More than 1,000 families from across the Green Country came to Oklahoma State University-Tulsa to receive free school supplies, various community resources and live entertainment at the sixth annual OSU-Tulsa Community Back to School Bash yesterday evening.
Tulsa metro-area families, as well as families from Muskogee, Okmulgee, Locust Grove and others, congregated on the OSU-Tulsa campus to celebrate and prepare for a successful school year.
Yesterday, United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin toured the southern border in Brownsville, Texas, marking his first visit to the border as Secretary.
While at the border, Secretary Mullin toured the southern border wall, visited Camp Monument, toured an autonomous surveillance tower, and met with U.S. Coast Guard personnel and U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector. He was joined in his tour of the border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott and U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rosario “Pete” Vasquez.
U.S. manufacturing activity surged in July at the strongest rate in more than four years — driven by soaring demand, record production, and a wave of new hiring. This is the latest clear claimed result of President Donald J. Trump’s economic agenda delivering an industrial renaissance across America.
The Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing PMI shows the sector expanding for the seventh consecutive month — a sharp reversal after contraction in every single month of the previous Administration (outside a temporary post-pandemic bounce). New export orders flipped firmly back into expansion, proving the world is once again demanding American-made goods.
Bloomberg’s Lisa Abramowicz on X wrote, “US manufacturing is booming, expanding at the fastest pace since 2022 and beating expectations in many metrics for the month of July. Omar Sharif of Inflation Insights points out that the ISM production index rose by the most for any July since 1951.”
Attorney General Gentner Drummond Monday announced his support for the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci and the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Drummond confirmed he has directed his office to investigate whether Oklahoma law was violated in connection with Fauci’s actions during the pandemic.
Reps. Stacy Jo Adams, R-Duncan, and Chris Sneed, R-Fort Gibson, will lead an interim study examining the factors contributing to rising homeowners’ insurance costs in Oklahoma they announced in a joint release today.
The lawmakers will bring together insurance professionals, contractors, builders, real estate professionals, adjusters, consumer advocates and homeowners to better understand why Oklahoma consistently ranks among the states with the highest homeowner’s insurance premiums.
