The group, called the ‘performance standards consortium,’ launched 25 years ago with a few schools. It now has 38 schools that get waivers to forgo Regents exams, except the English test.
A controversial $5 billion bond-financed extension project spurred several bills that would alter the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority's debt and other practices.
While the turnpike authority is mulling an appeal of an Open Meeting Act violation judgment, lawyers for property owners are preparing to sue over money paid to contractors.