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Game story: Thunder defeat the Spurs in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals, moving to 3-2 in the series (KOCO)

By Lionel Ramos, OPMX
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Oklahoma oil companies are profiting, but a recent report says the state's greater economy will see only slight gains.

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It's where 20 million barrels of crude oil are moved through on any given day. That's a fifth of the global supply.

Iran, which controls traffic through the strait, has closed it off since the U.S. launched an opening salvo of attacks on the country in February, citing the need to quell its nuclear weapon ambitions.

The conflict has led to higher gas prices, and it means energy companies in Oklahoma and across the country are making steep profits.

But as a late-May study from the Kansas City Federal Reserve branch in Oklahoma City points out, those profits aren't likely to spur greater economic and workforce growth in Oklahoma.

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Here’s what’s happening in Oklahoma today:

• Polling: 4 lead GOP governor race, superintendent primary tight, AI ads unpopular (NonDoc)

• ‘Bell to Bell, No Cell’: Governor Stitt signs legislation for phone-free Oklahoma schools (KFOR)

• Suspected drunk driver in wrong-way crash that killed 4 held on ICE detainer (News 9)

• OHP troopers remember the deadly shootout of 1978 (KTEN)

• Former state official says Swadley overbilling made him feel like fraud victim (Tulsa World)*

• Federal bill would ban stay-to-play and force private equity out of youth sports (Oklahoma Watch)

• Records show Oklahoma parole board pay raise bill stalled after lawmaker pressure in murder case (Oklahoma Voice)

• Cheat sheet: 5 GOP candidates seek U.S. Senate seat (NonDoc)

• Tulsa County Election Board, short on poll workers, needs people to step up (Tulsa World)*

• What's next for OETA, straight from Executive Director Shawn Black (KOSU)

• Route 66 centennial events arrive in Tulsa this week. Here’s where to celebrate. (Tulsa Flyer)

• Ardmore preps for Highway 70 widening project (KXII)

• Former OSU athletic director Terry Don Phillips dies at 78 (The O’Colly)

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