Max Bryan
News Anchor & ReporterMax Bryan is a news anchor and reporter for KWGS. A Tulsa native, Bryan worked at newspapers throughout Arkansas and in Norman before coming home to "the most underrated city in America," (his brother came up with that, which is why it's in quotes). Several of Bryan's news stories have either led to or been cited in changes both in the public and private sectors. At The Norman Transcript, he wrote the script for "Protected," a narrative-style podcast about Oklahoma's over-incarceration of women as seen through the eyes of the Rebecca Hogue's case.
Bryan is an unabashed fan of public officials who don't obscure information from the public, but he's arguably an even bigger fan of 2000s indie rock, good coffee, Major League Baseball, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and his family.
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Called the “Safe City Ordinance” on his campaign website, the ordinance would bar “any funds or resources under the control of the city treasury, including but not limited to tax revenues, grants and subsidies” to “house, accommodate or benefit illegal immigrants whether directly or indirectly.”
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A vigil was held last night in Oklahoma for 16-year-old Nex Benedict, a nonbinary student who died a day after an altercation in the girl's bathroom at their school.
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The death of Nex Benedict has drawn hundreds in the Tulsa area to publicly demonstrate in remembrance and protest.
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Police have released bodycam footage and a search warrant related to an investigation around the death of a 16-year-old nonbinary student.
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According to the Tahlequah Daily Press, Republican Sen. Tom Woods was asked at a public forum Friday what he thought of Nex Benedict's death in light of legislation limiting rights of trans youth.
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A community in the Tulsa area is waiting to learn more details in the death of a 16-year-old Owasso High School student who died Feb. 8.
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A new business incubator will be built at Plaza Santa Cecilia in the city’s predominately Latino Global District at 21st and Garnett. It will offer resources and networking opportunities for neighborhood entrepreneurs.
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Because Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt opted out of a Summer EBT program to feed children, the Muscogee Nation has decided to give practically identical benefits.
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Emergency Management Director Joe Kralicek said the Department of Homeland Security will survey the fairgrounds.
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After collecting community feedback in 2023, the city is considering if and how to give reparations to Tulsans affected by the 1921 Race Massacre.