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.
Thousands of Oklahoma companies that received federal assistance to retain workers during the COVID-19 pandemic reported retaining no jobs and others reported laying workers off even after receiving the assistance.
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.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has championed “personal responsibility” over a mask mandate amid the coronavirus pandemic, announced on Wednesday he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Though coronavirus cases in Oklahoma continue to rise, the state’s Board of Education is not expected to issue a statewide closure of school buildings like it did four months ago.
Two members of the state Pardon and Parole Board have become the focal point for competing visions of criminal justice in Oklahoma, where incarceration rates have long been some of the highest in the nation.
ODCR, a privately-operated website that hides public court documents behind a paywall now places ads, is now monetizing records with advertisements
Oklahoma recipients include businesses owned by congressmen, churches, chain restaurants and oil and gas operations, the data released by the U.S. Small Business Administration shows.