In The News: TikTok

Here are the headlines shared on Saturday, January 18, 2025

Users were greeted with a message when they opened the app Saturday evening. “Sorry, Tiktok isn’t available right now.”

In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Saturday, January 18, 2025

• TikTok ban: App shuts down in the United States hours ahead of a ban (CNN Business)

• Education Bills to Watch in This Year’s Legislature (Oklahoma Watch)

• Bartlesville community rallies for Price Tower's revival amid ongoing contract dispute (KTUL)

• Okla. lawmakers propose requiring legislature approval for future turnpike toll increases (KOKH)

• 'Deserve to be taught': Advocates take aim at OSDE rules on student immigration status (KOKH)

• Canoo files for bankruptcy, will cease operations immediately (KFOR)

• Second ethics probe examines Ryan Walters for social media, political activity (Nondoc)

• Oklahoma sues the Environmental Protection Agency over an emissions tax (KGOU)

• State insurance official disputes federal report linking climate change to high home insurance costs (Public Radio Tulsa)

• Federal appeals court declares DACA unlawful, but keeps program in place for now (News From The States)

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