CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is pleased to announce that Carrie McClain has been selected as a Core Emerging Leader (EL). McClain serves as the Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer for Tulsa City-County Library, where she works cross-departmentally to envision and implement their equity, diversity and inclusion strategy. She is a member of their executive  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) introduced the Promoting Responsible Oversight to Eliminate Communist Teachings for Our Kids (PROTECT Our Kids) Act, legislation to prohibit federal funding through the Department of Education for any school which continues to host a Confucius Classroom. Confucius Classrooms are Chinese language and learning centers in elementary and secondary schools which are funded o  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Dec. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson attended the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Violent Crime Reduction Summit: Partnerships for Safer Communities, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Violent Crime Reduction Summit (Summit) brought together local leadership and federal partners from Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) and National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) sites. More t  more