Tulsa Local Pulse: Sports, ICE Playbook, Government Updates, and Community Events

Good morning, this is Tulsa Local Pulse for Saturday, February 14. We start with sports heating up our weekend. Our Tulsa Golden Hurricane mens basketball team heads to Wichita tonight at 6 p.m. for a chance at their fourth straight win over Wichita State in Charles Koch Arena, aiming for a season sweep and back-to-back victories there for the first time since 2009. Over at the Mabee Center, Oral Roberts takes on Denver at 3 p.m., keeping our local hoops energy high. On a serious note, the Greater Tulsa Area Hispanic Latinx Affairs Commission just launched a playbook to help restaurants and businesses near Brady Arts District prepare for potential ICE visits. It includes checklists and rights training, drawn from local chef feedback, so our immigrant communities feel safer amid national enforcement worries. City Hall buzz includes Rep. Amanda Clinton passing HB 3392 unanimously to protect us from unfair electric bills tied to data centers straining the grid, echoing concerns raised at recent meetings about water and power near Zink Lake. Governor Stitt ended lifetime tenure at regional colleges but spared OU and OSU Tulsa campuses, shifting to renewable contracts focused on jobs and student success. Weather today brings showers early, with highs around 66 degrees and winds up to 13 miles per hour, so grab umbrellas for errands along Route 66 or Gathering Place walks, but it clears to partly sunny by afternoon. Expect mostly clear skies tomorrow with 66 degrees. No major crimes reported in the past day, keeping our streets around downtown and Midtown calm. Quick school note: Oral Roberts hosts Saluki baseball this weekend to kick off their season. New business stays steady, with public bids out for projects via Tulsa World notices. Job market looks solid at about 3 percent unemployment regionally, and real estate sees median homes around 240,000 dollars. Looking ahead, catch community events like Valentines markets at Cherry Street. For a feel-good lift, local chefs rallied to shape that ICE playbook, showing our neighborhoods uniting for support. Thanks for tuning in, listeners, and subscribe for daily updates. This has been Tulsa Local Pulse. Well see you tomorrow with more local updates. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.