WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Heritage Action for America issued the following statement on April 24, 2024: * * * Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, including thousands of Oklahomans, released the following statement from Former Kansas Assistant Secretary of State and Heritage Action Director of State Advocacy Catherine Gunsalus praising the Oklahoma Legislature's passage of HB 3156, a bill that promotes free and fair elections by banning t  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following fact sheet on on April 24, 2024: Here are excerpts: * * * Ryan Walters on X - A Platform for Hate, Ignorance, and Self-Indulgence Overview of Posts Since the start of 2024, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Education Ryan Walters has used his platform on X (formally known as Twitter) as a space to promote himself and bully folks who don't align with his discriminatory and inflammatory views. Though Okl  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 26 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Today, in an emotionally charged Oklahoma State Board of Education (OSDE) meeting, nearly every public speaker used their time to sharply criticize State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters for his failure to make appropriate use of public funding, protect the state's LGBTQ+ students, and keep Oklahoma schools safe. Their message was clear: Ryan Walters must be remov  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: In a letter circulated today (https://twitter.com/RyanWaltersSupt/status/1783162977568321921), Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters ordered that school district leaders across the state refuse to comply with the U.S. Department of Education's updated Title IX rule finalized last week (https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-pro-equality-ti  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 25 (TNSres) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: * * * Supt. Walters leads a weakened Oklahoma Department of Education heading into Thursday's monthly Board of Education meeting To questions about his department's dysfunction, staff departures, and mishandling of grants, Walters can only muster: "There are two genders." * * * As advocates, educators, students, and parents prepare for another contentious Board of Education meeting at   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 26 -- The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation issued the following news: The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation $4.3 million to continue serving as a hub for collaborative rheumatic disease research. Since 2007, the OMRF-based Oklahoma Rheumatic Disease Research Cores Center has provided infrastructure to support clinical research to improve patients' lives for some of the diseases that are the greatest causes of d  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 25 -- The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation issued the following news on April 24, 2024: The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation honored seven scientists during this week's spring board meeting. Several board members also were recognized for long-term service. Judith James, M.D., Ph.D., received OMRF's top award, the Edward L. & Thelma Gaylord Prize for Scientific Excellence. For James, a rheumatologist and one of the world's leading lupus researchers, 2023   more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Today, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a package of four federal rules that will cut air and water pollution from power plants across the country. The new carbon pollution standards, in particular, will impact Oklahoma power plants and the communities that have breathed in their pollution for generations. Specifically, it will reduce carbon pollution from new gas-fired power plants and - f  more