The Tulsa housing market kicked off 2025 with a significant surge in new home construction, recording 467 housing starts in January, more than doubling the 199 starts from the same month in 2024 according to the Tulsa Home Builders Association report released today.
Today’s Consumer Price Index showed inflation “eased more than expected” in February as Americans finally see some welcome relief following years of unending Bidenflation — with core inflation at its lowest level in nearly four years and mortgage rates dropping to their lowest levels since December.
In a release today, Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary said, “Today’s CPI report shows inflation is declining and the economy is moving in the right direction under President Trump. Core consumer prices, which is the best measure of inflation, dropped to its lowest level in FOUR years. This inflation report, much like last week’s jobs report, is far better than the media predicted and the so-called ‘experts’ expected. When will they learn to stop doubting President Trump? As he successfully did in his first term, President Trump is driving down costs through massive deregulation and energy dominance. The entire Trump Administration will continue to focus on fixing the economic and inflation nightmare created by the Biden-Harris Administration to unlock the Golden Age of America.”
The House passed legislation off the floor today that would allow for additional state investments in infrastructure tied to Oklahoma’s five military bases. None of those are located in Northeastern OK yet they provide over 133,800 well paying jobs (FY 2010) adding $9.6 billion to our state’s GDP which was more than 7% of the state’s entire economy when studied years ago.
House Speaker Kyle Hilbert authored House Bill 2516 and House Bill 2518, which create revolving funds at the state Treasury for use by the Oklahoma Military Department. The Base Infrastructure Needs and Development (BIND) fund will have a technology and a schools component that will allow for additional support to the state’s military bases in the hopes of preventing any future base closures and expanding operations when possible according to a release today.
“Oklahoma has a long history across multiple branches of the military and we want to send a loud signal that the state supports our bases,” said Hilbert, R-Bristow. “These funds will allow funds to accrue over time so we are able to take advantage of potential expansion opportunities as they become available and fight against any potential closures in the future.”
As President Calvin Coolidge said to newspaper editors back in the day, “the business of America is business” and President Trump is getting back to basics which will provide economic value, stability, employment, and increased prosperity for our people.
Here are the latest announcements in more detail from the White House today.
Continue readingMexican President Claudia Sheinbaum first announced on social media Monday morning, after a conversation with American President Donald J. Trump that the two agreed that Mexico will do more to combat drug trafficking into the U.S. by placing 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the border, and that the U.S. will step up efforts to block the flow of firearms into Mexico.
President Sheinbaum also said officials with the U.S. and Mexico were beginning talks on wider trade and security issues. Such talks could lead to winning public policies on both sides of the border.
