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This is the KGOU AM NewsBrief for Wednesday, March 8, 2023

A ballot initiative that would have allowed recreational use was defeated by a large margin in a special election.

Local headlines for Monday, March 6, 2023

An injured bald eagle is in rehabilitation after being rescued in a Moore shopping center's parking lot.

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is praising voters for turning down State Question 820 that would have legalized recreational marijuana in the state.

Oklahoma voters on Tuesday rejected State Question 820, which would have legalized recreational marijuana sales in the state.

In just over a decade since voters approved state constitutional amendments to make recreational marijuana legal in Colorado and Washington, 19 other states have followed suit. But voters in Oklahoma, where faith leaders, law enforcement and most of the state's GOP leaders campaigned against legalization, on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure that would have legalized it.

Voters in Oklahoma turned back a ballot measure that would have legalized adult recreational marijuana. By one estimate, totals for taxes on medical and recreational use reached $3.7 billion in 2021.

Oklahoma City police announced Wednesday that they arrested a suspect in connection with a homicide from early 2022.

A measure that frees up $11.6 million to reopen Clinton Regional Hospital won 93.7 percent of the vote Tuesday.