A Norman neighborhood is on edge after a black bear made its way into a home’s backyard and climbed a tree.After several tense hours, game wardens shot and killed the bear. Many people want to know why the bear was killed, so KOCO 5 got answers. The Norman Police Department said officers had to make a decision in order to protect the public. They spotted the bear in a tree in the backyard of a home near Elmwood and Pickard around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Curious crowds gathered to see the bear. “There’s some bear up in the tree. I don’t know how it got there,” said onlooker Travis Williams.Meredith Dunn was in Ardmore when she got the call that there was a bear in her yard and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation was trying to capture the 150-pound animal. Game wardens used four tranquilizer darts to subdue the bear. It fell from the tree but was still moving.“It was injured and not fully sedated. In that situation it presented a danger to people,” said Mic
Wildlife experts are weighing in after a black bear was shot and killed in the backyard of a Norman home overnight.“We’re not surprised that bears are on the move. We’ve known that for a long time,” said Micah Holmes of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. “The only surprising thing was it was in someone’s backyard.”While an encounter with a bear is unusual for the metro, it’s not uncommon in other parts of the state. “That population is very healthy in Southeastern Oklahoma, and, naturally, as the population increases, the younger males and females will naturally expand to fill available habitat, and historically Oklahoma was home to black bears statewide,” Holmes said.He said in late spring and early summer it is not uncommon for bears, especially young males, to be on the move and the number of encounters to increase. While it s uncommon for us here in the metro Oklahoma City area, its common in southeast Oklahoma,” he said.As bear and human
Oklahoma’s $8 billion budget is inching closer to approval. The state Senate is working into the evening, with tax cuts, education funding and much more on the table. It has been a week since Gov. Kevin Stitt and top Republican lawmakers announced a budget agreement. It has flown through committees and the state House of Representatives.The overall budget agreement is expansive, and, Republicans say, historic. It increased education funding by $172 million, triggers class size caps in kindergarten and first grade. It drops state income taxes from 5% to 4.75%. It also cuts the corporate tax rate from 6% to 4%. Both of these cuts passed the Senate today.The budget also funds Medicaid expansion and restores cuts made during COVID-19.
Talk of reparations for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is picking up steam. Those advocating for survivors and their descendants say they aren’t giving up. They’re taking their case to Capitol Hill.“Reparations are due, the harm is ongoing,” state Rep. Regina Goodwin, D-Tulsa, told a U.S. House subcommittee Wednesday.The hearing featured the three known living survivors of the race massacre. The issue is close to home for Goodwin. She is a descendent of a race massacre survivor. “It s the most horrific act of racial terrorism in American history. And that s just a fact and I think we need to come to grips with those facts and how we can make repairs,” she said. “There were a number of entities that were complicit, and I think they re saying they re not responsible we absolutely believe that they are.”During the hearing, several members of the committee said they would support legislation to compensate survivors and their descendants.Goodwin said she welc
Finance Minister urges CCI to take ‘market friendly’ tack
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The CCI’s emphasis on creating a ‘trust-based system’ was important for economies like India, says Nirmala Sitharaman
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The CCI’s emphasis on creating a ‘trust-based system’ was important for economies like India, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday urged the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to adopt a ‘free market’ approach and become a market-friendly regulator to help businesses recover from COVID-19’s adverse effects.
“Referring to the challenges of post-pandemic revival of enterprises, the Finance Minister stressed on the need for the CCI to proactively engage with industry so as to ensure that their legitimate claims are patiently heard while also making sure that knowingly or unknowingly, by