From Tulsa World: “The frigid winter of 2014 is setting the price of natural gas on fire. *** The price in the futures market soared to $5.18 per 1,000 cubic feet Friday, up 10 percent to the highest level
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Federal judge strikes down Oklahoma ban on same-sex marriage | News OK
WASHINGTON A federal judge in Tulsa struck down Oklahoma's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional on Tuesday but prevented his ruling from going into effect while the issue makes its way through appeals.
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Tulsa Editorial Regarding Public Funding for Private Schools
http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/public-school-money-should-only-go-to-public-schools/article_3b77189d-1be0-518a-a1bb-51a471ef809e.html The article, “Public School Money Should Only Go to PublicSchools,” raises policy concerns regarding the use of school vouchers tosupplement tuition for private schools that the authors suggest may lead to achallenge under the Oklahoma state constitution that are…
Policy Reversal on School’s Hairstyle Code
By Derek Black
Last week, Danielle Holley-Walker's post alerted us to some public schools' racially disparate hairstyle codes and the raging facebook discussion over them. The story of Tiana Parker in Tulsa, Oklahoma–a student subject to such a policy–made it onto Michelle Martin's…
Danielle Holley-Walker on Race, Hairstyles, and School Dress/Appearance Codes
By Derek Black
Apparently, facebook was on fire last night with news of the racial impacts of some schools' policies on student hairstyles. Danielle Holley-Walker shared this with me this morning:There have been several recent news stories about charter schools that are banning…
Should prosecutors in Florida and Oklahoma pursue capital charges against Whitey Bulger?
Main August 14, 2013Should prosecutors in Florida and Oklahoma pursue capital charges against Whitey Bulger? The question in the title of this post prompted by this Boston Globe article, which is headlined “Death penalty possible for Bulger in Fla.,…
Renaming Brady Street in Tulsa?
This is a story I’ve been following for a while: some people in Tulsa would like to change the name of Brady Street because Tate Brady, for whom the street was named back in 1907, played a role in
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Changing the Name of the Brady Arts District in Tulsa?
In Tulsa there’s increasing talk of changing the name of the Brady Arts District, which is named after Tate Brady, one of Tulsa’s founding citizens. This is spurred largely by the reporting done over the last several yearsby Leroy
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Hiring Announcement: University of Tulsa
From our friends at the University of Tulsa — the place where all the great ones got their start . . . THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA COLLEGE OF LAW invites applications from both entry-level and experienced candidates for several tenure-track/tenured
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When do the costs of incarcerating the elderly clearly outweigh any benefits?
Main April 15, 2012When do the costs of incarcerating the elderly clearly outweigh any benefits?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this commentary from the Tulsa World, which is headlined “A Wow Moment: The aging of…