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WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Conscience Protection Act to protect health care providers and insurance plans from government discrimination if they decline to participate in abortions. The Conscience Protection Act also provides a private right of action for victims of conscience discrimination because the Biden Administration refuses to enforce existing conscience protections.

Every year for the past 43 years, Oklahoma has conducted an annual Waterfowl Stamp Design Contest to celebrate great artwork and raise funds for wetland habitat projects across the state. Artists may register online right now for this year's contest. Artwork entries are due by Aug. 31.

OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services reopened job preparation and employment services for a category of jobseekers with significant disabilities known as priority group 2, effective June 17.

DEAR ABBY

OKLAHOMA CITY – Jennifer Crosthwait, a kindergarten teacher at Skyline Elementary in Stillwater, has been selected for the 2024 National Excellence in Teaching About Agriculture Award. Crosthwait is one of eight teachers across the United States who received the honor.

MISDEMEANORS

STILLWATER, Okla. – To help combat the issue of illegal roadside dumps, Oklahoma State University Extension is partnering with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Department of Agriculture- Rural Development to host an Oklahoma Environmental Law Enforcement Training Seminar on July 25 in Durant, Oklahoma.

A 57-year-old Elk City man has been charged with two counts of a sex offender violating child-safe zones.

I hope you are gearing up for summer, because it’s here, and it is hot! Thursday was the official start and I believe it. Fall can’t come soon enough for me!

DIVORCES

By Shonda Little (Editor’s note: the following biography was provided) With just a month left to plan, volunteers and organizers for the fourth annual Dust Bowl Days are in full swing to make July 1921 memorable in Sayre.