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The Tulsa County Board of County Commissioners voted Monday to reimburse seven municipalities for $1.2 million in overtime pay to firefighters during the pandemic. The funding was possible through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act and was deemed necessary for overtime firefighters earned while filling in for their quarantined or sick coworkers. Tulsa received, commensurately, the most assistance at $877,427; Broken Arrow received $114,000, and Glenpool got $97,508, according to a news release. Collinsville, Jenks, Sand Springs and Bixby also received support in sums ranging from about $14,100 to $22,500. Matt Lay, a Tulsa firefighter and president of the International Association of Firefighters Local 176, said more than 100 Tulsa firefighters have been quarantined at various times throughout the year. ....
Our reporters this year did what they do every year: They wrote the first drafts of history. They did it at protests and rallies. But they also did it in living rooms in front of grieving families and in graveyards as ancestors waited for peace. We asked each reporter and photographer at the Tulsa World to share their most memorable stories and photos. Today, we asked reporters to reflect back on their work. Next Sunday, itâs the photographersâ turn. Itâs important to remember so we will never forget. â Editor Jason Collington Wife of Oklahomaâs first fatal case speaks: âBy the time we knew it was COVID-19, his lungs were already compromised to the point of no returnâ ....
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