
The KWGS News Roundup
From Public Radio Tulsa, a summary of the latest headlines for Northeast Oklahoma.
Latest Episodes
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A Black man who spent 24 years behind bars for a crime he’s since been cleared of is suing Tulsa. The City of Tulsa’s Beyond Apology Commission discusses the fight for equitable maternal healthcare. Frustrated by a lack of town halls from elected officials, a local activist group tried putting on its own.
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Tulsa’s U.S. congressman is reportedly in El Salvador. Workers at a Green Country Veterans Affairs hospital are worried about potential federal budget cuts. The head of Tulsa’s public library system says local branches won’t be hurt by federal cuts. Tulsa’s mayor wants to bring city hall to your corner of town.
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Defense attorneys for two Sperry high schoolers are considering taking their case to a higher court following a ruling that said the teenagers can still be charged as adults.
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The Tulsa Housing Authority is facing a crisis. A Democrat has announced a run for Oklahoma's governor in 2026.
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Gov. Stitt announces Oklahoma's newest member of the Supreme Court. Clinicians are now helping Tulsa’s 911 dispatchers. One of Oklahoma's U.S. Senators discusses the federal deficit.
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A tulsa commission is opposing a state bill that would automatically charge undocumented immigrants accused of other crimes with a felony. Beto O’Rourke and Steve Schmidt visit Tulsa to organize. Two additional measles cases have been reported in Oklahoma.
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Tulsa's city auditor is asking residents to give feedback. Gov. Stitt is boasting of a "Texodus." Poetry and visual art transform downtown Tulsa this week.
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- President Trump’s tariffs have generated economic uncertainty throughout the country, including within Tulsa’s city government.- The first cohort of Tulsans have completed their neighborhood academy courses.- Tulsa’s public transit authority is set to operate nine new electric buses by the end of July.
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- A community psychiatric outreach program in Tulsa will continue to get funding for now. - The chief of a local volunteer fire department wants Gov. Kevin Stitt impeached. - Local and state education leaders don’t seem worried about how a proposed dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education would affect their schools.- Looming federal cuts to Medicaid left one state senator sounding the alarm. - A couple in a small Oklahoma town is trying to save a piece of Americana.
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A city councilor says Tulsa’s alternatives to traditional first response are on the chopping block. A Tulsa-born man with fast feet is going for gold. The outlook for renewable energy in Oklahoma.