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Ginnie Graham

@GinnieGraham

Fifth generation Oklahoman, married with 2 kids, OU graduate, GenXer, writer and member of “I don’t care club”

 Tulsa, OK
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Joined March 2011
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Andrea Eger@AndreaEger13 Feb 2025
NEW THURSDAY: OK Tax Commission trying to “recapture” $5 million in private school tax credits for students who did not attend participating private schools. #oklaed #okleg tulsaworld.com/news/local/ed…
Oklahoma Tax Commission trying to 'recapture' $5 million in private school tax credits

Oklahoma Tax Commission trying to 'recapture' $5 million in private school tax credits

Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended agreement with a vendor and added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed

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Randy Krehbiel@rkrehbiel12 Nov 2024
Sen. Markwayne Mullin reportedly considered for Trump Cabinet posts tulsaworld.com/news/state-re… via @tulsaworld

Sen. Markwayne Mullin reportedly considered for Trump Cabinet posts

Rolling Stone said Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin is a likely candidate to head either the Department of the Interior or Veterans Affairs.

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.@Monichols on being elected Tulsa’s first Black mayor 103 years after Tulsa Race Massacre: “If you center people, and you’re not afraid to go into places where people say you shouldn’t go, you can make some amazing progress.”
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Good. If time permits at OSDE, we’ve got some rural schools in need of capital investment instead of religious texts. At @CherokeeNation, we just invested $700k in storm shelters for two Oklahoma public schools. tulsaworld.com/news/state-re… via @tulsaworld
Oklahoma Watch: Education Department abruptly cancels search for Bible vendor

Oklahoma Watch: Education Department abruptly cancels search for Bible vendor

The solicitation followed Walters’ mandate that a Bible be placed in every Oklahoma public school classroom and that all schools teach from the Bible.

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The line to vote early on day 2 at the Tulsa County Election Board’s new building at 12000 E. Skelly Drive tulsaworld.com/news/local/go… #election #vote #tulsa
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Andrea Eger@AndreaEger25 Oct 2024
Tulsa school board member E’Lena Ashley caught on camera telling local GOP group immigrant students pose a potential security threat in schools. Within her district is high school Newcomer Academy & 55% of all students are multilingual learners. tulsaworld.com/news/local/ed… #oklaed
TPS board member E’Lena Ashley defends promotion of anti-immigrant rhetoric

TPS board member E’Lena Ashley defends promotion of anti-immigrant rhetoric

E'Lena Ashley said this of immigrant students in her east Tulsa district: "We don’t know what they have in mind to be in our classrooms, ... and they have no intention of listening to a female...

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Tulsa World@tulsaworld25 Oct 2024
Gov. Stitt-linked dark money operation spends $240,000 to oust Supreme Court justices tulsaworld.com/news/nation-w…
Gov. Stitt-linked dark-money operation spends $240,000 to oust Supreme Court justices

Gov. Stitt-linked dark-money operation spends $240,000 to oust Supreme Court justices

46 Action, a political action committee whose reported contributions have come entirely from a 501(C)(4) that doesn't disclose its donors, reported the expenditures this week to the Oklahoma Ethics...

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Randy Krehbiel@rkrehbiel24 Oct 2024
I have long maintained that the worse trick a reporter can play on a public official is to quote them accurately. I guess that's still true, except what used to get them in trouble now gets them elected, and what used to inspire confidence gets them run out of town on a rail.
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Andrea Eger@AndreaEger25 Oct 2024
State Board of Education loses independent legal counsel after she repeatedly gave advice diametrically opposed to that of Oklahoma Attorney General about whether lawmakers can observe executive sessions, which are closed to public. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/ed…

State Board of Education agenda put on hold after AG punts outside attorney

The attorney general's guidance has been at odds with advice the #oklaed board had gotten from its outside attorney Cara Nicklas on barring state lawmakers from executive sessions.

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Randy Krehbiel@rkrehbiel9 Oct 2024
A dark money explainer starring Gov. Stitt, a $125,000 donation, and a Tulsa UPS store tulsaworld.com/news/local/go… via @tulsaworld

A dark money explainer featuring Gov. Stitt, a $125,000 donation, and a Tulsa UPS store

Dark money entities are supposed to report their expenditures to state and federal election authorities and to the Internal Revenue Service, and sometimes those filings contain clues as to who is...

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Kevin Canfield@aWorldofKC8 Oct 2024
County's juvenile detention center probation extended through December tulsaworld.com/news/local/go… via @tulsaworld

County's juvenile detention center probation extended through December

Office of Juvenile Affairs officials say they're encouraged by the improvements being made at the Family Center for Juvenile Justice after serious allegations came to light earlier this year.

