Federal rules do not require Oklahoma’s U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin to shut down his leadership PAC if he is confirmed to lead the Department of Homeland Security. The committee has spent money on flights on private jets, limousine rentals and luxury hotels.
House Bill 2941 would require first responders to alert police, a move critics say could deter 911 calls. The bill would make any detectable amount of fentanyl a cause of death in overdoses, strengthening homicide prosecutions — even against friends who share drugs.
Proposed legislation would regulate AI in political ads, restrict chatbots for children.
Service providers say added regulations could hinder their ability to help people in need.
Private donations have kept the resource hotlines running for nearly a decade while state money has been on hold.
A lawmaker plans to take a closer look at how data centers are using utilities in the state as the industry sees rapid growth.
“It’s a perfect storm coming together to really threaten our ability to provide what is needed to keep communities safe and healthy,” one public health expert says.
A deal between the City of Tulsa and the Muscogee Nation doesn’t apply to Freedmen descendants who don’t have documentation of a degree of Indian blood.
