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Dale Denwalt

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Dale Denwalt

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1 month

Who’s interested in #TwistersMovie , according to google

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Wednesday morning (6/19) just after midnight, Southwest 4069 triggered a low altitude alert at Will Rogers Tower as it approached RW13. The 737 descended to less than 500 above ground directly over Yukon.

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@OKWildlifeDept Fun U.S. fact: if you save a bald eagle’s life, the president has to let you stay one night at the white house

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@mattdpearce Pastoral Dreamer, University of Oklahoma

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Dale Denwalt

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Why haven't Gov. Stitt or Lt. Gov. Pinnell declared an emergency for Oklahoma's major power outage? They can't, because they're both out of state. 👇

Why the emergency declaration following severe weather didn't come from Stitt or Pinnell

Neither the governor nor lieutenant governor are in the state, which limits their authority in issuing emergency declarations.

www.oklahoman.com

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

Fascinating. Take a look at the 19 Oklahoma House lawmakers who voted against the tax hike for teacher pay, and where they are now in their political careers.

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1 year

Gonna be thinking about "I am alone, not abandoned" all day

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I am alone, not abandoned. The longer you hang around, the longer I will be babysat by this tree. So respectfully, sashay away.

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Dale Denwalt

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1 year

I really really hope that a mid-tier state government reporter wasn't the only person in Oklahoma who knew Greg Treat was acting governor.

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Dale Denwalt

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4 years

@CathJSweeney I dreamed up a spec (but never wrote it) about a big-city investigative reporter forced to go back home after a layoff and work at the tiny community paper.

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Dale Denwalt

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1 year

Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed a bill that would extend the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) for another three years @OETAOK If the legislature doesn't override, the OETA's mandate in state law will expire July 1

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Dale Denwalt

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1 year

Geographic distribution of Oklahoma county sheriffs wearing a hat in their official portrait

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1 year

Haven't done this in too long - here's a thread of every Oklahoma sheriff who wears a cowboy hat in their official 2023 sheriff photo. Starting with Tony Head, Atoka County

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OETA OVERRIDE: Lawmakers are currently working through Gov. Kevin Stitt's vetoes. The House just voted to override the veto on HB 2820, the bill that lets OETA exist for at least another three years. Audible cheers in the chamber as the vote closes. Still needs Senate to OK it

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Dale Denwalt

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1 year

@jacobrosecrants "Are your questions because your daughter's on the State Board of Education?

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

Former Oklahoma governor candidate Joe Exotic has been indicted by a grand jury in a murder-for-hire scheme

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2 months

ATC audio archives don’t include the pilot’s end of the conversation so I don’t know why they got so low that the tower asked if they’re ok. The plane circled and landed safely on a different runway.

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Dale Denwalt

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2 months

I wrote a thing

Low-flying commercial jet skims Oklahoma City suburb, startling residents

A Southwest Airlines flight triggered an alert early Wednesday as it flew low over Yukon. "I thought it was gonna hit my house," one person commented.

www.oklahoman.com

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Dale Denwalt

@denwalt

7 years

The Boren Identity The Boren Supremacy The Boren Ultimatum #MakeAMovieOklahoman

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

I’ve got some great news! This week I’ll be relaunching dedicated aerospace and technology coverage for The Oklahoman’s business desk. Science reporting is close to my little nerd heart, and I’m excited to learn all I can about what’s happening on this beat.

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Dale Denwalt

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4 years

. @Paycom CEO Chad Richison wrote a letter to @GovStitt , urging him to "lead businesses and (Oklahoma) citizens today." "I know your heart is in the right place with your support of business, but now it’s time to support them with real plans..."

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Dale Denwalt

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There are lots of reasons a Mountain Dew truck would be pulling into the gated Gaillardia community, but JD Vance being there is my favorite

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@JDVance @GovStitt @SenMullin This was the next vehicle that went inside Gaillardia right after @JDVance motorcade…

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

Hey y’all, I don’t like to get personal on social media but it’s almost 2019 and I want to hold myself accountable. You may not have known but for the better part of a year, I’ve struggled to get a handle on moderate depression.

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Dale Denwalt

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5 years

I’m sad hearing about the death of @RobertMoose . His near constant monitoring of @OKCPD police chatter and often humorous live-tweets is irreplaceable in the OKC twitterverse. One of those I missed the chance to meet in person.

