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Public hearing Tuesday could order razing within a day; owners can speak first
Why it matters: Oklahoma City can tear down all five buildings within days of Tuesday's vote, billing owners the full cost through property liens.
Contracts address aging pipes and street paving as main breaks hit 1,100 in a year
Why it matters: If Oklahoma City can't curb water main breaks, residents face repeated street closures, higher water bills, and emergency repairs that cost more than planned.
Supply chain inflation and older trucks drive a 36% cost increase for the cleanup fleet
Why it matters: Every dollar spent fixing an aging trash truck is a dollar not spent on new trucks or other city services—and Oklahoma City's fleet is getting costlier to run every year.
District reviews Policy F-04 after a decade of transfer reform efforts
Why it matters: The revised transfer rule decides which Oklahoma City families get a different school when the neighborhood option is full.
Established South OKC restaurant holds mixed beverage license
Why it matters: The license adds a high-margin revenue stream to an established neighborhood restaurant, allowing it to sell beer, wine, and spirits.
Mixed beverage license on record at Oklahoma's Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement (ABLE) Commission
Why it matters: If Cool Breeze opens, northeast Oklahoma City gets a Black-owned daiquiri bar — and a permit turns into a real business.
The listening bar at 712 N Broadway now has the mixed beverage license it needs to serve alcohol.
Why it matters: The license lets The SoundBar legally sell the drinks that make a listening bar work; without it, the room couldn't stay open.
Oklahoma ABLE mixed beverage license appears on the state list
Why it matters: This record is the legal difference between a room and a bar: without ABLE approval, Ele Divorcio Bar cannot sell a single mixed drink.
Proposal includes supportive housing, faces neighborhood opposition
Why it matters: Approval would bring a 16-bed crisis unit and 40 housing units to an overloaded neighborhood; denial could delay MAPS 4 mental health expansion.