Wednesday 22 May
OKG Newsletter
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Making the grade
State education officials plan to employ a letter-grade system for assessing schools.
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A strategy to give Oklahoma public schools and school districts letter grades hopefully will be “transformative” to the state’s education system, state Superintendent Janet Barresi said.
The gap trap
OKC budget could face a nearly $19 million gap by 2017.
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Oklahoma City could face an $18.7 million budget gap within the next five years, the City Council learned during its first budget workshop of the year.
Core issues
Comments in a Core to Shore study rankle some on the MAPS 3 streetcar panel.
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Oklahoma City’s 6-year-old plan to develop land between downtown and the Oklahoma River, the Core to Shore plan, is still relevant — it just needs a little tweaking, according to a recent review of it.
School days
Three candidates vie for an open seat on the OKC school board.
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Three candidates are vying for an open seat on the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education.
Alternate route
After a recent denial for a federal grant, officials look to other subsidies for the city’s intermodal transit hub.
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Oklahoma City officials are looking for other ways to fund improvements to the city’s planned intermodal transit hub after failing to win a federal grant.
The next step
State and city officials mull transparency of elections in a post-Citizens United world.
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The Oklahoma Ethics Commission has sent a recommendation to the state Legislature that it be removed from oversight of local elections and the laws governing such elections be scrapped and rewritten.
Civil discord
Disagreement between two city entities leads to construction delays for a Project 180 park.
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They say you can’t fight city hall — but perhaps that doesn’t apply if city hall is fighting city hall.
Arrested development
The state Ethics Commission declines to proceed with proposed changes to city election laws.
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The Oklahoma Ethics Commission declined at its special Jan. 12 meeting to send to the Legislature proposed changes to the laws governing local elections and campaign finance disclosure.
Flying high
OKC and state officials hammer out incentives packages for Boeing as it moves 800-plus jobs here.
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Oklahoma City officials are likely to consider by next fall an incentives package to Boeing for an anticipated 800 to 900 jobs being relocated from Wichita, Kan.
Defense spending
Uncle Sam hosts garage sales, featuring surplus military items.
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A dimly lit warehouse in southwest Oklahoma City is reminiscent of the closing scene in “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” in which the Ark of the Covenant is boxed away and tucked among a never-ending trove of government secrets.
Parents behind bars
A state task force makes recommendations to improve the lives of children of the incarcerated.
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About 26,000 children in Oklahoma have at least one parent in prison. Factor in kids with a parent in a county or city jail or federal prison, and that number is even higher.
Monkey saved, monkey do
A Newcastle sanctuary provides a chance for abused and abandoned primates.
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From the darkness of the dog carrier, the primates shyly emerged into the light, their bright red faces outlined by gray fur as they cautiously looked out of the cage.
State of nations
For Oklahoma’s tribes, it has been a time of major challenge and change.
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From high-profile elections to high-profile lawsuits, 2011 was a busy year for Oklahoma’s American Indian tribes.
No womb at the inn
City fire officials say the Womb Gallery doesn’t meet code for a planned New Year’s party.
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A planned New Year’s after-party to be held at an Oklahoma City art gallery might not be happening after all because of alleged city code violations.
Getting schooled
The state gets an ‘E’ for effort, but no gold star in the Race to the Top competition for early childhood education funding.
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Oklahoma has been considered a leader in early childhood education, consistently topping national rankings for accessibility and accountability in that realm.
