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By Keaton Ross | Oklahoma Watch Jun 4, 2021 5 hrs ago Michael Washington holds a sign with the number of an inmate who was infected with COVID-19. Washington, who was incarcerated in the 1970s and helps inmates with legal paperwork, joined a small crowd outside of the Department of Corrections Oklahoma City headquarters in December to protest prison conditions. Whitney Bryen / Oklahoma Watch Looking to prevent widespread COVID-19 outbreaks behind ...

The goal of a bill that Gov. Kevin Stitt recently signed into Oklahoma law is to help find kidnapping victims faster.In June 2007, 18-year-old Kelsey Smith, who had just graduated from high school, was shopping at a Target in Overland Park, Kansas. Her body would later be found in the woods after a man abducted her from the store.May 3, 2021, would have been Smiths 32nd birthday. On that day, Stitt signed the Kelsey Smith Act into law, becoming the 28th state to do so."What was meant for e...

‘Kelsey Smith Act’ to help locate kidnap victims becomes Oklahoma law Oklahoma Senate Communications OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill intended to help law enforcement locate kidnap victims faster has been signed into law. Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, and Rep. Rande Worthen, R-Lawton, are the principal authors of Senate Bill 272, the “Kelsey Smith Act,” which will require cell phone companies to provide phone location information to law enforcement in emergency situations, such as an abduction...

May 5, 2021 OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Legislature and Gov. Kevin Stitts office has released the following news recently: • Speaker Pro Tempore Terry O’Donnell, R-Catoosa, on Thursday will present a resolution in the House of Representatives to observe Thursday in Oklahoma as the National Day of Prayer. House Concurrent Resolution 1008 also will be considered by the state Senate. HCR 1008 recognizes prayer as the act of offering reverent devotion to God and as a cornerstone of ...

Updated: 2:48 PM CDT Apr 27, 2021 KOCO Staff A newly signed bill would designate rescue animals instead of a specific animal as Oklahomas new state pet.Gov. Kevin Stitt recently signed House Bill 1816, also called Calis Law, into law. The measure was inspired by state Rep. Mark McBrides rescue dog Cali, an 80-pound Catahoula mix that was adopted from the Moore Animal Shelter.Calis Law, which is a revision of a bill that passed the House of Representatives in 2020 before t...

Senate sends student vision bill to governor OKLAHOMA CITY — Legislation to help public schools more quickly identify students with vision problems passed the Senate on Wednesday. House Bill 1598, authored by Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa and Sen. Marty Quinn, R-Claremore, authorizes the State Department of Education to approve a list of personnel who may conduct required vision screenings for students. The American Optometric Association estimates that current school eye exams give les...

TRANSCRIPT: Dick Pryor: This is Capitol Insider, your weekly look inside Oklahoma politics, policy and government. Im Dick Pryor with eCapitol news director, Shawn Ashley. And rather than talking about divisive legislation thats grabbing headlines, we want to take a different approach this week and discuss how members of the Oklahoma legislature are working together on legislation… or not. To do that, we’re joined by State Senator Darrell Weaver, Republican from Moore. Senator Weaver, its g...

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The Oklahoma State Capitol is shown in Oklahoma City. Whitney Bryen / Oklahoma Watch The Oklahoma Legislature took action on a multitude of measures recently, from the House of Representatives and the Senate. The following is a brief list of some of that legislation: • House Bill 1246 was signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt last week after it was passed out of the House and the Senate. The bill will allow Oklahomans to obtain prescriptions using Social Secu...

The City Sentinel April 8, 2021 By Darla Shelden By Darla Shelden, City Sentinel Reporter -- OKLAHOMA CITY – The temporary Willard Winter Night Shelter, created to fill a gap in shelter beds caused... By Patrick B. McGuigan Patrick B. McGuigan, Publisher, The City Sentinel Analysis for The Southwest Ledger Pat McGuigan  Oklahoma City, April 1, 2021 – In the public square, each...