STILLWATER, Oklahoma, May 23 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Oklahoma State University Agriculture is partnering with OSU Landscape Services to develop several outdoor gathering spaces around the new cutting-edge facility for the Ferguson College of Agriculture, OSU Ag Research and OSU Extension. The east side of the building will feature an outdoor patio, plaza and grand pathway that accentuates the surrounding buildings and supports the land-grant mission, said Nick O  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 24 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Thanks to an investigative tip from the Blaine County Sheriff's Office, agents of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) led a raid May 21 on an illegal marijuana grow west of Watonga that resulted in the confiscation of more than 17,500 untagged marijuana plants and 600 pounds of untraceable, processed marijuana. The seizure was a joint operation of the OAG's Organized Crime Task   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 24 -- The Oklahoma House issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton, on Thursday, expressed his gratitude toward Gov. Kevin Stitt for signing a bill that will encourage incarcerated individuals to learn a new skill or trade before they complete their sentence and reenter society. Pae is the House author of Senate Bill 11, a restorative workforce bill requested by Prison Fellowship. "This gives incarcerated individuals an opportuni  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 24 -- The Oklahoma House issued the following news release: Rep. Cynthia Roe, R-Lindsay, today urged Oklahomans to express their support of a bill to curb youth use of tobacco products. House Bill 3331 would increase the fines for selling any tobacco product, nicotine product or vapor product to someone under 21. Current law only fines the clerk, whereas HB3331 would fine the business owner as well. Roe, who has been a registered nurse for 41 years and a nurse pra  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 24 -- The Oklahoma State Senate posted the following statement on May 23, 2024, from State Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow: * * * Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, released the following statement after filing Senate Concurrent Resolution 25. "Now more than ever, our state is in need of a spiritual awakening," Dahm said. "We must return to the inherently biblical values that inspired our founders and made this country great." SCR 25 recognizes the unique role th  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 24 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Sen. Greg McCortney, R-Ada, presented Senate Resolution 44 Thursday to recognize KTEN meteorologists for their coverage of severe weather and tornadoes that devastated areas of south-central Oklahoma on April 27-28. "After seeing the destruction in Sulphur, it became apparent how many thousands of lives were in harm's way. KTEN's minute-by-minute coverage allowed residents plenty of   more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, May 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: A study co-authored by Michelle Morais, Ph.D., an associate professor in the David L. Boren College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma, has been awarded the best article of 2023 by the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice. The article explores the international diffusion and evolution of two public policies: conditional cash transfers and participatory   more