Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

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Oklahoma cannabis businesses ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Senate banking legislation

Maddy Keyes November 6, 2023

WASHINGTON — A long-awaited cannabis banking bill is making its way to the Senate floor after years of being held up in Congress.  But as the government recovers from a weeks-long speaker’s race...

Representative Tom Cole (R, Moore) claps and cheers for Rep. Mike Johnson’s (R, LA) Republican Conferences nomination for Speaker of the House of Representatives Tuesday night. Julia Manipella/Gaylord News

Repairing the damage is now job one for House Republicans

Maddy Keyes October 27, 2023

WASHINGTON — Twenty-two days after former Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster, Republicans unanimously voted Wednesday to elect Rep. Mike Johnson as the 56th speaker of the house, ending the...

U.S. Representative Kevin Hern (R, Tulsa) of Oklahoma talks tactics of winning a majority of votes if his bid for speaker of the house is put to a vote. Julia Manipella/Gaylord News

Tulsa’s Hern jumps into speaker race after former Freedom Caucus leader Jim Jordan is dropped

Maddy Keyes October 20, 2023

WASHINGTON — Oklahoma Representative Kevin Hern (R, Tulsa) announced Friday that he will once again be reaching for the speaker's gavel after Rep. Jim Jordan (R, Ohio) was removed as the Republican designate. This...

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R, NY) nominated Jordan during a floor vote on Tuesday, Oct. 17. All five members of the Oklahoma delegation voted for Jordan, but with only 200 votes the Ohio representative was 17 votes short of being elected the next Speaker of the House. Of the 20 other Republican votes, Cole received one from John James (R, MI).

Chaos in the U.S. Capitol tunnels

Maddy Keyes and Julia Manipella October 17, 2023

WASHINGTON – The United States Capitol was calm.  Tour groups wound through the ornate building and stopped periodically to gaze at the art decorating the walls. People played frisbee on the vast...

Chad Warmington, president and Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma State Chamber, explains the importance of the Chambers annual visit to the nations capital to Gaylord News reporters at the Willard Hotel. Julia Manipella/Gaylord News

Nearly 150 Oklahoma business leaders attend Washington fly-in

Maddy Keyes September 20, 2023

WASHINGTON – The Oklahoma State Chamber returned to the Sooner State Wednesday after concluding its annual Washington fly-in where members heard from delegation members and discussed key issues concerning...

Crowd gathered at the March on Washington’s 60th Anniversary Continuation Event during the planned speeches at steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Thousands gather to rededicate their lives to an idea described 60 years ago

Maddy Keyes August 28, 2023

WASHINGTON – On August 28, 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the marble steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to convey his vision for the future of America  — one where...

Monroney – Arial view of the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy FAA.gov)

OKC FAA center, roads and tribes big winners in approp bill

Ben Dackiw July 21, 2023

WASHINGTON – Despite heated comments and opposition from minority Democrats, the House Appropriations committee has adopted its Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Bill for the 2024 fiscal...

Lale Edil (third from right) will be competing for Team USA at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Bulgaria from July 19-23. (Liz Parke/OU Athletics photo)

OU athlete wins spot on USA Under 23 rowing team

Ben Dackiw July 11, 2023

Typically, people spend summer holidays grilling hamburgers, but University of Oklahoma rower Lale Edil was otherwise engaged the July 4 weekend. Instead, she was out on the Oklahoma River, where the...

An NAACP member holds a sign outside of the Supreme Court during Friday’s protest. (Carolynn Felling/Gaylord News photo)

Oklahoma students hope for Biden’s new loan plan after high court denies first effort

Carolynn Felling June 30, 2023

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden pledged that the “fight was not over” after the US Supreme Court rejected his groundbreaking student loan forgiveness plan. “When you say people, I say power,”...

The paraphernalia of Asian American protesters left behind outside of the Supreme Court.

Oklahoma delegation speaks on Supreme Court striking down affirmative action

Carolynn Felling June 29, 2023

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out affirmative action in college admissions, compelling universities to explore alternative methods to foster diverse student populations. The court's...

Rep. Kevin Hern’s office

Two Oklahoma delegation members want better Ukraine spending plan

Ben Dackiw June 28, 2023

WASHINGTON – Two Oklahoma representatives don’t want to continue handing a blank check to Ukraine. And the brief mutiny of the Wagner Private Military Company to Russian President Vladimar Puttin ...

Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation Building

“Access to capital”: Oklahoma tribes are recipients of federal money to help tribal small businesses

Dacoda McDowell-Wahpekeche June 28, 2023

WASHINGTON – Three Oklahoma tribal nations will receive almost half the initial funding from a new small business initiative from the Biden-Harris Administration announced this week. The Osage, Chickasaw...

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