Politics

Public Radio Tulsa spoke with Melissa Myers, who was elected chair of the Tulsa GOP in March. Myers argued the lack of party affiliation on city ballots causes confusion.

If passed by the U.S. Senate, the measure would claw back $9 billion, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds public radio and TV stations.

HB 4156, enacted last year, created the state crime of “impermissible occupation,” threatening fines and jail time for immigrants living in Oklahoma without legal residency.

Legislation to designate the site of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 as a national monument breezed through the Senate last month, but its path through the House is less certain.

The measure, which becomes law Nov. 1, requires two additional mammogram tests to be covered by health insurance in Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma House rose for a standing ovation Thursday after overturning the governor’s veto of a bill expanding access to mammograms for early breast cancer detection.

Oklahoma was required to create a special office to help with missing and murdered cases involving Indigenous people under a 2021 state law, but federal funding legislators planned for never materialized.

Democrats suffered major losses across the nation in last year’s general election with polls showing the public’s trust in the party is low. Sarah Gray said the party has been severely lacking when it comes to connecting with the community.

A local group had hand-delivered invitations to the event to U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern as well as Sen. James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin.

Charity Marcus: “There is a small group of people in the party that, if you disagree with them on one thing... they feel like you shouldn’t be a part of the party. They want to basically tar, feather you and remove you out of the party.”