OKLAHOMA CITY –D.D. Kirkland Elementary School Principal Ashley Hoggatt was recently honored by the Oklahoma Senate after the Oklahoma Association of Elementary School Principals (OAESP) named Hoggatt Principal of the Year.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Within the last week, 49 U.S. Senators signed a letter urging President Joe Biden to reconsider the expansion of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic authority, a move that Sen.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, issued the following statement and listed local resources after a tornado hit the city of Bartlesville late Monday evening. The tornado that is believed to be an EF3 in scale caused significant damage in southwest and northeast Bartlesville. No fatalities or serious injuries have been reported at this time.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City, commented after a tornado hit the town of Barnsdall on Monday evening and severe weather caused damage in other parts of Osage County. One person died because of the destructive storms, others were injured, and Barnsdall and other communities are still reeling from the extreme damage left in the wake of the tornado.

Law enforcement officers and first responders from multiple jurisdictions are in Osage County to take the lead on search and rescue efforts and help Oklahomans suffering from medical injuries.

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Contact: Democratic Leader Kay Floyd

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Democratic Leader Kay Floyd

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Joint Resolution 16, authored by Sen. John Haste, R-Broken Arrow, will be on November's general election ballot following adoption by the House.

OKLAHOMA CITY — On April 26, the Biden administration revised Title IX to include transgender entitlements for participation in women’s sports and spaces, rejecting the natural definitions of biological sex embraced by sane societies for millennia.

Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat held a press conference on Thursday, May 2 at 1:15 p.m.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill to help reduce maternal deaths in Oklahoma is now on the governor’s desk. Rep. Cynthia Roe, R-Lindsay, and Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, are authors of House Bill 2152. The bill decreases the membership of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) and makes critical data on maternal deaths available to the committee.