OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond has sent a letter demanding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and FBI address a recent HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report that found unaccompanied migrant children in the custody of the federal government are being released into unsafe situations, including into human traffic  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 -- Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education issued the following news: To address the state's nursing shortage, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish guidelines for public two-year colleges to award students credit for prior learning in practical nursing programs at technology centers across the state. "When we come together for the  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2024, by State Sen. Mary Boren, D-Norman: * * * Sen. Mary Boren issued a statement Wednesday after Attorney General Gentner Drummond responded to her request for an opinion on the legality of Sec. of Transportation Tim Gatz serving simultaneously in that post in addition to serving as executive director of both the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Oklahoma Turnpike Autho  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, today commented on Senate Bill 1450 passing through the Senate Appropriations Committee. Once passed in both the Senate and House, and signed into law, the legislation stands to crack down on retail crime and criminal syndicates in Oklahoma. "This legislation was born out of recommendations from the Organized Retail Crime Task Force that  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill from Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, to better mobilize law enforcement when a child is abducted. Thompson's Senate Bill 1407 would authorize the formation of child abduction response teams to quickly engage federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement entities when a minor age 15 or younger is abducted  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The Oklahoma City government issued the following news release: Oklahoma City's February sales and use tax report shows combined General Fund collections were above this month last year and below the combined monthly projection. The General Fund pays for the City's day-to-day operations. Sales tax is the General Fund's largest single source of revenue, and use tax is the second largest. The February report includes tax collections for the last half  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 -- Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Sciences issued the following news: OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine student Paul Delgado was just a child when she decided what she wanted to be when she grew up. "I knew I wanted to be a doctor since I was about 6 years old," Delgado said, and while many people's childhood dreams change, hers never did. "I was living in Mexico, but I knew the best way to become a doctor was to move to the United States. At 13,   more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine student Paul Delgado was just a child when she decided what she wanted to be when she grew up. "I knew I wanted to be a doctor since I was about 6 years old," Delgado said, and while many people's childhood dreams change, hers never did. "I was living in Mexico, but I knew the best way to become a doctor was to move to the United States. At 13, I moved to Oklahoma without m  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: A first-of-its-kind study led by researchers at the University of Oklahoma highlights a crucial biosphere feedback mechanism and its effects on releasing soil carbon into the atmosphere. Jizhong Zhou, the director of the Institute for Environmental Genomics and George Lynn Cross Research Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at OU, is the corresponding author of, "Experimental warming a  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: Two researchers at the University of Oklahoma are part of an interdisciplinary team of Indigenous and Western scientists who have received the 2024 Newcomb Cleveland Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The $25,000 award is the association's oldest prize. It is offered annually to an outstanding publication in Science. The award was given to the diverse authorship team of "  more

EDMOND, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Central Oklahoma issued the following news release: Cornel Pewewardy, Ed.D., associate professor of Political Science at the University of Central Oklahoma, was honored with the 2024 Outstanding Role Model Award at the Oklahoma Native American Students in Higher Education Conference, Feb. 10. The Outstanding Role Model Award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to excellence in teaching, research and communi  more

EDMOND, Oklahoma, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Central Oklahoma issued the following news release: The University of Central Oklahoma will host Oklahoma Research Day (ORD), a statewide research conference showcasing undergraduate and graduate research, creative and scholarly projects in the form of poster presentations, Friday, March 8. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the event. This year, an anticipated 1,000 students representing institutions across Oklahoma are expected to  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: Thirty-five students and three faculty members within the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma received honors from the Broadcast Education Association during the Festival of Media Arts. BEA received 1,900 entries from over 300 schools for the awards this year. Last year, 28 Gaylord College students received recognition. "I'm so proud of all the award winner  more

CHICKASHA, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 -- The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma issued the following news: Dr. Dany Doughan, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma, has been selected to participate in the 2024 Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists Outreach Champions Program at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The 2024 program aims to introduce administrators and faculty from minority serving institutions to Brookhaven National Laboratory and   more