Articles Archive for February 2010
- The Norman Transcript: City cutting litter crew from budget
- Cherokee Phoenix: Cherokee Nation Supreme Court affirms term limits ruling
- NewsOK: Gov. Henry orders review of medical examiner’s office
- Tulsa World: State leaders react to tobacco-tax hike idea
- The Norman Transcript: City reveals Porter Avenue design plans
- The Norman Transcript: City’s sales tax collections up, but mood remains dark
- Voices of Oklahoma: OU Professor serves as first American Fulbright Scholar in Bhutan
- Voices of Oklahoma: First American Fulbright in Bhutan: photo essay
- Tulsa World: Senate advances puppy-mill bill
- Tulsa World: World reporter receives honor from Sierra Club for coal plant investigation
- NewsOK: Lawmaker proposes 17% cuts, elimination of OETA, Arts Council, Human Rights Commission, Tourism Dept, OSSM
- OUDaily: OU Republicans date while Dems debate
- OUDaily: Norman design blog hosts first art show
- OK Gazette: Ralph Ellison’s still-incomplete second novel finally emerges after 40 years of writing
- OK Gazette: Spaceport funding fiasco causes strife in House of Representatives
- CNN: Oklahoma man no longer a registered sex offender, but the stigma remains
by Michael Givel
From late June 2009 to late December 2009, I was honored to serve as the first ever American Fulbright scholar in Bhutan, a small constitutional monarchy between India and People’s Republic of China. Accompanying me on my journey to this ancient, rugged, and beautiful eastern Himalayan nation was my wife Rebecca Sherry and 11 year old son Noah Givel…
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- NewsOK: Oklahoma Democrats want to cut short legislative session
- The Norman Transcript: Kovach requests investigation of city attorney
- Tulsa World: Senate panel advances bill to end grocery taxes
- Urban Tulsa Weekly: Tulsa firefighters and police officers faced similar dilemmas, but each ended in different results
- NewsOK: Oklahoma City declares area south of downtown blighted, subject to urban renew and eminent domain
- OUDaily: Local elections should be more important to OU
- Oklahoma Citizen: Bill proposed to allow home beer-brewing
- Tulsa World: Tulsa City Council considers adding penny sales tax to support police, fire, and parks
- Norman Transcript: Mayor, council candidates square off in League forum
- Tulsa World: House panel OKs bill to create teacher performance-pay plan
- NewsOK: Appeals court upholds lawsuit against Oklahoma child welfare system
- OUDaily: OU weather experts discuss climate change impact on Oklahoma
- NewsOK: Oklahoma bills seek to up penalties for repeat sex offenders, adults who provide liquor to minors
- Tulsa World: Additional term limit measure passes Oklahoma Senate panel
- NewsOK: Allowing health insurance to be sold across state lines would mean a race to the bottom
- GTR Newspapers: 2010 Census to Hire 5,000 Workers in Oklahoma
- Native American Times: Injunuity — Not your grandfather’s flute music
- .Politics: Norman House candidate Matt Hecox ends bid
- Mickey’s Musings: HB 2914 would create jobs and expand Oklahoma economy
- Tulsa World: Water use at 140 homes tops million gallons
