The chamber claimed that if Epic’s management company were forced to give up financial records it would set a precedent for any other private companies that do business with the government.
Norman’s city council eventually agreed to take $865,000 out of the next fiscal year’s police budget and divert it to community outreach programs.
The Oklahoma City council will soon consider whether to study significant changes to some of the fundamental elements of policing and how the city responds to some of its greatest challenges, including mental health, homelessness and domestic violence.
Oklahoma has not conducted an execution in more than 5 years. Friday’s court filing moves Oklahoma one step closer to a resumption of executions.
Rural Oklahoma communities are desperate to protect their vulnerable hospitals and hand the reins to management companies that say they’re turnaround experts. Instead some companies failed the hospitals, bled them dry and expedited their demise.
Oklahoma City Police Chief Wade Gourley disputed the accuracy of a widely shared report that claims his department has one of the highest rates of police killings but a review of the data by The Frontier showed the rate to be correct.
Oklahoma City residents spent several hours Tuesday expressing concern with local policing practices during a virtual meeting of the city council, rebuking police for their response to protests in recent days and a request by the police chief for a funding increase.
Tulsa mayor GT Bynum told The Frontier the decision on possibly implementing a curfew would be up to Tulsa Police. But the police department said the decision rested with Bynum.
