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Oklahoma changes criteria for school Bible bids

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Education’s request for bids from Bible suppliers, which many speculated would result in the purchase of Bibles affiliated with former president Donald Trump, has been changed at the urging of another state agency.

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Health Department program prioritizes ‘one-on-one relationships’ to build trust in rural Oklahoma

Workers aim to provide familiar faces who can ‘meet people where they are’

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Supreme Court leans in favor of federal ban on sale of gun kits

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices gave a friendly hearing Tuesday to the Biden administration’s regulation that prohibits the sale of easy-to-assemble firearms that can be sold online or through the mail.

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The Tonkawa News TIME MACHINE

The request of Mrs. Robert Hambleton, 213 North Main, to have her son, a kindergarten student, transferred from the Tonkawa school district to Union 61 northwest of the city was denied by the Tonkawa board of education at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night in the superintendent’s office. The board voted 3-0 to deny the request after hearing Mrs. Hambleton’s presentation. Our board member, John Kuchera, abstained from voting because his wife is the kindergarten teacher at Union 61 and he said he had a divided interest in the matter.

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Mullin it Over — “To Make America Safe Again, We Need Deterrence Against Iran—Not Appeasement”

In the absence of strong, decisive leadership from the United States, the world is again on fire, and Americans are less safe.

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Tonkawa showed up to support the Bucs for Homecoming

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Oklahoma’s education system always hurts for money. So why is Ryan Walters spending $3M on Bibles?

It must be nice to have $3 million stuffed in the couch cushions of your office.

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