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Oklahoma Highway Patrol withdrawal sparks legal and legislative pushback (Capitol Update)

Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Commissioner Tim Tipton announced that, beginning November 1st, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol will stop patrolling interstate highways in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metro areas. According to Tipton, the change is intended to enhance statewide service. He also says many additional officers would be needed to continue maintaining patrols on

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Weekly Wonk: The Big ‘Beautiful’ Delay | Oklahoma shouldn’t allow private prisons to reopen as immigration detention centers. Here are 6 reasons why. | Senators request interim study to rethink how Oklahoma cities are funded (Capitol Update)

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know. Click here to subscribe to In The Know. This Week from OK Policy

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Senators request interim study to rethink how Oklahoma cities are funded (Capitol Update)

A couple of freshmen senators from Oklahoma’s two largest metro areas have made a bipartisan request for a legislative interim study to look for ways to “stabilize” municipal funding in Oklahoma. Sen. Christi Gillespie, R-Broken Arrow, and Sen. Mark Mann, D-Oklahoma City, made the request. It has been assigned to the Senate Local and County

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