Tulsa transit authority approves first step to sell downtown bus station

The move has been in the works for years. Tulsa’s 2018 Arena District Master Plan included the goal of either moving or revamping the downtown station.

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Tulsa makes neighborhood index program permanent, hopes to avoid gentrification

The program was developed by City Hall as a way of evaluating the well-being of neighborhoods across nine categories.

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Italian manufacturer breaks ground on $775m factory expansion in Inola

Sofidel broke ground on the 1 million square foot addition Thursday. The foreign investment drew praise from Oklahoma leaders despite a recent lawsuit targeting a different Inola project with foreign ...

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State AG, Tulsa DA charge three with defrauding Tulsa Public Schools

Prosecutors allege a former TPS official hired two contractors under bogus work orders for school roofs when no work was completed nor ever needed.

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TPS food workers rejoice as district moves to in-house meal production

The board voted to grant Aramark one final contract for the 2026-2027 school year, but only on the condition that the district may terminate the deal when in-house operations are ready to go.

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New Cherokee park honors first female principal chief

Last week, Cherokee Nation celebrated the grand opening of a park in Tahlequah dedicated to the tribe’s first woman elected principal chief.

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Tulsa Council votes unanimously to shift oversight of Greenwood development funds

Tulsa city councilors voted unanimously Wednesday to decide who can administer $5 million in voter-approved funds.

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Popular downtown Tulsa murals to return, owner says

At the corner of Third Street and Frankfort Avenue sits a building with larger-than-life paintings of local musical legends Leon Russell and The Gap Band. The likenesses of Wayman Tisdale and Aretha F...

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Mayor defends planned utility rate hikes as necessary for infrastructure

Mayor Nichols acknowledged that a higher cost for utilities isn't a popular plan, but said the money is necessary to keep ongoing services like water delivery up to date and free of costly breakdowns.

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1,400 childcare slots set to be eliminated in Tulsa County

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Another battle is brewing over public funds for religious schools. Oklahoma Jewish leaders are uneasy.

Oklahoma is again ground zero for a battle over publicly funded religious education as a proposed Jewish charter school looks to the courts for vindication. That's despite members of the state's Jewis...

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Tulsa officials fret over loss of 1,400 childcare slots

Tulsa city councilors are worried about working parents in the wake of drastic childcare funding cuts, stricter regulations and rising costs.

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Mayor kicks off more community conversations with City Hall wins

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols kicked off the latest round of community conversations with city residents by talking about accomplishments and future goals.

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Report: Regalado considered to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Daily Beast partner PunchUp writes there is a favored pick to run ICE. And it’s Tulsa Sheriff Vic Regalado.

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Battle over Greenwood and Kirkpatrick Heights development heats up

At a Wednesday City Council committee meeting, District 1 Councilor Vanessa Hall-Harper expressed concerns over the creation of the Greenwood Legacy Corporation attached to Partner Tulsa, the city’s e...

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A red phone booth could mark the start of an arts revitalization in north Tulsa

The North Tulsa Economic Development Initiative unveiled the art installation on Thursday in the hopes of expanding the city’s growing creative scene to historically disenfranchised areas.

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Mayor's $1.22B budget ask includes new emergency management office, rate hikes

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols presented his fiscal year 2027 budget proposal to city council on Wednesday.

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Family faces charges in connection to high-profile death of Fort Gibson teen

Three suspects arrested in connection to a Fort Gibson teen’s hit-and-run pleaded not guilty Monday during arraignment in federal court.

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‘Where is our dad?’ – Decades after a non-violent conviction, an Oklahoma farmer faces deportation

Van Vu and thousands of other Southeast Asian immigrants have been confined to ICE detention over non-violent convictions that are decades old. Families are left torn apart.

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Thousands protest Trump, ICE and Iran war at Tulsa 'No Kings' rally

Organizers says over 5,000 showed up to Dream Keepers Park to mark Tulsa's third major rally against Trump since his reelection.

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Tenant problems pile up at Tulsa-based Vesta Realty

Oklahoma Watch interviewed nine tenants at several different Vesta-owned properties, and each shared a similar experience.

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Creek Freedmen want election postponed until citizenship fight resolved

“This is nothing but anti-Black racism,” said the lead attorney for the Freedmen descendants.

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Former Cherokee Supreme Court justice to lead TU

The University of Tulsa announced Stacy Leeds as its 22nd president effective July 1.

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Delayed retirements may soon hit understaffed Tulsa police as accountability concerns persist

Despite what department advocates say, research suggests that short-staffed police forces pose a higher risk of officer misconduct.

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Lankford to visit ICE detention centers

Oklahoma’s senior U.S. senator says he will be touring ICE detention facilities, though he doesn’t plan on bringing media and he’s giving advance notice.

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Reporter’s Notebook: On the release of a woman sentenced to life without parole

This reported essay traces the case of Cathy Lamb, an Oklahoma woman who spent more than three decades in prison serving life without parole for a 1991 killing her prosecutor said was self-defense.

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Inside the ICE detention system: How Oklahoma facilities use legal limbo to pressure deportations

After the Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested Yingchao Fan following a rollover accident on Interstate 40, he sat in Sequoyah County jail despite facing no criminal charges, not even a traffic citation. ...

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Oklahoma becomes ICE arrest hub as federal policy drives enforcement explosion

When Yingchao Fan's car rolled over on Interstate 40 in Sequoyah County during January's snowstorm, he did what anyone would do: he called 911 for help.

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Amid ICE fears and Epstein revelations, Tulsans plan to rally every Friday to denounce Trump

Organizers with Indivisible Tulsa County said small, more consistent protests can help raise awareness and build community.

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Civil rights groups call for rejection of Jewish charter school in Oklahoma

The coalition, including the ACLU and Oklahoma Appleseed Center, claims the theoretical school would “indoctrinate its students in Jewish religious beliefs.”

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