Oklahoma bill aims to prevent Norman from using city funds for a homeless shelter, author says
Aside from the direct affects Senate Bill 484 would have on homeless populations, it's an assault on local control, opponents ...
Oklahoma County jail bookings the lowest since 2021; other 2024 stats show mixed progress
With painful irony for Del City opponents of the new OK County jail, the current jail booked about as many people last year ...
Readers urge new action on jail, classroom inclusion, end to wasteful spending | Letters
Readers comment on OKC's inaction on new jail, urge teacher training and inclusion of disabled students, and wasteful expense on Bibles.
Detainee deaths still overshadow drop in population of Oklahoma County Detention Center
Diversion programs have lowered the number of detainees held in the Oklahoma County jail over time, although tragedy ...
New Senate Bill looks to limit homeless outreach through most of Oklahoma
Authored by newly elected Senator Lisa Standridge, SB 484 bans municipalities with a population under 300,000 from providing ...
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Oklahomans increasingly looking for small, affordable housing
Forty-one percent of Oklahomans are cost-burdened, spending more than 30% of their incomes on housing expenses.
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One Oklahoma Senator aims to ban all but two cities from providing homeless shelters, homeless outreach
it would apply to every city in the state except Oklahoma City and Tulsa. If any cities with a population below 300,000 that currently operate homeless shelters or outreach programs, the bill ...
Bill would ban most Oklahoma towns from funding homeless shelters
Sen. Lisa Standridge said the bill is a response to constituents who had expressed frustration that local tax dollars were being used to address homelessness rather than other needs.
Proposed senate bill could impact Oklahoma hunters and deer population
Senator Grant Green has drafted Senate Bill 338, which if passed, would drop the current antlered deer bag limit from two to one. Senator Green hasn’t provided much ...