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

*be cool, denwalt. be cool*

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

If I have a message for people reading this, especially guys over 30, don’t let depression sneak up on you. It’s real, and it hurts. I now understand a lot about mental health that I could only empathize with before. If you don’t want to tell anyone else, at least tell yourself.

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Dale Denwalt

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2 months

@ladynurse1974 What does Boeing have to do with this

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

It's a really good feeling when both die-hard Republicans and Democrats compliment me and the press corps on our political coverage. Thanks

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2 months

Here's the full ATC audio of the exchange with SWA 4069. Not much there, but wanted to share for the record. Some silent parts of the audio have been trimmed.

SWA4069 Approach | Other by Dale Denwalt | Listen on audio.com

Play SWA4069 Approach by Dale Denwalt on audio.com and discover something new. Listen tracks or upload your own audio files for free.

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Dale Denwalt

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2 years

Four people in Oklahoma City were shot and killed in separate incidents over the weekend, including 88-year-old Velma Walker, who died on her front porch Saturday night.

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This story has been updated to include a response from @SouthwestAir

Low-flying commercial jet skims Oklahoma City suburb, startling residents

A Southwest Airlines flight triggered an alert early Wednesday as it flew low over Yukon. "I thought it was gonna hit my house," one person commented.

www.oklahoman.com

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Dale Denwalt

@denwalt

2 months

Last update here until SWA responds. According to Google Maps, the airplane was more than 9 miles from the runway threshold at its lowest altitude.

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

Now lets all have a happy, healthy 2019 🍷🍷

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Dale Denwalt

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3 years

My favorite David Payne mood is the disappointed “I put on a tie for this?” tone in his voice when a storm dies down

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Dale Denwalt

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@refturner I've been a passenger in an airplane a few times at night and get completely lost every time

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

The State Election Board website now reports Allison Ikley-Freeman has won Senate District 37, which will be the fourth Democratic pickup in the Oklahoma Legislature this year. If the results stand, she won by 31 votes out of 4,437 cast.

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

Super exiting news from @TheOklahoman : Exec. Editor Kelly Dyer Fry has been named publisher, telling us just now, "We're going to take our paper back, and we're going to make it bigger and better." Always good to see someone from the news side in the publisher's chair

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Dale Denwalt

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2 years

🚨OKC Animal Welfare is over 100% capacity and is waiving pet adoption fees. All adoptable dogs and cats at OKC Animal Welfare are up-to-date on vaccinations, microchipped, treated for worms and spayed or neutered. List of all the good boys and girls:

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Dale Denwalt

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1 year

@CDisillusion Post the 10 frames as a follow-up short

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

BREAKING: Gov. Mary Fallin has vetoed most of the budget bill sent to her today, and calls for another special session.

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Dale Denwalt

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2 years

Pour one out for Oklahoma Capitol reporters who get notifications about bill signings this way now (2021 vs 2022)

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Dale Denwalt

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3 years

Breakfast options in The Paseo are terrible. I’d like just one place that serves regular biscuits and gravy instead of lime-braised hitachi mushroom caps smothered with anodyne sauce on a bed of crumble-crusted egg whites or whatever

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Dale Denwalt

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1 year

Here’s my follow up on the OETA veto, where I look into the programs Stitt doesn’t like. One example is that a kid on Clifford the Big Red Dog had two moms.

The Oklahoman

@TheOklahoman_

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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt claims PBS, OETA 'overly sexualizes our kids'

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

If this session has taught me anything, it's that @OKSENATEINFO and @OKHouseofReps should collaborate on a single streaming service and provide enough server power that it doesn't crash when the public logs on to watch debate on a controversial bill.

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Who gets real tornadoes, according to NOAA

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Dale Denwalt

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3 years

It seems like @davidfholt has taken a stand on the contentious question of where the hell Oklahoma is.

Ike Hajinazarian

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Take 51 seconds and watch @davidfholt , the **Republican Mayor of Oklahoma City** explain why his city needs Congress to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework.

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

Oklahoma political twitter has been pretty salty this week. #PoliticalState

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Dale Denwalt

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3 years

@ThriceSavage I’ve known Tres for more than a decade. He don’t miss.

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State Rep. @Daniel_Pae has filed a bill to raise some turnpike speeds to 80 miles per hour, which would shorten his Lawton-Capitol commute by about three minutes.

