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Thunder leads Best-of-7 series 2-0.
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Top scorer: Austin Reaves, 31 points.
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🥎 OU softball bounced from SEC Tournament with 10-5 quarterfinals loss to Georgia (Tulsa World)*

🥎 Cowgirls advance to Big 12 Tournament semifinals behind Ruby Meylan's gem (The O’Colly)

By Ryan Welton, Oklahoma Memo

State officials are offering sharply conflicting accounts of what happened behind the scenes of a now-blocked state investment contract tied to a firm with connections to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s inner circle.

The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office says it warned the State Treasurer’s Office months in advance about legal risks tied to procurement and conflicts of interest — contradicting Treasurer Todd Russ’ claim that his office was blindsided when the contract with 311 Capital Management was halted and reported publicly this week.

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By Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed a continuation of Oklahoma’s state-funded TV station, contending taxpayer dollars shouldn’t subsidize public broadcasting.

The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority would reach its sunset date July 1 and have a year to wind down its operations, if the governor’s veto is not overridden or counteracted with other legislation. Senate Bill 1461, which Stitt vetoed, would have extended OETA’s existence to July 2031.

State lawmakers overrode a similar veto from Stitt in 2023 and another in 2022 that would have affected the station’s funding. With the state Senate adjourning with no clear return date, it’s uncertain whether both chambers of the Legislature will coordinate a veto override this time.

Stitt also vetoed a bill that would make OETA a permanent fixture in state law with no sunset date. House lawmakers unanimously overrode him on Thursday, but the Senate would have to take similar action soon to complete the override. The legislative session is expected to end May 14.

If lawmakers don’t approve an override before the end of session, they could vote when they reconvene next year to extend OETA, House Speaker Kyle Hilbert said Thursday.   

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Here’s what’s happening in Oklahoma today:

• Attack ads are flooding Oklahoma primary elections: We checked the facts (The Frontier)

• Donald Trump endorses Jackson Lahmeyer in key Oklahoma primary race (The Oklahoman)*

• Report: Regalado considered to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Public Radio Tulsa)

• OU, Norman Public Schools part of worldwide Canvas hack by extortion group (OU Daily)

• “A nightmare": Police say a driver failed to yield in Broken Arrow and killed a husband and father of three (News On 6)

• Tecumseh widow mourns husband killed in workplace fire (KOCO)

• Governor signs Oklahoma bill criminalizing providing abortion-inducing drugs (Oklahoma Voice)

• Plan for temporary Oklahoma mental health department leadership passes House (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma House swiftly overrides Stitt veto of notification bill (Oklahoma Voice)

• Child marriage ban narrowly advanced by Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Voice)

• This Tulsa pool sat closed for years. Neighbors banded together to bring it back. (La Semana)

• Market at EastPoint marks 5 years amid tough economy, Homeland plans (Oklahoma City Free Press)

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