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Past editors look back on Oklahoma Gazette’s 40 years and reflect on its success.

Tags: Metro, Oklahoma City, news, Oklahoma Gazette, OKG40, OKG 40, Bill Bleakley, historic preservation, local journalism, journalism, The Oklahoman, Randy Splaingard, Rod Lott, Phil Bacharach, Murrah Bombing, alternative news weekly, alt weekly, Penn Square Bank, yuppies, yuppie, editorial page, opinion, commentary

While Oklahoma already reckons with effects of climate change, a primarily youth-led movement seeks sweeping reform to address the crisis.

Tags: State, News, Climate change, youth climate strike, US youth climate strike, global youth climate strike, Matthew Salcido, Barbara Mayes Boustead, flooding, food scarcity, water availability, climate strike, Grant Roberson, Enviro Justice OK, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, Sierra Club, Sierra Club of Oklahoma, Devon Energy, Chesapeake Energy, Chase, Katharine Hayhoe, National Weather Service, climatologist, meteorologist, severe weather, Red River, Houston, Omaha, Nebraska, winter outlook, carbon footprint

Tags: Chicken-Fried News, Chicken-Fried News, cowboys, climate change, Arkansas River, Coweta, Muskogee, Owasso, Catoosa, Claremore, Verdigris

Tags: Chicken-Fried News, Oklahoma weather, Chicken-Fried News, weather, tornado, storms, severe weather, Laverne, Mike Morgan, prayers, climate change, Woods Hole Research Center, Jennifer Francis

The governor signed into law the first major piece of medical marijuana legislation this session.

Tags: The High Culture, medical marijuana, marijuana, medical marijuana legislation, House Bill 2612, unity bill, Jon Echols, Greg McCortney, Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, OMMA, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Revolving Fund, HIPAA, landlords, patients, employers, inventory tracking system, business licenses, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, OBN, labs

Criminal justice experts are following and supporting reform bills that could upend Oklahoma’s system and tackle the state’s biggest issues.

Tags: State, Damion Shade, Kris Steele, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, politics, legislature, legislation, house, senate, house bills, senate bills, mass incarceration, prison reform, bail reform, prison sentences, Oklahoma policy institute, oklahomans for criminal justice reform, community impact statements, smart reform, OCJR

Tags: Commentary, Chicken Fried News, Oklaed, education, Mark Allen, Oklahoma senate, politics

Tags: Chicken-Fried News, Chicken-Fried News, teacher walkout, teacher pay, legislative session, Oklahoma Legislature, proposed bills, Senate Bill 592, state capitol, Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority, Mark Allen, Senate Bill 574, politics, House Bill 2214, Todd Russ, House Bill 2208, House Bill 2228, coeducational housing, collective bargaining, college dorms, Jacob Rosecrants

The Loaded Bowl excels in vegan comfort food that is the perfect entry point to a plant-based diet for Oklahomans.

Tags: Food Reviews, Vegeterian oklahoma city, oklahoma city vegan, climate change, loaded bowl review, oklahoma city loaded bowl

Tags: Chicken-Fried News, Chicken-Fried News, air pollution, climate change, Jason West, Donald Trump, Paris Agreement, Kelvin Droegemeier, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Texas country legend Kinky Friedman brings an album full of new material to The Blue Door.

Tags: Music Features, Matlock, Andy Griffith, Kinky Friedman, Peace Crops, Texas, politics, country music, Willie Nelson, songwriting, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, The Blue Door, Nashville, Roger Miller, Shel Silverstein, Leonard Cohen, Glaser Sound, Davy Crockett, David Hasselhoff, Warren Zevon, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Gram Parsons, Jesus, Christianity, Judaism

Freedom Oklahoma parts ways with executive director Troy Stevenson amid social media heat

Tags: State, Troy Stevenson, Facebook, social media, Oklahoma County Republican Party, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ, LGBT, gay, OKC Pride, Freedom Oklahoma, politics, Daren Ward, Lori Honeycutt, Brett Baldwin

Student Film returns with synth-laden until we are in fashion again.

Tags: Music Features, Student Film, Justin Rice, Chris Anderson, Taylor Johnson, Drew Ramsey, synths, synthesizers, indie rock, Cheyenne, Cheyenne Songs, Beau Jennings, science, global warming, climate change, fracking

Tyson Meade takes a detour into the political arena following the release of his newest solo album.

Tags: Music Features, Tyson Meade, Chainsaw Kittens, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, U.S. Congress, politics, alternative rock, Steve Russell, Elysabeth Britt, Tom Guild, Kendra Horn, Eddie Porter, Robbing the Nuclear Family, China, LGBT, LGBTQ, Mary Fallin, education, teacher walkout, Record Store Day