In The News: Time Shifted Colds

Here are the headlines shared on Thursday, January 16, 2025

Relaxing with a large mug of hot chocolate.

Time Shifted Colds

I’m still working out how to layout these In The News posts. I defaulted to what I’ve been using for all my other newsletters, but I’m not quite sure it fits. Please feel free to pass along any suggestions.

I hope you are all having a good week. Thursdays and Fridays are my weekends right now (again, you've got to love that shift work), so I’ve been trying to catch up with all the household chores and work in some relaxation time. Unfortunately, my body clock has been shifted a few hours. If you thought the daylight-saving time shift was terrible, try shifting 4 hours. Is this what it would feel like if you moved from New York to Alaska?

Has anyone noticed an increase in colds or flu in your community? I think every other coworker, including myself, has had a cough for the last week. Not COVID, I tested—just a head/chest cold.

Oh well. More later. Time to enjoy a movie and a large mug of hot chocolate.

In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Thursday, January 16, 2025

• Ryan Walters, Todd Hiett under investigation by OK Ethics Commission (The Oklahoman)

• Oklahoma National Guard to provide support during Presidential Inauguration (Oklahoma Voice)

• Judge refuses to issue injunction blocking nursing home staff mandates (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma Medicaid Director Traylor Rains to leave OHCA this month (KGOU)

• Oklahoma’s largest universities buck national trends for post-COVID enrollment with record highs (KGOU)

• Tulsa Health Department distributes harm reduction supplies, handmade notes (KOSU)

• Sarah Stitt comments on Oklahoma's stalled incarceration rate, still fourth highest in nation (Public Radio Tulsa)

• State commission continues fight to preserve wetlands (Public Radio Tulsa)

• OKC MLK parade postponed until Feb 1 (KFOR)

• Thunderbirds coming to Tinker Air Force Base (KFOR)

• Cherokee nation vows to fight bill limiting homeless services (KOCO)

• 'Not the state's job': Norman bookseller objects to proposals on educational materials (KOKH)

• Oklahoma sees surge in bills promoting expanded firearm carry rights (KOKH)

• Ban on Red Dye 3 receives praise by Oklahoma senator for food safety (KSWO)

• PSO rate hike finalized, but right now, bills are going down (KJRH)

• Life-sized Little Free Library focuses on increasing Tulsa literacy (KJRH)

• Teacher layoffs, bigger classes: Potential federal education cuts could hit GOP’s base hardest (KTEN)

• U.S. Senate GOP blocks lifeline for TikTok, though CEO will sit with Trump at inaugural (News From The States)

• Google decides it won't comply with EU fact-checking law

Extras

Here are some more things I hope you'll find interesting.

Biden Warns of "Oligarchy" in America as Billionaires Flock to Trump Inauguration: A Closer Look (Late Night with Seth Meyers)

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT. (Official Music Video)

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– K. @}-;—