In The News 05.13.2025

Here are the headlines shared on Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Okay, Copilot was being silly with this one. I just wanted a representation of a tornado going east. (Read) / Copilot AI-Generated Image.

In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Tuesday, May 13, 2025

• Traditional 'Tornado Alley' is shifting eastward as climate changes, expert says (Oklahoma Voice)

• Potential NOAA Cuts Are Already Giving One Oklahoma Lawmaker ‘Stomach Cramps’ (Oklahoma Watch)

• Oklahoma mental health department needs $27.4M to finish out budget year (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma Senate advances rule requiring school donation disclosures, rejects citizenship checks (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt: Lawmakers acting 'bananas' on tax cuts (The Oklahoman)

• Oklahoma Turnpike Authority seeks public input on revised south extension turnpike route (KGOU)

• Oklahoma has some of the highest suicide rates in the U.S. (KOSU)

• Oklahoma's small farms feel outsized impact from USDA grant cuts (KOSU)

• New Oklahoma nonprofit to fund adaptive equipment, activities (KOSU)

• Veteran Tulsa reporter talks on 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre research (KWGS)

• A bill Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed could have helped get state money to solve cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people (The Frontier)

• The US has 1,001 measles cases and 11 states with active outbreaks (KTEN)

• Southern Hills Country Club to host 2032 PGA Championship (KOKI)

• Hunger Free Oklahoma says proposed SNAP changes could harm families and local economies (KOKI)

• ACLU revives lawsuit against HB 4156, state's immigration enforcement law (KTUL)

• Human smuggling suspect did not own Oklahoma home at time of controversial raid, despite claims shared by DHS (KFOR)

• Microsoft starts layoffs of about three percent of its workforce (Scripps News)

• ESPN streaming app will cost $29.99 per month (CNBC)

• Major League Baseball lifts lifetime ban on Pete Rose and 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson (NPR)

Extras

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