Tulsa County has 262 election precincts. State law requires that at least three precinct workers — a judge, an inspector and a clerk — be assigned to each polling station. When provisional voting officers are assigned to a precinct, the number increases.
Rob Night recounts the success and failures of his two-and-a-half-year tenure as chief public defender, and decries the state’s “broken” criminal justice justice system.
Iron Gate has been looking to construct a new soup kitchen and food pantry for more than two years. The organization says it has grown out of its current home at Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S. Cincinnati Ave.
The solar eclipse begins in Tulsa at 11:39 a.m. Monday. It reaches its maximum magnitude — with the moon blocking 91 percent of the sun — at 1:08 p.m., before ending at 2:37 p.m.
In a press conference after the City Council meeting, Mayor Bynum said what ultimately kept the two sides from making a deal was an inability to identify what a fair cost was to hold city inmates in the Tulsa Jail.
Mayor G.T. Bynum address potential concerns raised about his proposal to allow city employees more freedom to participate in municipal elections.
If approved, the mayor’s proposal to change the city charter to give city workers more freedom to participate in city elections would mark an historic shift.
The registration deadline for Tulsa’s Great Raft Race is Tuesday, Aug. 15. To register, and for more information, go to www.tulsaraftrace.com.