The Oklahoma City metro area is poised to gain representation in the statehouse for the next decade.
Proposed redistricting maps for Oklahoma s 149 legislative districts that GOP state lawmakers unveiled Wednesday show the Oklahoma City metro area gaining one Senate seat and one House seat.
The gains are reflective of population shifts that show rural areas losing population and population growth in the Oklahoma City area outpacing growth in Tulsa.
In the past 10 years, population in Oklahoma, Cleveland and Canadian counties grew by about 140,000 people, said Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting. This is not an urban versus rural thing, he said. This is a numbers thing, and it s just where the population ends up.
Oklahoma House, Senate unveil redistricting plans
April 21, 2021
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma House and Senate unveiled new district maps on Wednesday for all 101 House and 48 Senate districts.
Under the plan, which still must be approved by the House and Senate and signed by the governor, no incumbents would be forced to run against each other. Two members who are term limited, Rep. Sean Roberts in House District 36 and Sen. Kim David in Senate District 18, will have their districts moved entirely.
The districts were drawn more compactly, and fewer districts will have a mix of urban, suburban and rural areas, said Rep. Ryan Martinez, a Republican from Edmond who chaired the House Redistricting Committee.
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3rd defendant enters guilty plea in San Antonio bank fraud case
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A third defendant has pleaded guilty in a bank fraud case that the Bank of San Antonio says cost it more than $13 million.William Howell /Fotolia
The guilty pleas are piling up in a fraud case that the Bank of San Antonio says cost it more than $13 million.
On Wednesday, Rigo Alvarado, of Irving, became the third defendant to enter a plea. Five were indicted in the case.
Alvarado, 55, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $1 million. He will be required to make restitution.