Final Vote Open Today for the National Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning Ceremony
President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will celebrate the 78th anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation with a pardoning ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. Kids of all ages are invited to vote by text today until 11:54 P.M. to select which of two birds will officially participate in the ceremonial pardoning – “Gobble” or “Waddle.”
On December 2, 2025, the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa and HBA Charitable Foundation will host a construction career fair called Build My Future: Rogers County at the Claremore Expo Center. This event will host more than 250 high school students from 9:30 AM–1:30 PM.
The Home Builders Association has identified the #1 issue in the construction industry as the lack of a quality workforce to complete jobs on time and on budget. We are taking part in an annual event to encourage the next generation to continue their education through construction programs and eventually enter our industry as more qualified employees.
Moms for Liberty – Tulsa County is asserting “a serious governance failure” at Tulsa Classical Academy (TCA) as the administration eliminated public comment from its school board meetings. This is a significant departure from the standard practice of publicly funded schools allowing citizen input. As an independent charter district, TCA operates without the standard oversight, electoral accountability or established grievance pathways found in most public school districts. Legislators say this makes openness even more essential – not optional and many are speaking out on the troubling change of procedure.
The most highly anticipated day of the year for roughly 160,000 hunters in Oklahoma arrives this Saturday with the opening of deer gun season. And we’ve got the Wildlife Department‘s annual Rut Report to give you the latest on deer activity.
Here’s a hint: things are looking good for hunters!
As we near the end of National Caregivers Month, it is worth pausing to recognize the millions of Americans who show up every single day for the people they love. Caregivers rarely ask for or receive the recognition they deserve. They juggle work schedules, school pickups, medications, doctor visits, and late-night moments of worry that never make the news. They are parents caring for parents, spouses stepping in for partners, and neighbors offering the kind of support that holds entire communities together. In many ways, caregivers are the “unheralded angels” of our healthcare system today.
But recognition is only the starting point. If we want to truly support caregivers, we must understand what makes their days manageable and what makes them harder. That is why our new national survey of 1,000 caregivers deserves serious attention.
