AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoThunder: Oklahoma City carries a three-game winning streak into Saturday’s home matchup with Washington, fueled by Ajay Mitchell’s career-high 35 points in a rout of Memphis. College football: Oklahoma and Florida meet in the Swamp, with former Gator Hayden Hansen now playing for the Sooners; Oklahoma State visits Kansas State. Education: State report cards show improvement, but student proficiency remains low and statewide achievement remains a concern. Election fallout: Republican Mike Mazzei won the governor’s race as the party swept statewide offices; Democrats flipped six House seats. Voters rejected property-tax measure SQ 847 and a proposed Oklahoma County jail sales tax. Public safety: A former Oklahoma City pastor received 30 years in prison for trafficking and abusing members of his congregation. The state’s narcotics bureau says agents seized more than 5,000 marijuana plants in an illegal grow operation in Noble. Costs and accountability: Turnpike tolls will rise 6% in 2027, while five federal judges’ financial disclosures remain missing ahead of a deadline. Rural Oklahoma: Agriculture Secretary Blayne Arthur cited drought challenges and urged more in-state processing to keep value in rural communities. High school sports: A midnight coin toss at a Seminole-area restaurant settled two playoff spots after three teams exhausted other tiebreakers.
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