Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum said he would like to work with Greg Robinson, a community activist and former political opponent, following Tuesday’s election. Robinson told The Frontier it’s up to Bynum if he’s to be an ally or an adversary.
It wasn’t long ago that it was perhaps considered something of a formality that Bynum would be re-elected. But he recently found himself to the left of one challenger and to the right of another.
While Oklahoma lawmakers tussle over red flag laws, unconstitutional abortion bills, and naming highways after President Donald Trump, voters in the state have passed sweeping criminal justice reforms, legalized medical marijuana and now have accepted Medicaid expansion.
After more than a five-year hiatus following a series of high-profile mistakes, Oklahoma is set to return to lethal injection when executions resume, possibly as soon as late 2020.
Despite Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum’s order mandating masks, The Creek Nation River Spirit Casino and the Osage Casino both told guests on Thursday that masks were optional inside their facilities.
Already members of Stitt’s cabinet and staff are being tested for the coronavirus, and one restaurant in Tulsa shut down indefinitely after Stitt recently ate there and was photographed without a mask on.
Jared Lakey, died a day after being stunned more than 50 times and then placed in a chokehold. Both officers were charged with second-degree murder.
ODCR, a privately-operated website that hides public court documents behind a paywall now places ads, is now monetizing records with advertisements
