Analysis: The Tulsa City Council offers a Hotel Tax Proposition November 3rd that has hotel operators in the suburbs cheering. Apparently Council Clowns are eager to drive business away. If passed, locals and regular visitors will likely transition to the many suburbs. Tulsa hotels and restaurants may suffer if regular customers flee. Even downtown convention properties may see reductions as most convention planners track hotel taxes before they book a city.
The Oklahoma State Treasurer’s Office released its September 2026 Investment Report, highlighting the state’s investment portfolio totaled approximately $17.6 billion, with a reported yield of 3.86% up from 3.74% one year earlier. The portfolio’s weighted average maturity was 940 days. Assets under management were down approximately $266 million compared with September 2025.
On day one, the second Trump Administration began dismantling the failed Biden-era anti-energy policies, cutting red tape, and ending the Democrats’ Green New Scam agenda. Today, under President Trump’s leadership, America is producing record amounts of oil and natural gas while expanding domestic refining capacity and strengthening America’s energy security.
Friday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Jared Isaacman signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and NASA that will strengthen USDA’s data quality and help ensure that American farmers and ranchers benefit from and have access to cutting-edge technologies.
Most Oklahomans will be blissfully unaware of the hidden data economy pervasively documenting their lives without their consent. Swiping their card at a gas station, paying a monthly subscription for their child’s soccer practice or picking up a doctor’s prescription – all these examples represent information that could be floating around unprotected because of loose regulations “guarding” their privacy.
