In an effort to better acquaint Tulsa citizens with their elected officials, the League has launched a “Getting to Know” initiative. Today, we are featuring Kevin Matthews, who was elected to State Senate District 11 in April of this year. What will the Senate agenda be for 2015? My 2015 & 2016 agenda remains: prison and legal reform (incarceration reintegration), …
Why I’m Optimistic about Education in Oklahoma
By Dr. Keith Ballard, Superintendent, Tulsa Public Schools I am optimistic about education in Oklahoma. In my seven years at Tulsa Public Schools, we have made great progress. In 2008, I joined a district that had, in many respects, lost its way. We had buildings in poor repair and classrooms that had fallen behind the times. Our children were not …
Getting to Know Series
In an effort to better acquaint Tulsa citizens with their elected officials, the League has launched a “Getting to Know” initiative on our blog. View the most recent post with Senator Kevin Matthews here.
Getting to Know: Anna America, City Councilor
In an effort to better acquaint Tulsa citizens with their elected officials, the League has launched a “Getting to Know” initiative. Today, we are featuring Anna America, who was elected as City Councilor for District 7 in November of 2014. What is your agenda as City Councilor for 2015? To make sure the issues and concerns of District 7 are …
Earth Day guest blog: Barbara VanHanken
The following is a guest blog written Barbara VanHanken, League of Women Voters Board Member and Oklahoma Sierra Club Chair. This is the 45th year our nation is celebrating Earth Day on April 22nd! Over these many years, we have seen our natural resources being depleted resulting in increased air pollution, water scarcity and our land and oceans being depleted …