Juvenile Bureau Resource Fair

The Tulsa County Juvenile Bureau will host a Community Resource Fair on Friday, February 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at 500 West Archer Street in Tulsa. The event is free and open to the public.

The Community Resource Fair will feature more than 20 local vendors dedicated to supporting individuals and families throughout the Tulsa community. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect directly with service providers and learn about programs and assistance available to them.

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Connecting St. Louis and Tulsa

LSC Accelerates AI Infrastructure With 500-Mile Dark Fiber Route Boosted by 8 ILAs Linking St. Louis and Tulsa

Yesterday Light Source Communications (LSC), a provider of high-capacity, future-proof dark fiber networks, announced in a highlighted release their new long-haul route connecting St. Louis, Missouri, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 500-mile route features a hyperscale tenant and eight in-line amplifiers (ILAs) to boost signal strength along the route and prevent degradation.

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Foreign Land Purchase Consequences

Rep. Jim Shaw, R-Chandler, secured committee passage of a bill yesterday that would add criminal penalties to Oklahoma’s existing prohibitions on hostile foreign ownership of land.

While state law already restricts certain foreign ownership of property, Shaw said current statutes lack meaningful criminal enforcement mechanisms. House Bill 1453 would close that gap by making violations a felony offense.

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Interview: Jon Echols OK AG Candidate

Jon Echols is a fifth-generation Oklahoman with roots back to the Land Run. He is a serial entrepreneur who received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma and his law degree from Oklahoma City University.

I am the only candidate in the Republican primary that’s ever been in an Oklahoma courtroom. I’ve tried numerous cases on the criminal defense side, and some family law but what separates me: I am the only one in this race that has ever started a business with their own money at their own risk out of the Republican and Democrat field, Echols said.

Jon Echols speaking in Tulsa March 2025
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Medicaid expansion (not) working

Proponents of adding able-bodied adults, including many working-age men, to Oklahoma’s Medicaid program promised it would solve virtually all the state’s health-care woes. Rural hospitals would suddenly be lavishly funded. State government would be flush with cash. Health outcomes would improve on a skyrocketing trajectory.

Obviously, none of those things has happened despite expansion having been in place for five years now.

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