Politics

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.”

The measure is headed to the state House after the full Senate approved it on Tuesday with a party-line vote of 36-8.

Senate Bill 1027 attempts to change how signatures are collected.

Federally, there has been concern about billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk’s access to citizens’ private information, like social security numbers, within DOGE.

She also criticized those who have used the party platform as a “weapon.”

David Pickel was chosen by the council to represent Ward 3 out of nine candidates.

Keith said she plans to “take a little chill pill” for six months after conceding her bid for Tulsa’s mayor in November.