- May 25, 2021 at 08:07AM
An open letter to Tulsa visitors on the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
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To journalists, photographers, and visitors, pilgrims this week of the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Welcome to Tulsa. Some context may help you interpret what you see and hear this week.
- May 25, 2021 at 08:07AM An open letter to Tulsa visitors on the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Click the headline to read the full story.
Saint Francis Health System is cutting off access for parents of teenagers to their children's medical records as of June 15. Why is a Catholic Christian organization taking these steps intended to enable teen experimentation with sex, drugs, and gender identity?
- May 21, 2021 at 05:23PM Saint Francis parental access policy: An open letter to Bishop Konderla Click the headline to read the full story.
During the Great Depression, the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Oklahoma Tax Commission (OTC) commissioned a series of maps in 1936 to document land ownership and taxable value. An example of the maps are shown above. Each map covers a Public Land Survey System (PLSS) township (6 miles...
- May 20, 2021 at 12:31AM 1936 Tulsa County WPA Maps Click the headline to read the full story.
As we approach the centennial commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre at the end of this month, I was curious to look through contemporaneous records to learn more about the times in which it occurred. On page 6 of the May 1, 1921, edition of the Tulsa Sunday World, there's...
- May 13, 2021 at 01:48PM Tulsa, May 1921: Moescha Rosenberg sues Sinclair Click the headline to read the full story.
The substance of HB 1775 occupies a mere page and a third, 282 words by my count. So why should mainstream media mischaracterize the bill, when they could easily quote the entire text?
- May 12, 2021 at 09:28AM HB 1775 and Critical Race Theory Click the headline to read the full story.
Brexit leader Nigel Farage will speak in Tulsa, part of America's Comeback Tour, presented by FreedomWorks
- May 08, 2021 at 08:43PM Nigel Farage speaking in Tulsa, May 13, 2021 Click the headline to read the full story.
The Tulsa City Council will conduct a public hearing at their regular meeting on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, regarding a Tax Increment Finance (TIF) district intended to facilitate mixed-use development in north Tulsa. The proposed district is undeveloped land along the south side of 36th Street North, east and west...
- May 04, 2021 at 09:06AM Tulsa City Council preview, 2021/05/05: 36th & MLK TIF Click the headline to read the full story.
In a social media post last Wednesday, Tulsa City Council chairman Vanessa Hall Harper labeled U. S. Sen Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) with a racist slur. As of this writing, Hall Harper has yet to retract or apologize for the slur, which remains posted on her personal Facebook profile, accessible...
- May 02, 2021 at 11:17PM Vanessa Hall Harper attacks Tim Scott with racial slur Click the headline to read the full story.
On Wednesday, April 28, 2021, the Tulsa City Council approved a massive rewrite of the city's animal ordinance (Title 2), which covers everything from pets to livestock to homing pigeons, at its regular 5 p.m. meeting. But the update didn't make any changes to the rules for raising chickens in...
- April 30, 2021 at 01:35PM Council chickens out of revising poultry rules Click the headline to read the full story.
Jenni White is a principled conservative, an excellent communicator, and someone with a record of getting things done. She has the intelligence, organizational skills, and powers of persuasion to be a successful Oklahoma Republican Party chairman, and I ask my friends at the convention to give her their support.
- April 09, 2021 at 09:30PM Jenni White for Oklahoma Republican chairman Click the headline to read the full story. |
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