The state has given $22 million to cities and towns for 47 projects along Route 66.
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Posted inGovernment
Broken Arrow voters approve 7 of 8 bond proposals, rejecting sales tax increase for sports facilities
Broken Arrow can move forward with most of its bond proposals after the April 7 election. But its sales tax increase to improve sports facilities failed.
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Tulsa steps up effort to move unhoused out of downtown as part of $10M homelessness plan
Social workers have spent the last six weeks hitting downtown Tulsa streets. They’ve identified about 40 people as regular sleepers and are working to move them into housing.
Posted inCulture
Gilcrease Museum’s road to 2027 reopening has been bumpy. Officials say it will be worth the wait.
Since closing in 2021, the Tulsa institution has faced rising costs and construction delays. Its doors are expected to open next spring.
Posted inCulture
Tulsa’s Route 66 musical road has arrived, with a taxpayer price tag of $110K
Oklahoma leaders say the investment will pay off in attracting private businesses to Route 66, during the centennial and after.
Posted inBusiness
Tulsa tenants left in limbo when landlords fail to pay hundreds of thousands in water bills
Vesta Capital isn’t the only multi-family property owner in Tulsa leaving water bills unpaid. Housing advocates blame a system that doesn’t offer recourse for renters.
Posted inHealth
Tulsa mom emerges from trauma and addiction with a degree — and ideas to help parents like her
Amanda Billings lost custody of her children as she battled addiction. Now on track to graduate from TCC, the advocate wants to use her experience to help at-risk parents.
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Want to switch parties for the Oklahoma primary elections? Better do it fast.
While the primaries aren’t until June 16, Oklahomans interested in switching their political party must do so by the end of the month. Here’s how.
Posted inSchools & Families
March tornado didn’t just shut down Tulsa Tech campus. It wiped out day care for 40 families.
Tulsa Tech officials are promising to rebuild the Peoria Campus, which suffered severe damage. But it will take at least two years to finish the job.
Posted inGovernment
Broken Arrow bets on $415M bond and a temporary sales tax hike to fund streets, sports complexes and more
The price tag of BA’s rapid growth is rising bond debt. Oklahoma cities only have so many options to fund improvements, and the city’s proposal would keep property taxes level.
Posted inFood
Everything about Tulsa restaurateur Buzz Dalesandro was larger than life – including his memorial service
The namesake of a Tulsa Italian institution died in January. His friends and former employees remembered his love-hard, fight-hard persona at Cain’s this week.
Posted inHealth
How a new Tulsa rehab center seeks to fill a health care void
DEFY NeuroRehab Center is giving Tulsans access to activity-based therapy, which employees say gets “people out of the chair and moving.”