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Teacher turnover hit its highest point since COVID-19 last school year, when more than 6,000 Oklahoma public school teachers left the classroom. The numbers of school departures occurred even as the state implemented the largest salary increase for educators since 2018 at $3,000-$6,000 per teacher, depending on experience.

As state leaders await a large number of pending Oklahoma State Supreme Court decisions and watch for potential resurrection of a controversial attempt to reform how judges are nominated, the Oklahoma State Legislature has two additional major court decisions left on its docket this session: whether to create a new judicial evaluation program that stalled last year and whether to authorize a proposed pay raise for those on the bench. In September, the Oklahoma State Board on Judicial Compensation held its biennial meeting and recommended a 17-percent raise for all appellate and district court judges in Oklahoma.

In a blistering review of how Oklahoma agencies spent COVID-19-era federal funds, Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd sharply criticized the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for failing to seek bids on a series of state contracts. Byrd’s audit also alleged Shelley Zumwalt, now a member of Gov.

Refreshing your home in the spring is about more than organizing closets and cleaning floors. As winter melts away and warmer weather returns, proactively checking your home’s systems will help keep it running efficiently while remaining a comfortable and safe space for you and your loved ones.

During the weekly Kiwanis meeting the program was introduced by Doug Gunselman. Gunselman brought the Weatherford High School choir to talk about the upcoming program, Shrek the Musical.

Southwestern Oklahoma State University will be performing a play today through Sunday. The SWOSU Theatre will be doing a production of Candy & Shelley Go to the Desert by Paula Cizmar.

Refreshing your home in the spring is about more than organizing closets and cleaning floors. As winter melts away and warmer weather returns, proactively checking your home’s systems will help keep it running efficiently while remaining a comfortable and safe space for you and your loved ones.

The Philanthropic Educational Organization Sisterhood is one of the largest community based women’s organizations in North America with almost 250,000 initiated members. The organization provides loans, grants and scholarships for women through its six philanthropies.