We continue to erase drought across Oklahoma (Mesonet Ticker / OKWX)

• Tom Cole’s Bipartisan Reputation Gets Put to the Test in Trump’s Partisan Washington (Oklahoma Watch)

• Non-profit fights back: seeks to dismiss Ryan Walters lawsuit over religious freedoms (KOKH)

• Oklahoma Attorney General files complaint against CVS Pharmacy (KWTV)

• Oklahoma State Parks remain open as federal hiring freeze shutters lake recreation areas (KOKH)

• Oklahoma AG issues consumer alert for 23andMe customers (KWSO)

• GROWING UP WITH THE POPE: Tulsa Catholic leader shares close ties to Pope Leo (KJRH)

• POSITIVELY OKLAHOMA: Muskogee Butterfly House free for Moms on Mother's Day (KJRH)

• Rooster Creek bridge closes at Lake Texoma State Park for flooding risk (KXII)

• Norman launches supportive employment initiative (KGOU)

• United Keetoowah Band sends Oklahoma gaming compact to feds (KOSU)

• Librarian of Congress firing is latest move in upheaval of U.S. cultural institutions (KGOU)

• Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85 (KOSU)

• Kansas farmers await farm bill passage, end of tariff uncertainty (News From The States)

• As states rethink wildlife management, New Mexico offers a new model (News From The States)

• Texans wait 18 hours to testify on PFAS bill (The Texas Tribune)

• Texas megadonor Alex Fairly joined forces with the GOP’s ultraconservative wing. He didn’t like what he saw. (The Texas Tribune)

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