Reps. Stacy Jo Adams, R-Duncan, and Chris Sneed, R-Fort Gibson, will lead an interim study examining the factors contributing to rising homeowners’ insurance costs in Oklahoma they announced in a joint release today.
The lawmakers will bring together insurance professionals, contractors, builders, real estate professionals, adjusters, consumer advocates and homeowners to better understand why Oklahoma consistently ranks among the states with the highest homeowner’s insurance premiums.
Circle Cinema, Tulsa’s nonprofit arthouse theater, has added more showtimes Thursday August 6th for Reading Lolita in Tehran. Directed by Israeli Filmmaker Eran Riklis and based on Azar Nafisi’s #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, the film follows a professor who secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students in post-revolution Iran to read banned Western classics, including Lolita, The Great Gatsby, and Pride and Prejudice.
The film stars Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears), and is presented in Persian and English.
Friday, the United States added 43 companies based in China to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, a key tool in preventing the importation into the United States of goods made with forced labor and leveling the playing field for American companies. The UFLPA, enacted in 2021, aims to prevent goods tainted by forced [slave] labor of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Communist China from entering the U.S. market, holding accountable entities involved in such practices.
Opinion: It’s no secret that technology, particularly improvements in AI applications, is fueling growing demand for energy. Unfortunately, the supply of energy may not keep pace with that growing demand, which is a recipe for rising power costs for all citizens.
Fortunately, Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Alan Armstrong of Tulsa understands that scenario can be avoided by simply making it easier to produce more energy.
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department Friday announced the opening of the Fiscal Year 2026 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for comprehensive funding to American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes to develop comprehensive approaches to public safety and victimization issues.
The department anticipates awarding more than $107 million in grant funding. Administered by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), The NOFO includes guidance on how federally recognized Tribal governments and Tribal consortia can apply for funding to aid in the development of a comprehensive and coordinated approach to public safety and victimization.
