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Oklahoma City mask mandate on track to expire April 30 William Crum, Oklahoman © CHRIS LANDSBERGER/THE OKLAHOMAN Shoppers wear mask while walking at the OKC Outlets mall in Oklahoma City, Okla on Thursday, April 8, 2021. In effect for nine months in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, Oklahoma Citys mask mandate appears on track to expire April 30. A proposed early end to the mandate lacked support and, as expected, was abandoned without a vote at Tuesdays city council...

Oklahoman In effect for nine months in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, Oklahoma Citys mask mandate appears on track to expire April 30. A proposed early end to the mandate lacked support and, as expected, was abandoned without a vote at Tuesdays city council meeting. Councilmen Mark Stonecipher and Todd Stone had proposed the mask mandate be ended March 31, a month earlier than previously agreed upon by the council. When that idea failed to win sufficient support at the March 30 meet...

The Oklahoma City Council has declined to vote on early expiration of the mask ordinance, saying that masks are required through the expiration date, April 30.

By: News 9 OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Citys mask ordinance will remain unchanged after the City Council declined to vote Tuesday on ending it early. The ordinance is in place until April 30 unless the council takes action at its next meeting on April 27. The mask mandate was first adopted in July and has been extended several times. During Tuesdays meeting, the City Council removed the proposal from the meeting agenda without voting on it. Ward 4 Councilman Todd Stone and Ward 8 Councilman M...

Oklahoman When new members are seated April 13, three of the nine Oklahoma City Council members will be women for the first time in nearly 20 years. Voters will choose Tuesday between Barbara Young and Jessica Martinez-Brooks in Ward 3. The winner will be the first woman to represent the southwest-side ward. In the northwest sides Ward 1 runoff, voters will choose between Shay Varnell and Bradley Carter. Of note: Martinez-Brooks sits on the Water Utilities Trust. Varnell is the Ward 1 repres...

In an effort to “lead by example,” Gov. Kevin Stitt received his COVID-19 vaccine – the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine – in front of a group of reporters gathered at a press conference held at the Oklahoma Capitol. Stitt said Oklahoma is one of the first states to reach the point of making all residents age 16 and older eligible, closing in on 2 million doses of vaccine administered since the rollout began three and a half months ago. State and county health departments administered...

Oklahoma City employees to receive $1,200 stipends after wages were frozen last year in response to the pandemic.

OKC Council extends mask ordinance By: Kathryn McNutt The Journal Record March 2, 2021 A customer exits a store with a “mask required” sign displayed Tuesday in Dallas. The Oklahoma City Council has extended mask use here through April. (AP photo/LM Otero) OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma City Council voted 6-3 Tuesday to extend the city’s mask ordinance through April 30. The mandate was set to expire Friday. Proponents said the safety measure still is needed to protect residents...