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We received 65 votes on the Saturday poll, “Would you support a data center coming to your town or city?”
• 9 said Yes
• 7 said it depends on what the city gets out of it
• 49 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 8 @ Kansas Jayhawks 1, Game 2
(3rd inning, suspended until NOON today)
If the Sooners win the second game, they advance to the Men’s College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. If not, Kansas and Oklahoma play one more.
Insurance department’s public hearing could give homeowners a voice
Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready discusses homeowner rates during a state Senate interim study on Oct. 7, 2025. (Ted Streuli/Oklahoma Watch)
By J.C. Hallman, Oklahoma Watch
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Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready was against it at first, then for it.
On May 20, less than six weeks after he denied a request for a public hearing on whether Oklahoma’s homeowners insurance market is competitive, Mulready announced an identical hearing to be held in September.
In the same announcement, Mulready addressed recent substantive changes to Oklahoma insurance law — already signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt — that directly affect whether the skyrocketing rates that have been crippling Oklahoma homeowners’ budgets for years can be challenged.
The changes in law and the competition hearing are directly related — and the devil is in the details.
Mulready’s announcement reiterated his position that Oklahoma law prevented his office from challenging excessive rates.
“I have shared many times over the past year that there was no authority in our statutes to intervene in filed rates from insurers,” Mulready wrote.
The problem is, that’s not entirely true.
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.
Thanks to the world's premier art investing platform, now anyone can invest in works featuring legends like Banksy, Basquiat, and Picasso, without needing millions.
Shares in new offerings can sell quickly but...
*According to Masterworks data. Investing involves risk. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. See important Reg A disclosures at masterworks.com/cd.
The Oklahoma Rundown 📰
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Here’s what’s happening in Oklahoma today:
• Gov. Stitt declares disaster emergency for multiple counties in eastern Oklahoma following floods (News On 6)
• Neighbors, businesses dealing with flood aftermath as high water levels recede (2 News Oklahoma)
• Oklahoma Sooners legend Stacey King, who played on three of Chicago's NBA championship teams, dies at 59 (KOCO)
• Arcadia Lake shooting: 2 more suspects charged in ‘premeditated plan for retaliation’ (NonDoc)
• 2 injured, 1 dead, 1 in custody following shooting at McAlester park (News On 6)
• Priest boosts security after he says preacher used his church for anti-Catholic videos (The Oklahoman)*
• Relive the magic of Tulsa Tough, the city’s three-day ode to cycling (Tulsa Flyer)
• Edmond blocks Liberty Creek addition over developer's impassioned plea (The Oklahoman)*
• Edmond leaders eye data center moratorium as nearby cities already hit brakes (KOCO)
• Yukon Vice-Mayor resigns following residents’ recall efforts over data center (News 9)
• Ardmore City Manager Kevin Boatright retires after 27 years (KTEN)
• Glenpool truck driver celebrated after 4 million miles with no accidents (Tulsa World)*
• Driver killed in rollover crash in Choctaw County (KXII)
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