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Photos: Shangri-La Resort in Oklahoma to open new par-3 course, The Battlefield

The Oklahoma resort said it spent $15 million to build the par-3 course that honors military veterans.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #64

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

Ballotpedia

Oklahoma panel denies clemency for man convicted of woman's 1995 stabbing death

A state panel in Oklahoma has denied recommending clemency for a man convicted of stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995

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Oklahoma OKs the nation's first religious charter school – but litigation is likely to follow

U.S. courts have long wrestled with the extent to which government funding can be used at private religious schools. And on June 5, 2023, Oklahoma’s five-person Statewide Virtual Charter School Board pushed this much-debated question into new territory by approving plans for a religious charter school – the first in…

The Conversation

Oklahoma wages war on secular education

A new taxpayer-funded religious school is a Christian nationalist move to destroy separation of church and state

Salon

What is the Significance of an Attorney General's Confession of Error in a State Capital Case?

In my Supreme Court amicus brief for the victim's family in Oklahoma v. Richard Glossip, I argue that the Oklahoma Attorney General's unfounded confession of "error" should not dictate the case's outcome.

Reason

Federal Indian boarding schools still exist, but what's inside may be surprising

The schools were tools of the U.S. government's attempts to erase tribal culture. But the few that remain have become places Native families want their children to attend.

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Oklahoma approves first taxpayer-funded religious school in US

The school board’s vote sets in motion a battle between religious freedom and the separation of church and state.

Al Jazeera

Oklahoma approves first-ever taxpayer-funded religious school in case expected to draw legal battle

Nation’s first publicly funded religious school sets up a major challenge over separation of church and state

The Independent UK

Oklahoma school board approves what would be the 1st taxpayer-funded religious school in US

An Oklahoma school board has voted to approve what would be the nation's first publicly funded religious school

The Independent UK

Tennessee May Be Oklahoma’s Toughest Test for Another WCWS Title

The Lady Vols are set to face the two-time reigning champs in the second round on Saturday, and have the talent necessary to pull a massive upset.

Sports Illustrated

Mum shares red flags she spotted of daughter, 12, before ‘stabbing her brother to death’

In a tragic incident in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a 12-year-old girl allegedly fatally stabbed her 9-year-old brother - now her mum has shared the red flags she saw just two weeks prior

Daily Mirror

Alabama senator condemned by his own brother for ‘ignorant, hateful rants’

The senator’s brother is an Oklahoma-based guitarist and songwriter

The Independent UK

Oklahoma’s Supreme Court struck down two abortion bans. But a 113-year-old law is severely restricting access

A state law from 1910 threatens abortion providers with a felony punishable up to five years in prison, writes Alex Woodward

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Registered Republicans Win Nearly ¾ Of School Board Seats In Oklahoma

Despite nonpartisan ballots, data shows registered Republicans claiming most of Oklahoma's school board seats.

Chicago Sun-Times

Are Republicans finally ready to embrace a Black presidential candidate?

Tim Scott reminds me of another Black Republican, former Oklahoma U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts, who decided not to run for re-election in 2002, a reader from Itasca writes. Why didn’t Republicans do more to keep him around? Maybe they’ll do better with Scott.

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More bills introduced in 2023 than in 2022 that would make ballot access more difficult for political parties

Welcome to the Friday, May 26, Brew.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma Legislature overrides governor's veto of tribal regalia bill

The Oklahoma Legislature has overridden Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto of a bill that would allow students to wear Native American regalia during high school and college graduations

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Fisherman snags record carp after losing it twice; officials applaud

An Oklahoma fisherman who twice hooked but lost a huge bighead carp in the Neosho River discovered that the third time’s a charm.

Sports Illustrated

Five Story Lines to Know for NCAA Softball Super Regionals

Oklahoma is still terrifying, but a return to the WCWS may not be a breeze for the Sooners.

Ballotpedia

Registered Republicans win nearly ¾ of school board seats in Oklahoma

Welcome to Day 2 of our deep dive into this year’s spring elections, this time with a look at Oklahoma. ICYMI, check out yesterday’s report on Wisconsin.

LiveScience

'Brain-eating' amoeba ruled out in 'cluster of illnesses' in Oklahoma. What could the cause be?

Oklahoma's state health department is investigating a cluster of illnesses in people who swam in local lakes and rivers. The cause remains unknown, but a dangerous brain-eating amoeba has been ruled out.

GoodToKnow

Gwen Stefani’s ex speaks out about the difficulties of co-parenting

The family is split between LA and Oklahoma

Tribune News Service

Looking back at the massacre that destroyed Black Tulsa, and forward at efforts to rebuild

NONFICTION: Victor Luckerson explores Oklahoma's violent past through one family's rise from the ashes in 'Built From the Fire.'

The Independent UK

Oklahoma lures Enel solar panel manufacturing facility with $180M incentive package

Enel North America says it's planning to invest more than $1 billion and will create about 1,000 new jobs with a new solar cell and panel manufacturing facility in eastern Oklahoma

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