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44 min ago | Claremore Daily Progress

Reform bills will hurt seniors and families

Over the past few months I've visited with thousands of Oklahomans who are concerned about how the health care reform bills moving through Congress will affect their lives and their families' lives.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Tax, Medicare, Health, Oklahoma Government, Medicaid, Opinion

8 hrs ago | NewsOn6 Tulsa

Job Search Grows Long For Unemployed Oklahomans

New unemployment numbers paint a bleak picture about the U.S. economy in crisis.

1 comment

Related Topix: Oklahoma Government

Fri Nov 06, 2009

KOCO-TV Oklahoma City

Oklahoma Tax Refund List

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for hundreds of people in Oklahoma, but it has some good news for them.

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Related Topix: Tax, Oklahoma Government

WLFI-TV West Lafayette

Circus elephant hit by SUV is OK

A circus elephant that escaped and was hit by a sport utility vehicle in northwestern Oklahoma is apparently back with its owner.

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Related Topix: Offbeat

The Norman Transcript

Oklahoman among Fort Hood casualties

Oklahoma family members of a 22-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Hood have been notified that he was one of the 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist went on a shooting rampage at the Texas base.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Oklahoma Government, Fort Stewart

Philly.com

Driver hits elephant on Okla. interstate

It's not unusual to see a deer or a cow crossing Oklahoma's rural highways. But an elephant? An Oklahoma couple driving home from church nearly rammed a pachyderm that had escaped from a nearby circus late Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma Government

Thu Nov 05, 2009

News9 Oklahoma City

Mother Of Convicted Oklahoma Army Ranger Speaks Out

Lieutenant Michael Behenna says he killed the suspect Al-Queda terrorist in self-defense. Herbert MacDonnell, the nation's leading expert on blood spatter and crime scene evidence, found evidence that supported Behenna's story.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Leavenworth, US Army, Life, Self Defense

Tulsa World

Oklahoma lawmaker plans hate crimes bill response

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' A state lawmaker says he plans to file legislation to protect Oklahomans from encroachments on speech, assembly and religious beliefs.

1 comment

Related Topix: Oklahoma Government

News9 Oklahoma City

Federal Grand Jury Indicts 8 Mexican Nationals From Tulsa

A federal grand jury has indicted eight Mexican nationals who are accused of plotting to traffic drugs in northeast Oklahoma.

4 comments

Related Topix: Drugs, Prison

KFOR-TV Oklahoma City

H1N1 Vaccination Blitz Locations

A statewide " Vaccination Blitz" is scheduled this Saturday, November 7, as Oklahoma's county health departments work to vaccinate as many Oklahomans against H1N1 flu as time and vaccine supplies allow.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Bradley, OK, Ada, OK

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KCPQ

Hundreds of Oklahoma seniors rally to protest cuts to nutrition programs

Hundreds of seniors waved empty paper plates Wednesday to protest cutbacks in nutrition programs for the elderly that could eliminate thousands of meals for some of Oklahoma's most vulnerable citizens.

3 comments

Related Topix: Oklahoma Government, Family, Elderly, Health, AARP, Life, Veteran Affairs

News9 Oklahoma City

Seniors Protest Funding Cuts at State Capitol

Hundreds of seniors are at the state Capitol to express their frustration over cuts to nutrition programs for the elderly.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma Government

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Oklahoma's Prisons Ask For Swine Flu Vaccine, But State Says "No"

State prison officials have asked for about 15,000 doses of swine flu vaccine, but state health officials say none has been provided and there are no plans to do so yet.

25 comments

Related Topix: Oklahoma Government, State Prisons, Prison

News9 Oklahoma City

State Uses Hotline to Prevent Stimulus Fraud, Public Unaware

In June, state officials created a statewide fraud hotline to give law enforcement another way to prevent fraud, abuse, or waste of stimulus money.

4 comments

Related Topix: Oklahoma Government, Oklahoma City Metro, Oklahoma City, OK, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News

KHOG-TV Fort Smith

Okla. Universities Ask For More Money

Higher education officials in the Sooner State are seeking more money. The governing body of Oklahoma's 25 colleges and universities approved a budget request on Tuesday of nearly $1.1 billion for the next fiscal year.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma Government

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Tulsa World

Edmondson urges OU Cancer Institute funding

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' Attorney General Drew Edmondson wants the state tobacco trust's board of directors to help fund a cancer research and treatment center at the University of Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Oklahoma Government, University of Oklahoma

TulsaWorld.com - State

Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics launches anti-meth initiative

A birth date is now required to purchase some common cold medicines from Oklahoma pharmacies.

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KFOR-TV Oklahoma City

Director of Junior Achievement of Oklahoma arrested on child porn complaint, resigns

The director of the non-profit organization Junior Achievement of Oklahoma has been arrested for child pornography.

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Related Topix: PC

PR-inside.com

VHA Regional Network Helps Oklahoma and Arkansas Hospitals Drive...

However, it's becoming more difficult to accomplish this goal due to rising ED volumes, driven by the poor economy and the influx of patients due to the flu season.

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Related Topix: Medicare, Health, Lawton, OK, Lawton Metro

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Chickasha Daily Express

Nearly 200 new laws go into effect

Almost 200 pieces of legislation passed by the Oklahoma Legislature last spring becn law Sunday, including measures that change the way Oklahomans file and litigate lawsuits, promote wind energy and make health care more available and affordable for the uninsured.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma Government, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Oklahoma County, OK

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