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David French
@DavidAFrench4 Oct 2024
This is just incredibly gross, bordering on blasphemous.
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Andrea Eger@AndreaEger4 Oct 2024
Oklahoma State Department of Education's demands for 55,000 Bibles point to one promoted by Trump #oklaed via ⁦@tulsaworld⁩ tulsaworld.com/news/local/ed…
State Department of Education's demands for 55,000 Bibles point to one promoted by Trump

State Department of Education's demands for 55,000 Bibles point to one promoted by Trump

One of the few commercially available Bibles that meet the content parameters laid out in the bid solicitation is an edition initially compiled by singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood and promoted by...

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Andrea Eger@AndreaEger3 Oct 2024
Oklahoma’s Attorney General has called out State Superintendent Ryan Walters for the second time in 2 months for not getting legislative appropriations to public schools — in latest case, for the purchase of emergency asthma inhalers for children. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/ed…
Ryan Walters called out by AG for 'roadblocks' to asthma inhalers in public schools

Ryan Walters called out by AG for 'roadblocks' to asthma inhalers in public schools

"Waiting more than a year ... and now requiring school districts to individually procure emergency inhalers is neither speedy nor responsible," Gentner Drummond wrote in a letter to the #oklaed...

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Kevin Canfield@aWorldofKC27 Sep 2024
From @timstanleyTW: District leaders express frustration with rhetoric around education: 'It's demoralizing' tulsaworld.com/news/local/ed… via @tulsaworld
District leaders express frustration with rhetoric around education: 'It's demoralizing'

District leaders express frustration with rhetoric around education: 'It's demoralizing'

"At a time when we all need to be on the same page, ... we have people who aren't building bridges — they're burning bridges," Bixby Superintendent Rob Miller said at a Tulsa Regional Chamber summit....

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Rob Miller@RobMillerOK26 Sep 2024
The math doesn't work. He says he needs $3M to add to the $3M already set aside to purchase Bibles for every USH and Literature classroom in grades 5-12. At most, that's 10,000 teachers. So, we're buying $600 Bibles! They must be gold-embossed, autographed Trump Bibles?
Forrest Bennett (@ForrestBennett) profile pictureForrest Bennett@ForrestBennett26 Sep 2024
He wants $3m in taxpayer dollars for bibles in classrooms. Says it’s vital for the teaching of history. Can I hear from teachers and students? What outdated or beat up textbooks do we need to replace before buying new bibles for your classrooms?
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Paul Monies@pmonies13 Sep 2024
Quick update: The Oklahoma Attorney General's office told me the state has spent $600,000 so far on outside attorneys in the various federal lawsuits over these Title X family planning grants. #okgov #okleg #okhealth
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Oklahoma will have to use state dollars for family planning services at county health clinics after it lost an emergency bid to restore $4.5 million in federal grants because of the state’s refusal to publicize an abortion referral hotline. oklahomawatch.org/2024/09/04… #okgov #okleg

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Oklahoma’s Attempt to Restore Federal Family Planning Funds  - Oklahoma...

Oklahoma lost an emergency bid to restore $4.5 million in federal grants for family planning services after refusing to publicize an abortion referral hotline. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an...

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Election Board Secretary Gwen Freeman said she does not have $40,000 in her budget to pay for the recount. tulsaworld.com/news/local/go…

Taxpayers owe about $40,000 for ballot recount, Tulsa County Election Board says

The candidates who sought the recounts paid $12,600, leaving county taxpayers on the hook for $39,923. The Tulsa County Election Board can't cover the cost with its own budget.

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Tulsa World@tulsaworld6 Sep 2024
"When asked what they wanted State Superintendent Ryan Walters to do better, House Speaker-elect Kyle Hilbert said "better communication" was needed. We disagree. Here is a review of 8 controversies from just the past month." #oklaed tulsaworld.com/opinion/edito…
Editorial: Incoming Republican leaders need to realize Education Department is on fire

Editorial: Incoming Republican leaders need to realize Education Department is on fire

School administrators need lawmakers to get accountability from State Superintendent Ryan Walters, and that can only be done with top GOP leaders having their back, the editorial states.

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Randy Krehbiel@rkrehbiel6 Sep 2024
State Democrats deny Karen Keith access to voter database; she blames 'far-left activists' tulsaworld.com/news/local/go… via @tulsaworld
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