Residents are concerned with possible impacts to air quality and health dangers of incinerating industrial and medical waste.
Category: News
Posted inSchools & Families
Oklahoma Board of Education approves $4 billion budget ask for next year
The Oklahoma State Board of Education approved a $4 billion budget request for Fiscal Year 2027 on Thursday. The proposed budget has a few key differences from last year’s — consistent with the new state superintendent’s priorities.
Posted inNews
Tulsa food pantries brace for a surge in need with looming SNAP cuts. This is how you can help.
SNAP benefits face a Nov. 1 cutoff due to the government shutdown. Here’s how Tulsa groups are preparing for the increase in need.
Posted inNews
From camp to village: A Tulsa organization is moving the city’s unhoused into affordable homes
City Lights is building 75 homes specifically designed for Tulsa’s chronically homeless. We take a peek inside the new development.
Posted inLa Semana
In heart of Hispanic Tulsa, fear of ICE presence triggers slower sales, empty stores
While some east Tulsa business owners have seen sales bounce back from a summer slowdown, others say their clients are still staying home.
Posted inGovernment
Amid Trump’s immigration crackdown, Tulsa’s refugees are living in fear
Facing drastic reductions in refugee admissions, organizations like YWCA Tulsa are watching resources dwindle and panic rise in the immigrant community.
Posted inGovernment
An immigrant’s death at an Oklahoma poultry plant highlights dangerous conditions for workers
Current and former employees describe a punishing pace of work and questionable safety standards at a Heavener plant where recent immigrants fill a constant need for laborers.
Posted inLa Semana
A family without a country
A Tulsa family is legally in the U.S. But after the Trump administration ended a humanitarian program that granted them legal status, they aren’t sure what comes next.
Posted inNews
How Oklahoma’s state law tied up in the courts could impact immigration enforcement
As deadlines in the federal court case against the Oklahoma law criminalizing unlawful presence loom, attorneys fighting the state say stopping the law is vital to prevent a bad situation from getting worse – faster.
Posted inNews
New Oklahoma law makes it illegal for drivers to hold phone in school, construction zones
It will be illegal for Oklahoma drivers to hold a cell phone while driving through active school or construction zones, starting next month.
Posted inYour Money
SNAP benefits are being suspended in November. These Tulsa resources could help.
As the government shutdown continues, new benefits will not be issued and even current ones are up in the air.
Posted inFood
Seafood restaurant Peacemaker closes after seven years in downtown Tulsa
The restaurant is the second downtown spot to shutter in the past two weeks.