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Credit City of Tulsa Tulsa's city council voted unanimously Wednesday night to extend the expiration date of the city's mask ordinance. It requires people 10 and older to wear masks in public places and was set to expire at the end of the month. It will now be in effect until midnight April 30. "This is so important to our city. We are not out of … our pandemic. Just because people are getting vaccinations does not mean this is over," Councilor Jeannie Cue said in a committee meeting Wednesday afternoon. Tulsa County recently had a run of six consecutive new COVID hospitalization highs and ...

Credit Matt Trotter / KWGS In a report from a COVID mitigation working group, as of Friday, the Tulsa Health Department is not recommending any additional steps from the City of Tulsa right now. "They feel that we’ve taken the most action of any municipality, quite frankly, in the state, and we’re hoping to see more participation from our nearby partners," City Councilor Lori Decter Wright, a member of the working group, told fellow councilors during a Wednesday committee meeting. Tulsa requires masks for people 10 and up and recently implemented measures to better enforce that requiremen...

Credit Rental Realities Tulsa city councilors will consider a resolution this week supporting a right to counsel for people facing eviction. The resolution also encourages tenants, landlords, mediators and courts to find solutions that will allow time to get rent paid, including through assistance programs. Councilors Kara Joy McKee and Lori Decter Wright are behind the resolution. They said they hope the resolution will send a message to judges and help steer more renters toward available, free representation. Landlords have a clear upper hand. Decter Wright said there are at least a couple ...

A second Tulsa city councilor in two weeks is in isolation due to the coronavirus. Councilor Connie Dodson said she missed the council’s Wednesday morning committee meeting because of a COVID-related issue. Dodson declined to say whether she had tested positive for the virus. Dodson said she notified City Council staff Tuesday that she was in isolation and has already discussed her situation with city physician Dr. Phillip Berry. Two weeks ago, former Councilor Cass Fahler missed the council's Nov. 24 special meeting after testing positive for the virus earlier that day. Berry won't reev...