A panel of prominent state Democratic legislators say they can point to their achievements in their recent legislative session and that, going forward, their voices will be heard, despite being outnumbered. Sens. Kay Floyd and Carri Hicks and Rep. Forrest Bennett discussed the most recent legislative session’s successes and challenges with Joe Dowd, The Journal Record’s interim editor, and reporter Janice Francis-Smith during the June 25 JR/Now webinar, and gave their thoughts on the Democratic Party’s future in what is predominantly a GOP-led Oklahoma government.
Chickasaw Community Bank is expanding with a new location in northwest Oklahoma City. Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby and Chickasaw Community Bank CEO T.W. Shannon participated in a groundbreaking on June 25 at the site of the new bank to be built at 7420 W. Memorial Rd., near the corner of Memorial Road and Rockwell Avenue. The new 33,000-square-foot building will be the bank’s second location in the metro area. Originally called Bank2, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Chickasaw Nation opened the doors at its first location, at 909 S. Meridian Ave. in Oklahoma City, in 2002 with $7.5 million in assets.