St. Patrick’s Celebrations

By David Arnett

The beloved national celebrations of Irish Culture are honored in Tulsa with two different significant organizations with multiple offerings Tulsa Today suggests you consider.

First: A St. Patrick’s Celebration Benefiting The Demand Project

More Than Luck is a purpose-driven St. Patrick’s weekend collaboration between New Story Brewing, Classic Cigars, and The Demand Project, an Oklahoma-founded nonprofit working to end human trafficking and restore survivors through one of the nation’s largest residential restoration campuses.

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Creative Thinkers More Valuable Than Coders

By David Arnett

The conventional wisdom that technical skills are the surest path to career security is being challenged according to a new study by Resume.org. When asked to compare an employee with strong creative thinking, communication, and storytelling abilities to one with strong technical skills like coding or advanced programming, hiring managers favored the creative worker by a wide margin.

Fifty-seven percent say the creative employee is more valuable in today’s workforce, compared to just 26% who say the technical employee is more valuable. About 17% say they’re about the same.

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Kevin Hern Announces for U.S. Senate

By David Arnett

TULSA, OK – Congressman Kevin Hern today announced his campaign to represent Oklahoma in the United States Senate. Hern is seeking the full-term seat that is being left vacant due to the nomination of Senator Markwayne Mullin by President Trump to serve as DHS Secretary. Shortly after this announcement, Hern spoke to the Tulsa County Republican Men’s Club.

“This a very important time in this country. This the difference between open borders and closed borders. This is the difference between men’s sports and girls’ sports or not. This a time of having a failed military or one that supports freedom around the world. This about crime in cities or securing our cities. And I will tell you more importantly, this about taking more money to Washington D.C. or keeping it in your pockets. Every single day that I’ve been in Congress, I’ve worked to support the America First agenda. There is zero daylight between my voting record, and what President Trump has talked about doing all the time.

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Out Here, Medicare Advantage Just Works

by Derek Davis

I’m a farmer and rancher by trade—I grow wheat and raise beef cattle. I certainly don’t spend my days reading policy papers or watching cable news. But I do pay attention to what works and what doesn’t.

Out here, Medicare Advantage is one of the things that works for seniors and our local communities. Lawmakers shouldn’t mess with it or make changes that would pull funding from the support and care rural seniors have come to rely on.

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The Great Benjamins Circus Debut

By Staff Report

The Great Benjamins Circus makes its debut in Tulsa, Okla. under the Big Top at Plaza Santa Cecilia Indoor Mall March 12-15. John Davenport, a third-generation circus performer, is bringing his show to town for only four days to perform a traditional circus with incredible acts including clowns, acrobats, aerialists and daredevils.

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