Consequential news and tweets that missed the front page. Exclusively Oklahoman. Curated. Retweets are not endorsements, nor have they been fact checked.
ICYMI: An OU professor gathered data revealing OU ranks poorly among other R1 research institutions in gender wage disparities. The Provost's Office is currently assessing wage data to consider "more effective responses to the presence of inequity": https://t.co/dABKnlmrYe
Congratulations to Jessica Eschbach of Norman North High School for being named Oklahoma Teacher of the year!
I appreciate all you do for Oklahoma students.
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Six detention officers at the Oklahoma County jail have been charged with assault and mistreatment of inmates since October. Seven inmates have died there in the last three months and at least 84 inmates there have died since 2009. | via @briOKC
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Staff shortages at Oklahoma's relocated Public Health Lab are causing delays of 24 to 48 hours for some microbiology tests, according to an email sent this week by the lab’s acting administrative director, via @pmonies.
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Another Winter Storm Watch is in effect for all of our area from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday Evening.
An additional 6 to 8 inches of snow accumulation is possible over portions of central and southeastern Oklahoma.
#okwx#texomawx
.@HealthyOklahoma announced a short-term policy allowing students who have been exposed to #COVID to quarantine in school. This OPTIONAL plan runs from 11/30 -12/3. @MustangSchools voted on it last night & are the first district in the state to start this policy. @OKCFOX
If you wore a mask today, if you stayed home, if you told your family you won’t be joining them for Thanksgiving... You are saving lives. You are a hero. Thank you.
A Tulsa-based grocery store chain is asking a federal judge to declare that the state cannot collect sales tax from its Okmulgee grocery store because it is situated on restricted Indian land. | via @cliftonhowze
https://t.co/74ByE2w4nX
@reeseg_3 And just like at Franklin's, when you finally get to the front of the line, you discover that the best options have already been taken off the board.
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