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  • A major Oklahoma health provider is coming to Tulsa. GolfSuites has closed its doors after it breached its lease agreement with the Jenks Riverwalk. Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum is concerned a state bill that criminalizes unauthorized immigration will keep people from reporting crimes. Oklahoma Natural Gas is asking the state Corporation Commission to approve a rate hike. The ambulance provider in Oklahoma City and Tulsa says it's had a more than $200 million of economic impact on the state. The Oklahoma City Thunder are back in action tonight in the Playoffs.
  • Tulsa County has joined resistance to the local USPS processing center moving its operations to Oklahoma City. A top aid to a former Tulsa mayor has passed away. Old social media posts written by State Superintendent Ryan Walters have surfaced. The Reservation Dogs co-creator has begun filming his next project here in Tulsa. The Oklahoma Attorney General has signed onto a legal brief questioning a federal statute that shields tech companies from civil lawsuits.
  • Oklahoma is a step closer to criminalizing people in the state without legal immigration status. Some of Oklahoma’s tribal nations came together Thursday to discuss economic progress. The total solar eclipse was a financial boon to the state. Tulsa City Council approved a significant pay raise for the next mayor. You may have heard of so-called "forever chemicals," but how much do you know about their uses and health risks?
  • For the first time, Tulsa’s proposed annual operating budget has broken $1 billion. The state attorney general is warning people about phone scammers impersonating his office. Lawmakers in the Oklahoma House are preserving the state’s process for selecting state-level justices... at least for now. The NBA Playoffs start Sunday for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  • A new data center is almost approved for east Tulsa. It’s testing season for Tulsa Public Schools and the stakes are high. Tulsa and an Oklahoma tribal nation are being recognized internationally for their film productions. When the CDC counts Native American respondents to health surveys, they’re sometimes under-reporting the actual number of people who make up the data.
  • The Tulsa County Election Board ruled a county commissioner candidate can, in fact, run for office after his two primary challengers argued he's legally barred. The Tulsa Public Schools’ Board of Education has officially seated its two new members. A Tulsa nonprofit that helps patients with pet care is seeing increased demand.
  • Oklahoma lawmakers are threatening to incarcerate people to mitigate increased illegal immigration into the American heartland. A famous NASA astronaut visits Tulsa on the anniversary of Apollo 13. Supporters of raising the minimum wage can start collecting signatures Tuesday on an initiative petition to put the issue on a ballot. Three men who biked over 600 miles on a tour of Oklahoma’s Black towns have returned victorious.
  • A state legislative leader is confident a budget stalemate will see a breakthrough, Oklahoma is advancing a new law to criminalize undocumented immigrants and a Tulsa city councilor wants a trail to be rehabilitated.
  • Tulsa officials are opposing USPS mail processing to OKC, a Creek County police sergeant resigns after controversy, Tulsa Public Schools teachers are preparing their students for state testing and Oklahoma's Department of Veteran's Affairs is going through another leadership shakeup.
  • Oklahoma's Attorney General is filing suit against natural gas companies over alleged price gouging, A Bixby bank teller is due almost $11 million after a 2022 robbery, two Oklahoma incumbents will not run for re-election and a beloved story that takes place in Tulsa is debuting as a Broadway musical.