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2016 Election: Metro races to watch
(Cover design: Anna Schilling / Oklahoma Gazette)2016 Election IssueIt’s everyone’s democratic and civic duty to vote on Nov. 8, and this year’s ballot is an important one. This issue includes stories...
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Cover Story: The Nov. 8 election isn’t scary. We help you know what’s on the...
(Cover design: Anna Schilling / Oklahoma Gazette)It’s everyone’s democratic and civic duty to vote on Nov. 8, and this year’s ballot is an important one. This issue includes stories on Oklahoma’s...
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Commentary: State questions require voter diligence
Bill Bleakley (Gazette file)Read more Oklahoma Gazette election coverage here and here.Oklahoma suffers from a bloated constitution created at statehood in a populist environment, addressing a...
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Chicken-Fried News: Maybe it’s the stickers?
That’s the thought we at Chicken-Fried News had when we read the recent study from personal finance website WalletHub.In the study 2016’s Most & Least Politically Engaged States, Oklahoma earned...
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Oklahoma native creates online marketplace for space
Cindy Convery inside the lobby of the Midtown Seiber building, which is a listing on Raw Spaces for Rent. (Garett Fisbeck)Few people can boast an Eastern European film crew used their garage and...
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Letters to the Editor: Nov. 16, 2016
Biggest losersOklahoma taxpayers are the biggest losers of this election. The referendum does nothing to remedy the deep and persistent problems with the death penalty in our state and may cause even...
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Dakota pipeline protests swell local and national sovereignty and human...
Oklahoma filmmaker Sterlin Harjo films North Dakota’s Standing Rock Indian Reservation on Election Day. (Photo provided)Seven months after they began, the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protests at...
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Small Business Saturday attracts shoppers to independent retailers during...
Free coffee will be available to Small Business Saturday shoppers at All About Cha, The Lobby Cafe & Bar and Vintage Coffee pictured in Western Avenue district. | Photo Gazette / fileGrainy...
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Chicken-Fried News: Trucking great
Oklahoma is a great place to live if you’re a trucker.After making some pretty unflattering lists this year — including the No. 3 spot on CNBC’s list of Worst States to Live in 2016 — the Sooner State...
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Letters to the Editor: Dec. 14, 2016
Debating hateI am a bisexual, 19-year-old white female who supports the rights of everyone, no matter the skin color. I support LGBT rights and will not change. Love is love, no matter what the gender...
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Sous vide cookers move from high-end restaurants into home kitchens
Sous vide T-bone steak (Garett Fisbeck)Sous vide is not the next Slap Chop.Every Christmas, home chefs are inundated with “useful” gifts that are supposed to make cooking easier and more enjoyable but...
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Artist Shel Wagner pieced together artwork from loose odds and ends in her...
“Anadarko,” a work in progress by Shel Wagner (provided)“The Family Thread” by Shel Wagner (provided)“The Need for Enid” by Shel Wagner (provided)Shel Wagner, an Oklahoma artist who creates art from...
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OKG Q&A: Comedian Eddie Izzard talks global politics, standing up to LGBT...
Eddie Izzard (Amanda Searle / provided)Eddie Izzard completed 27 marathons in 27 days this year, but when it comes to hatred and discrimination he isn’t running from anything.The English comedian and...
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Civic engagement groups prepare for the next legislative session
Together Oklahoma participants get to know one another and hear concerns with state funding in Norman earlier this month. (Provided)Last week, when Oklahoma’s chief budget negotiator divulged that the...
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Megan Mullally rolls from comedy tour into holiday film role, hints at Will &...
Megan Mullally has had a busy year. In the spring, she recorded a new album, Nancy & Beth, with friend and actress Stephanie Hunt. This summer, she and her husband, actor Nick Offerman, traveled...
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Tom Lindsey’s book Opening Doors tells the inspiring stories of 13 great...
Tom Lindley interviewed 13 Oklahomans who have led extraordinary lives. (provided)“I hope that it reminds readers that, on the inside, we are more alike than we realize,” author Tom Lindley said of his...
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Cover Story: The state of women — yes, it’s really as bad as experts claim
(Cover design Erin DeMoss / Oklahoma Gazette)More than half of Oklahomans are women. But in a state that ranks fourth in the nation for women killed by men, where only 12.8 percent of state legislators...
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Study shows low arts consumption in Oklahoma
Students participate in an acrylic painting class at Oklahoma Contemporary in 2014. (Gazette / file)In August, when the National Endowment for the Arts released its annual Arts Basic Survey, Colorado...
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Cover Story: Chicken-Fried News year in review and predictions for 2017
We can all agree that 2016 was not the greatest year, right? While the entire country was busy becoming a veritable circus, Oklahoma did not let itself be the odd clown out.From ginormous budget cuts...
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Food briefs: Beer Summit, chocolate tasting and more
Outside Hillbilly PoBoy’s (Gazette file)Cajun closureAfter three years in business, Hillbilly’s has closed.Hillbilly Po-Boys and Oysters, 1 NW Ninth St., was opened in 2013 by Shannon Roper and Bryan...
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