"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor." Luke 4:18-19.
An Oklahoma legislator and retired Baptist minister shared a message of hope Sunday on the eve of the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday.
Sen. George Young, D-Oklahoma City, spoke at St. John Missionary Baptist Church's virtual worship service.
For several decades, the northeast Oklahoma City church has held an annual citywide Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Church Service on the afternoon of the Sunday before the national holiday
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Sen. Julie Daniels (left), Sen. Greg Treat, Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice Noma Gurich, Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, Sen. Jessica Garvin and Sen. Lonnie Paxton pose for a photo at a swearing in ceremony on Dec. 8. The four Republican senators could not attend a ceremony in November.
Credit Oklahoma Senate GOP
Leaders in the Oklahoma legislature must plan for a second session affected by COVID-19, this one with infection rates potentially much worse than they were as lawmakers met from March through May of this year.
Legislative leaders are contemplating how to do their work safely. Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat (R-Oklahoma City) said during a virtual forum hosted by the Oklahoma State Chamber that includes allowing Oklahomans to participate in the process.
Oklahoma Department of Health outsources management of public health lab [The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City]
Dec. 24 The Oklahoma State Department of Health will outsource management of the state’s public health lab.
The state has contracted with Prairie One Solutions, a newly formed subsidiary of the Oklahoma State University Research Foundation, to oversee the public health lab and the future Oklahoma Pandemic Center for Innovation and Excellence.
The new management contract coincides with a decision to move the public health lab from Oklahoma City to Stillwater so the lab and the pandemic center can be housed together.
The move of the state’s public health lab is unlikely to be complete by the end of the year, as state leaders originally thought.