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Only one state with fewer people than Oklahoma has multiple medical schools
Oklahoma lawmakers have passed several bills the past few years aimed at consolidating duplicative state agencies. One area that has not been discussed much is Oklahoma’s two medical schools: OU’s Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City which offers MD degrees and OSU’s Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa which offers DO degrees (OU also has a College of Medicine in Tulsa where 35 students go for their last two years of school). But Oklahoma Watchdog compiled a list of all of the public universities with medical schools and found Oklahoma is one of only two states with a population under four-million that have more than one medical school
LINCOLN — The city of Lincoln has signed a management agreement with a Pennsylvania entertainment company that has managed the city’s existing arena since 2000 to manage, market, operate and promote Lincoln’s new arena. SMG manages more than 220 public and private venues in nine countries – including arenas in Wichita and Oklahoma City. The company has managed Lincoln’s existing arena, the 55-year-old Pershing Center , for the past dozen years and was the only company to bid on the job managing the new arena
Continue reading …Gov. Bill Haslam says he signed the state’s $31.5 billion spending plan Tuesday, putting into action a state budget that is $627 million less than this year’s. In an interview with TNReport Tuesday afternoon, Haslam said he’s proud of the budget plan, which spends about $400 million more than he originally pitched to lawmakers and the public back in January.
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The Lincoln City Council voted 5-0 to pass a gay rights ordinance similar to the one passed in Omaha – with the five Democrats on the council voting “yes” and the two Republicans abstaining from voting.
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State officials have officially changed the way schools are held accountable this week by doing away with the legal strings that tied Tennessee to the federal No Child Left Behind program. Gov. Bill Haslam signed into law provisions that allow the state to grade schools on a different rubric following the U.S.
Continue reading …Despite glaring problems at Omaha’s nuclear power plant, problems that have gained national attention, on Tuesday two OPPD board members are asking voters to keep them at the helm. Nebraska Watchdog’s Joe Jordan explains. Reported by Joe Jordan, joe@nebraskawatchdog.org Editor’s note: to subscribe to News Updates from Nebraska Watchdog at no cost, click here
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TOPEKA —It sounds like the theme of a sci-fi terror flick, or an action film involving computers and a secret government plot to enslave the world. And, sure, said state Rep. Greg Smith , R-Overland Park, some people hear him discuss Agenda 21 , and the theme music from “Twilight Zone” starts playing in their head.
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When it comes to the ongoing controversy swirling around suspended Bellevue Police Chief John Stacey , the suburb’s mayor is keeping her distance.
Continue reading …The Chairman of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee says if there is an income tax cut this year, it will not be along the lines of the “bold” proposals set forth at the start of session that called for phasing out the income tax over ten years (see video below). Rep
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With 11 days to go before Republican voters decide who to put up against Democrat Bob Kerrey for the U.S. Senate, Sen
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