OKLAHOMA CITY- House Bill 1795, the Sergeant CJ Nelson Legacy Act, was unanimously approved by the Senate Education Committee Tuesday. Sen. Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond, serves as the Senate author of the legislation that covers certain higher education expenses for children of fallen first responders.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senator Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City, and Sen. Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, honored the Putnam City High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (AFJROTC) robotics team in the state Senate Chamber this past week after they won three state champion awards.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Kevin Matthews, D-Tulsa, and Sen. John Haste, R-Broken Arrow, helped pay tribute to the Tulsa Area United Way’s 100^th Anniversary, honoring the organization during a presentation in the Oklahoma Senate Chamber on Tuesday.

OKLAHOMA CITY- Sen. Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma City, encourages Oklahomans to join him in recognizing World Autism Day, a global initiative to raise awareness for individuals with autism. Rosino has been a continuous advocate for autism awareness, a cause very near to his heart.

Supreme Court: The concurrent special session was constitutional

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, today commented on the unanimous, 9-to-0, ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in favor of the legislature’s authority to override vetoes of tribal compacting bills related to car tags and tobacco that remit millions of dollars to the state each year.

The state receives around $58 million per year from tribal motor vehicle and tobacco compacts.

Supreme Court: The concurrent special session was constitutional

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, today commented on the unanimous, 9-to-0, ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in favor of the legislature’s authority to override vetoes of tribal compacting bills related to car tags and tobacco that remit millions of dollars to the state each year.

The state receives around $58 million per year from tribal motor vehicle and tobacco compacts.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Grant Green, R-Wellston, recognized on Tuesday, March 26 several local students who received awards for their outstanding academic accomplishments.

Green and Rep. Danny Williams, R-Seminole, presented five high-achieving students with legislative citations recognizing their hard work to qualify for the All-Oklahoma Academic Team or the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges’ Presidents Tuition Waiver Award.

OKLAHOMA CITY- Senate Majority Floor Leader Greg McCortney was presented with the esteemed ORA Legislator of the Year award. The Ada Republican was selected as the 2024 honoree by the Oklahoma Rifle Association and was recognized for his continual efforts to uphold Oklahomans’ Second Amendment rights.

OKLAHOMA CITY – In February of 2015 in Tulsa, an unarmed young Black man, Monroe “Trey” Bird III, was shot in a car in his apartment’s parking lot and left paralyzed by a security guard who reportedly was in possession of marijuana and had other medication in his system at the time. Bird, 21, died a few months later.