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1 year

... An error by upper-level administrators caused the agency to miss two April deadlines to apply for school safety grants from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. via @NuriaMKeel

Despite Walters' promises, federal grants have stalled at Oklahoma Education Department, former...

Oklahoma's state schools superintendent said his agency is diligently pursuing federal grants. His former employees paint a different picture.

www.oklahoman.com

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

It looks like we'll definitely have some OK House turnover. Awaiting final results but Scott McEachin, Chuck Strohm and Kevin McDugle could be sent home with an outright loss in the Republican primary election.

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

Send 🙏 to newspaper editors, who during Oklahoma's special session have quizzed their reporters and heard every day: Who? The Legislature. What? They haven't told us yet. When? Whenever they feel like doing it. Where? Capitol, duh. Why? Who knows?

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

Just two days after hearing arguments against a new cigarette fee, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled it's an unconstitutional tax

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Dale Denwalt

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5 years

As you're thinking about #okleg pay increases today, I've found it helpful to think about what kind of legislator you want at the Capitol, and then imagining whether they could quit their job for what Oklahoma pays lawmakers.

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

@mattdpearce End of the Trail

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Dale Denwalt

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2 years

I know I'm probably the first person in the history of journalism to complain about this, but a government agency of any level saying "I can't email it to you but I can fax it" is horrible public service. I've been using email for a quarter of a century now.

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

OUSTED at the OK House: State Rep. Greg Babinec, defeated by John Talley Steve Vaughan, beat by Ken Luttrell Scott McEachin, beat by Jeff Boatman Chuck Strohm, beat by Sheila Dills Too close to call: Kevin McDugle vs. Nick Mahoney Scooter Park and Toni Hasenbeck

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

This was the scene on the north side of the Capitol this morning. #oklaedteacherwalkout

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

Oklahoma's 2016 Teacher of the Year has taken a job in Texas and hopes his move makes a statement. "We’re voting with our feet on this one."

Shawn Sheehan

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Here's my blog "All My Ex's Teach in Texas". It's a follow up to my last one "Should I Stay or Should I Go." #oklaed

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

Ball point pen + card stock paper = pinhole projector

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Dale Denwalt

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4 years

The C-17s went right over my house! So cool.

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2 years

@OKWildlifeDept @BAMOK I’ve never met Bear but if I did I would be polite.

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

Ahh, it’s that time of year when once a week in Oklahoma, my beloved Irreverent Humor Twitter is replaced by a timeline of people shouting “BOOMER” at each other.

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2 months

When I saw @heyaimsarah 's post about this being her last week helming @OKWildlifeDept , I reached out to ask her about inspiration, virality and how she helped make a government social media account funny 👇🐻

Meme queen behind Oklahoma Wildlife Department's hilarious social media to leave state job

Sarah Southerland helped grow the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's twitter account to over a quarter of a million followers.

www.oklahoman.com

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Dale Denwalt

@denwalt

4 years

I’m just wondering where people are supposed to get a “photocopy” for free. According to the Open Records Act, photocopies are worth 25 cents.

Carmen Forman

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4 years

This amendment filed today (read: after the Supreme Court's ruling Monday) seeks to require absentee voters to include a photocopy of their ID with the signed statement on their absentee ballot.

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Dale Denwalt

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@SoCal_OK quite the opposite

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Dale Denwalt

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8 years

In case you haven't heard, I'll be joining The Oklahoman reporting team in a few weeks. I'm excited and thankful for the opportunity.

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Dale Denwalt

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5 years

I really don't think I've ever heard someone with this kind of power say something like that.

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Dale Denwalt

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1 year

In the grand scheme of things it probably doesn't matter *that* much, but what if there was an event that triggered a real constitutional crisis? I reached out to Treat's office at 11:13 a.m. Treat said the governor's office notified him he was acting gov more than an hour later

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

Here’s how it began

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Dale Denwalt

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4 years

Contrary to popular belief and my new profile pic, I’m not a cat. For the record.

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Dale Denwalt

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5 years

My fellow introverts, where’s the best place in OKC to dine alone?

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6 years

Dr. Thomas Kuhls responds to the claims made yesterday about mandatory vaccines being "bad medicine" via @newsok

Point of View: Anti-vax argument has no basis in fact, science

Without a doubt, the most important achievement in human health was the discovery of vaccinations, starting with the smallpox vaccination in 1796, which saved the lives of millions of people around t…

www.oklahoman.com

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Dale Denwalt

@denwalt

7 years

And Oklahoma City's newest state senator will be Michael @BrooksJimenez , a Democrat. He will represent parts of southwest OKC

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

I’ll take soon-to-be common phrases in Oklahoma for 200, Alex.

