In The News 07.02.2025

Here are the headlines shared on Wednesday, July 2, 2025

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In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Wednesday, July 2, 2025

• Oklahoma bipartisan nonprofit relaunches to advocate for LGBTQ+ issues (Oklahoma Voice)

• Latest NOAA budget plan would eliminate Severe Storms Lab, OU institute (Oklahoma Voice)

• Trump administration tells states it’s freezing $6.8 billion for K-12 school programs (Oklahoma Voice)

• AG Opinion: Door Badge Swipes are Public Records (Oklahoma Watch)

• ‘A Better Way’ comes to Norman from Tulsa, provides supportive employment opportunities (KGOU)

• OK doctors worried about Medicaid cuts under Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ (KFOR)

• Oklahoma City radio DJ retires after 26 years on KJ103 | KFOR.com Oklahoma City (KFOR)

• SNAP benefits the focus of several proposed Oklahoma House interim studies (KOKH)

• City of Muskogee faces criticism as residents feel unheard in sales tax project decisions (KTUL)

• Applications open for Keep Route 66 Beautiful grants (KOKI)

• Durant maps plan to boost walking and cycling (KTEN)

• PSO Urges Customers to Beware of Utility Scams Underway in Oklahoma (The Penny News)

• Oklahoma Wheat Commission Calls Harvest 82% Complete- North Central Farmers Continue Struggles (Oklahoma Farm Report)

• Stroble decision: OK Supreme Court rejects income tax appeal, declines to extend McGirt to civil law (Nondoc)

• Emiliee Woodward crowned at the Junior Nationals Black Hereford Show and is carrying culture forward (Cherokee Phoenix)

• AI is advancing even faster than sci-fi visionaries like Neal Stephenson imagined (The Conversation)

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