TULSA, Oklahoma, April 16 -- The city of Tulsa issued the following news: During a special employee recognition ceremony at City Hall on April 15, Mayor G.T. Bynum presented the Tulsa Blue Award to Finance Director Tammy Pitts for her outstanding service to Tulsa ahead of her retirement in July of 2024. "I am truly honored to recognize Tammy for her years of service to the City of Tulsa within the Finance Department," said Mayor G.T. Bynum. "She has had an invaluable impact on the City over th  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), James Lankford (R-OK), and Representatives Frank Lucas (R-OK), Tom Cole (R-OK), and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) sent a letter to the United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy regarding reports regarding a proposal to have mail from Tulsa, Oklahoma to go through a processing center in Oklahoma City. The Members are concerned on how the changes in the De  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 16 -- The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy issued the following weekly column on April 15, 2024: * * * Tulsa Movie Event to Recall 'Oklahoma Shame' and Document Child Protection Failures in Other States By Joe Dorman Forty years ago, journalists from three news organizations owned by Gannett News Service, KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City, The Muskogee Phoenix, and ABC News "20/20" News Magazine, collaborated on what became a year-long investigation into the Oklaho  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, April 16 -- The city of Tulsa issued the following news: The City of Tulsa and PartnerTulsa have released the Tulsa Housing Strategy, a roadmap for how Tulsa can meet current and future housing demand as identified by the 2023 Citywide Housing Assessment. "As we work to create a path to home for those who need it, it's important that we understand how we got here and what key pieces we need to have in place to meet our housing needs over the next decade," Mayor G.T. Bynum said  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Feeding a Healthier America: Current Efforts and Potential Opportunities for Food is Medicine" at 2:30 p.m. on April 17, 2024, at 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses * Jean Terranova, Senior Director of Policy and Research, Community Servings, Boston, MA * Erin Martin, MASM Gerontologist, Founder & Director, FreshRx Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK * Darius  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * President Biden Announces Key Progress on Efforts to Close the Racial Wealth Gap Under President Biden's leadership, the home appraisal gap--an indicator of potential racial and ethnic bias--has shrunk by more than 40% 80% of Congressional Republicans are supporting a plan that would reverse this progress, while cutting Medicare, Social Security, and the Affordable Care Act Nearly three years ago at a s  more