Stephanie Bice

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Hey @iateoklahoma - have you tried this joint?

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Dale Denwalt

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5 years

When a company rejects Oklahoma, we rarely hear about it. My reporting on this topic, however, triggered commentary about Okla’s workforce, including this piece by a government liaison from Boeing, a partner in the Saab jet’s development via @newsok

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

B R E A K I N G : Senate Bill 21, which designates the ribeye as Oklahoma's official state steak, has just been added to tomorrow's Committee on General Government agenda. Thursday, Feb. 14, 1:30 p.m. in Capitol Room 535.

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Dale Denwalt

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5 years

"Ghost Students" - the name of my new teen adventure novel series

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

I’m still baffled at people who suggest news outlets should focus more, or only, on “good” news.

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Dale Denwalt

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5 years

LOL’ing at the six cases of mid-life crisis caravanning in these around The Paseo

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

I want @TheOklahoman readers to hear from @GovMaryFallin , so I’ll be here, waiting in the lobby until then. #oklaed

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Dale Denwalt

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6 years

Hey guys, FYI. The Oklahoma Senate is coming back into session tonight and voting on a 12.7% pay raise for teachers. It would also have to be approved by the House and signed by the governor.

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Dale Denwalt

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1 year

Anyway, I plan on writing more about the broader issue tomorrow. In the meantime, I hope Tulsa and everyone else still affected by this disaster gets what they need.

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1 year

Pinnell's office confirmed this morning that the lieutenant governor is also out of state at a separate, previously scheduled work conference, and is not acting governor.

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

Looking back, having notifications turned on for all state lawmakers' tweets was probably a bad idea.

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4 years

Oklahomans spent about $61.4 million on medical marijuana last month, or nearly $217 per licensed patient.

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6 years

Looks like it might be a good ol’ fashioned dull day at the Capitol, legislatively speaking. No JCAB, no approps, no budget or revenue bill on any agenda I’ve seen. If it weren’t for the thousands of teachers in and around the building, you’d think it was 2016 again.

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Dale Denwalt

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7 years

Looks like Jacob Rosecrants, a Democrat, has won the vacant House seat in Norman. It's a Dem pickup from the GOP.

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1 year

@OKWildlifeDept Oh that’s Witsec’s Deer (aka cervidae incognito)

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Seems legit

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Stitt is in France for the Paris Air Show, a semi-annual event that includes an aviation and aerospace trade show.

OK Dept. of Commerce

@OKcommerce

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The #Oklahoma delegation has landed at the 2023 #ParisAirShow #SalonDuBourget ! ➡️ Visit us at Booth #F -194 Hall 3, USA Pavilion! #OKatParisAirshow @salondubourget @ACESoklahoma

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@vcdgf555 I’ve seen T-38s out of Vance AFB with the SATAN call sign. I’d love to hear the tower come back with, “Not today, satan!”

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1 year

Today kinda feels like that scene in the West Wing where Toby is yelling at the president because he didn't set up a clear line of succession

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6 years

I wish there was a non-braggy way to write a person "couldn't be reached for comment" that conveys emails to dead addresses, calls to their parent's disconnected phone lines and a Facebook message to their (probably) sister saying a reporter's trying to reach out 🥴

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7 years

Looks like Tulsa's House District 75, once held by the GOP, will be represented by Democrat Karen Gaddis.

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5 years

I’m at the National Weather Service Forecast Office, the front lines of storm warnings and real-time information for today’s severe weather.

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3 years

@ThriceSavage I calculated the number of years and nearly spit out my Metamucil

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7 years

Dems won special elections tonight in OKC and Tulsa

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4 years

You might have noticed that all stories in The Oklahoman about the pandemic are 🔓 free to read without a subscription. If you find our content useful, if you think factual reporting is important, if our work is of any value to you, check this out:

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7 years

BREAKING: The Oklahoma Supreme Court has struck down the electric/hybrid car fee that was adopted in May

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7 years

I’m proud of the Capitol press. All of us. And thankful to staff supporting our work. Same goes for all reporters, sports, feature, general.

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