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A report released Tuesday details how the state of Oklahoma did not provide controls when using outside companies for education initiatives and did not retain documents to prove the dispersing of funds met the federal government’s standards.

The State of Oklahoma is coming under fire after a federal audit criticized the way the Stitt Administration spent pandemic relief funds.

Oklahoma State Attorney General dropped the state’s lawsuit against ClassWallet, the company from Florida that helped distribute GEER funds.

State Representative Logan Phillips filed a lawsuit claiming that his Open Records requests were ignored after he tried getting purchase transactions of Bridge the Gap.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Most registered voters in Tennessee want exceptions for rape or incest in the state’s sweeping abortion ban, but they largely don’t know the specifics of what’s in the law as it stands today, according to new Vanderbilt University polling. The disconnect comes in a state that votes consistently for Republicans and […]

Oklahoma’s Attorney General has dismissed a lawsuit that was filed in the wake of a federal audit.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed six long-waiting nominees by President Joe Biden to the board of the nation’s largest public utility, establishing a new majority with Biden’s picks. The Senate confirmed the six by unanimous consent, Tennessee Valley Authority spokesperson Ashton Davies said. The federal utility’s nine-member board had been […]

$16 million in incentive grants were awarded to 150 Oklahoma school districts to help mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on student learning and to ensure students are able to access learning opportunities in the new school year.

The Rev. Matt Curry’s parents were children of the Great Depression, just like “The Waltons” — the beloved TV family whose prime-time series premiered 50 years ago. When Curry was growing up on a farm in northern Texas, his carpenter father and teacher mother often argued playfully over who had a poorer childhood. “The Depression […]

Students lost the opportunity to take the ACT test at school for free when COVID-19 caused school closures last spring. Other states are providing a makeup test, but not Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Governor Kevin Stitt and State Supt. of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister announced on Friday they have partnered to give eligible Oklahoma school districts an opportunity to apply for $16 million in emergency relief funds through the federal Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The incentive grant funds were made […]

On Friday, Gov. Stitt announced he’s allocating $30 million federal dollars to go toward three programs.

Gov. Kevin Stitt announced a new initiative Wednesday that will connect up to 5,000 low income Oklahoma families with $1,500 grants to purchase materials for students.

A grant from the State of Oklahoma will fund tuition-free programs at Tri County Tech in Bartlesville to accelerate employment opportunities for Oklahomans.

TURLOCK, Calif. (KTXL) – An investigation is underway after students in Turlock, California, attacked and robbed a teen with special needs after school. A video posted to social media shows one of the assailants punching 14-year-old Michael Valdez last Tuesday. “Well, the first day when he came home and I saw him with no shoes […]

When her husband passed away several months ago, 71-year-old Sajean Geer wanted to honor his legacy in a special way: by scattering his ashes in one of his favorite places. So, on July 18, Geer took her husband’s ashes and her beloved Chihuahua-terrier mix, Yoda, and headed for Olympic National Park in Washington state. Little […]

The killing of two Iowa police officers Wednesday brought the number of US law enforcement officers shot to death this year to at least 51 — well ahead of last year’s 12-month total, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. The most recent shootings, in the Des Moines area, appear to be ambush […]

LOS ANGELES — Bibiana Mashamba loves to dance, run and jump — all the attributes of a thriving teenager. But at age 16, all that has taken a back seat as she struggles to walk following a merciless attack that nearly killed her. “At 11 at night, some robbers came into our room,” Mashamba says, […]