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If approved, beginning July 1, 2020, the State Board of Education would provide annual bonuses to a teacher who completes a set of criteria.

SB 1714 removes the arbitrary $20,000 annual gross sales limit placed on formerly known home food establishments. It also requires that ingredients be labeled and state that the product was made in a home kitchen.

Some state legislators believe the state's constitution—which includes language about communicating via telegram, and elaborates against railroad monopolies—is in need of an upgrade.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved legislation Wednesday to expand the definition of child abuse to better protect Oklahoma’s children and hold abusers accountable. Sen. Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, authored Senate Bill 1773, which extends the crime to include anyone who engages in or enables child abuse. “We must do all we…

Herman White, a Navy veteran, passed away earlier this month with no surviving family. Senators are encouraging those who can to pay tribute to this man.

The state’s largest virtual charter school is currently under investigation for fraud and embezzlement.

That deadline is July 31, 2019.

See updates on inspections, applications and new locations for recovering assistance centers.

State Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready toured Sapulpa, seeing the damage and speaking with those affected by the tornadoes.

More than half of the members of the Oklahoma State Senate represent communities impacted by this week’s storms, which included tornadoes and severe flooding across the state.