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State Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Thursday October 03, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Okla. A.G. Drummond Issues Letter of Counsel Regarding State Department of Education Delay Buying Emergency Inhalers for Public Schools
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 3 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond today issued a letter of counsel addressing the Oklahoma State Department of Education's (OSDE) year-long delay in using state funds that the Legislature had appropriated for the purchase emergency asthma inhalers for public schools. Despite a legislative appropriation of $250,000 on July 1, 2023, for purchasing in inhalers for scho  more

University of Oklahoma: CIWRO Receives $4.5M for Flooding Research
NORMAN, Oklahoma, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO) at the University of Oklahoma will receive federal funding totaling $4.5 million to advance NOAA's next-generation water modeling of precipitation frequency as well as water availability. The award is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce and NOAA's announcement today of $22.78 million in funding to NOA  more