A federal data analysis shows an Oklahoma utility led the nation in electricity disconnections per its customer base.
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2 Tulsa community advocates featured in Obama Presidential Center exhibit
Ashley Philippsen, formerly of ImpactTulsa, and Jen Loren, senior director of Cherokee Film, are featured in the Obama Center’s Imagine Your Impact interactive art exhibit.
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Safe Move Tulsa rehouses more than 360 people, 213 in past two months
Rapid exit strategies are targeted, short-term interventions designed to help people who’re on the brink of experiencing chronic homelessness. The city expects to have 1,300 people exit homelessness by the end of the year.
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Which part of Tulsa has the most access to parks? See where your neighborhood ranks.
Depending where you live, access to parks varies across Tulsa.
Posted inCulture
Elote is bringing Pride back to June with a weekend-long downtown Tulsa street festival
Friday and Saturday is for the 18 and older crowd ready to party. Sunday is a family day for all ages. Check out the weekend schedule.
Posted inSchools & Families
3 agencies are expanding adult education options in Tulsa area as Union closes its center
YWCA Tulsa, Family & Children’s Services and Central Tech plan to take up the mantle of supporting adult English learners and Tulsans pursuing their high school diploma.
Posted inGovernment
Tulsa mayor defends public safety role shift, pushes back on council criticism
Monroe Nichols acknowledged a rift between him and council that led to several members airing criticism of how the mayor handled a public safety commissioner job.
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How an unwarranted immigration arrest began unraveling one Tulsa couple’s life
As immigration enforcement in Oklahoma continues to ramp up, one Tulsa couple’s experience shows how the federal government is piling onto the trauma of people it has already deemed protected from deportation.
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All the details on data center secrecy deals Oklahoma communities have signed
We gathered cities’ confidentiality agreements with data center developers. Some require local leaders to keep secret even the fact that a nondisclosure agreement exists.
Posted inNorth Tulsa
Ahead of Tulsa’s Juneteenth Festival, pastors and organizers pray for peace, safety and unity
Lauren Corbitt-Evans, executive director of Tulsa Juneteenth, said the prayers ahead of the event lifted some of the stress she’d been feeling about this year’s festival.
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How data center developers won secrecy pledges from Oklahoma officials
Some agreements allow the companies to sue cities to enforce the terms of the deals, sometimes in other states.
Posted inGovernment
Tulsa’s annual budget earned unanimous approval. Find out where $1.2B will be spent.
Reducing homelessness, improving public safety and enhancing neighborhoods are among the budget priorities. It stills needs the mayor’s approval.