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Tuesday, June 9, 2026 • Very warm, windy. Low 90s. 💨
✅ Early voting starts Thursday ahead of the June 16 primary (Oklahoma Voice)
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We received 56 votes on the Monday poll, “Are you cutting back on summer vacation this year due to the economy?”
• 34 said Yes
• 22 said No
New poll question at the bottom of today’s newsletter. (You can also suggest a poll question by emailing me at [email protected].)
⚾ College Baseball Super Regionals ⚾
Saturday: Oklahoma Sooners 8 @ Kansas Jayhawks 1, Game 1
Sunday: Oklahoma Sooners 13 @ Kansas Jayhawks 2, Game 2
The Oklahoma Sooners are headed to Omaha for the Men’s College World Series. This is the Sooners’ first trip since 2022.
• OU dominates Kansas in game 2 of Lawrence Super Regional, advances to College World Series (OU Daily)
Game 1 for OU is against Alabama on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Chickasaw Nation's Anoatubby will retire after 39 years leading tribe
Chickasaw Nation Executive Officer of Emergency Management Steve Cash, Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby and Sen. James Lankford addressed their concerns with FEMA officials on April 30, 2024 (left to right). (PHOTO by Sarah Liese, KOSU)
By Thomas Pablo, Sarah Liese (Twilla); KOSU
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Chickasaw Gov. Bill Anoatubby announced Monday he is retiring at the end of the month. His son, Lt. Gov. Chris Anoatubby, will take over as governor.
The elder Anoatubby, 80, will resign at noon on June 26, and his son will assume the role until next year’s gubernatorial elections. He wrote on Facebook that he decided to retire after discussions with family members, adding he will entrust the tribe’s leadership to a new generation.
“This moment is bittersweet as I reflect on a lifetime of service to this mighty tribal nation,” Anoatubby wrote. “However, I have full confidence in the servant leaders, currently elected, appointed and employed to continue the momentum we have forged together and stay true to our mission, to enhance the overall quality of life of the Chickasaw people.
“The strength of the Chickasaw Nation lives and breathes within every Chickasaw. Chikasha poya – we are Chickasaw, and united, we will continue to thrive.”
Chickasaw Nation citizens first elected Anoatubby as the tribe's 32nd governor in 1987. Before that, he served as the nation’s first lieutenant governor from 1979 to 1987. He has served ten consecutive four-year terms since then.
See also:
• ‘It has been a blessing’: Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby announces sudden retirement (NonDoc)
Where to Invest $100,000 Right Now, According to Experts
Investors face a dilemma. When the S&P 500 finished its worst quarter since 2022 last month, diversifiers like bonds and bitcoin fell too.
Even with the turnaround in mid-April, analysts at Goldman Sachs and Vanguard have projected low-single-digit annualized returns from 2024-2034.
Bloomberg asked where experts would personally invest $100,000 for their March monthly edition.
One answer that surfaced for a second time? Art.
It's what billionaires like Bezos and the Rockefellers have privately used to diversify for decades.
Why?
Appreciation. The ArtPrice100 Index outpaced the S&P 500 overall from 2000 to 2025
Low-correlation. The postwar contemporary segment has moved independently of traditional investments like stocks since ‘95.*
Resilience. A scarce, physical, and global asset class with decades of demonstrated demand.
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Shares in new offerings can sell quickly but...
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The Oklahoma Rundown 📰
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Here’s what’s happening in Oklahoma today:
• Edmond City Council unanimously approves 6-month moratorium on data centers (KOCO)
• Luther Mayor signed NDA with Beltline Energy a year before company filed data center application (News 9)
• Inola City Council tables smelter moratorium, creates community committee (News On 6)
• Residents say brown water has plagued an Osage County rural water district for years (KFOR)
• Norman City Council to discuss ordinance letting unhoused people camp on residential lawns (KOCO)
• Attack ads escalate as outsiders pour money into Oklahoma GOP election (Gaylord News)
• Three cities, three approaches: How Oklahoma’s homeless encampment sweeps played out differently (Oklahoma Watch)
• Tulsa’s neighborhood improvement program showed promising results. Now the city is making it permanent. (The Oklahoma Eagle)
• Tulsa minister stands by decision to end virtual services at church (News On 6)
• Cheat sheet: Republicans Brad Boles, Justin Hornback seek Corporation Commission seat (NonDoc)
• State board of education denies bid from rural Oklahoma district to expand to high school grades (StateImpact Oklahoma)
• Report shows small improvement in child wellbeing, but Oklahoma still lags behind other states (Oklahoma Voice)
• Oklahoma universities failing to support international students after recruiting them here (Oklahoma Voice)
• Summer concerts celebrate culture, history, defiant spirit across OKC (Oklahoma City Free Press)
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