Steve Lackmeyer
@stevelackmeyer.bsky.social
Reporter at The Oklahoman, author of seven books about OKC history. Quoted by BBC, New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times, wrote cover story for Architectural Record. Find out more at https://about.me/stevelackmeyer
Finally, a real day off.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Finally, a real day off.
Check out this story from The Oklahoman: Shake Shack to start serving up gourmet hamburgers and shakes at OAK
The highly anticipated opening of Oklahoma's first Shake Shack is set for Nov. 13 at OAK in northwest Oklahoma City.
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The highly anticipated opening of Oklahoma's first Shake Shack is set for Nov. 13 at OAK in northwest Oklahoma City.
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Shake Shack sets opening date for first Oklahoma restaurant at OAK in northwest OKC
The highly anticipated opening of Oklahoma's first Shake Shack is set for Nov. 13 at OAK in northwest Oklahoma City.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Check out this story from The Oklahoman: Shake Shack to start serving up gourmet hamburgers and shakes at OAK
The highly anticipated opening of Oklahoma's first Shake Shack is set for Nov. 13 at OAK in northwest Oklahoma City.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
The highly anticipated opening of Oklahoma's first Shake Shack is set for Nov. 13 at OAK in northwest Oklahoma City.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
Check out this story from The Oklahoman: Muskogee mayor announces Google to spend billions on new data centers
Google is set to build a data center campus in a third city in Oklahoma as it continues to compete in the race to expand capacity for AI.
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Google is set to build a data center campus in a third city in Oklahoma as it continues to compete in the race to expand capacity for AI.
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'Staggering' economic impact expected in Muskogee with plans for Google data center campus
Google is set to build a data center campus in a third city in Oklahoma as it continues to compete in the race to expand capacity for AI.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Check out this story from The Oklahoman: Muskogee mayor announces Google to spend billions on new data centers
Google is set to build a data center campus in a third city in Oklahoma as it continues to compete in the race to expand capacity for AI.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
Google is set to build a data center campus in a third city in Oklahoma as it continues to compete in the race to expand capacity for AI.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
Don't take out a 50-year mortgage. Or before you do, experiment first with a payday loan, a sub-prime car loan, or a Mafia loan shark.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Don't take out a 50-year mortgage. Or before you do, experiment first with a payday loan, a sub-prime car loan, or a Mafia loan shark.
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Tech moguls argue that government regulation is the problem.
“Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.” www.reuters.com/investigatio...
“Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.” www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Tech moguls argue that government regulation is the problem.
“Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.” www.reuters.com/investigatio...
“Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.” www.reuters.com/investigatio...
If you work downtown and don't go to NEBU, you are missing out.
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If you work downtown and don't go to NEBU, you are missing out.
Check out this story from The Oklahoman: Planning commissioner warns against data center secrecy on zoning cases
Planning commissioners are looking at three main concerns with data centers; use of water for cooling, impact on utility rates and noise pollution.
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Planning commissioners are looking at three main concerns with data centers; use of water for cooling, impact on utility rates and noise pollution.
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OKC planners looking to throttle large data center noise, drain on water and power
Planning commissioners are looking at three main concerns with data centers; use of water for cooling, impact on utility rates and noise pollution.
www.oklahoman.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Check out this story from The Oklahoman: Planning commissioner warns against data center secrecy on zoning cases
Planning commissioners are looking at three main concerns with data centers; use of water for cooling, impact on utility rates and noise pollution.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
Planning commissioners are looking at three main concerns with data centers; use of water for cooling, impact on utility rates and noise pollution.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
This. Is. Awesome.
November 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This. Is. Awesome.
All star weekend for OKC's civil rights heroes. OKC is taking a stand today: we are not going back.
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
All star weekend for OKC's civil rights heroes. OKC is taking a stand today: we are not going back.
Check out this story from The Oklahoman: Luper plaza makes statement about the power of doing the right thing
The Clara Luper National Sit-in Plaza ensures future generations remember ordinary people, acting together, can create extraordinary change.
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The Clara Luper National Sit-in Plaza ensures future generations remember ordinary people, acting together, can create extraordinary change.
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OKC is birthplace of sit-in movement. Luper plaza reminds us change is possible | Opinion
The Clara Luper National Sit-in Plaza ensures future generations remember ordinary people, acting together, can create extraordinary change.
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November 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Check out this story from The Oklahoman: Luper plaza makes statement about the power of doing the right thing
The Clara Luper National Sit-in Plaza ensures future generations remember ordinary people, acting together, can create extraordinary change.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
The Clara Luper National Sit-in Plaza ensures future generations remember ordinary people, acting together, can create extraordinary change.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
Reposted by Steve Lackmeyer
I wrote a deep dive two years ago with @hayleighcolombo.bsky.social on how closed primaries shut out millions of voters in the U.S. from participation in elections their tax dollars fund: tulsaworld.com/news/nation-...
SQ 836 is a citizen petition effort to open up Oklahoma's primary elections.
SQ 836 is a citizen petition effort to open up Oklahoma's primary elections.
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I wrote a deep dive two years ago with @hayleighcolombo.bsky.social on how closed primaries shut out millions of voters in the U.S. from participation in elections their tax dollars fund: tulsaworld.com/news/nation-...
SQ 836 is a citizen petition effort to open up Oklahoma's primary elections.
SQ 836 is a citizen petition effort to open up Oklahoma's primary elections.
This is history - this monument is top notch, tells a story too many people do not know.
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OKC Mayor Holt says new civil rights monument 'speaks to the kind of city we want to be'
The Clara Luper National Sit-In Plaza dedication will be Nov. 1 at Robinson Avenue and Main Street, the former site of the Katz Drug Store.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is history - this monument is top notch, tells a story too many people do not know.
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2...
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"As many as 171,000 Oklahomans could lose SoonerCare coverage due to the bill’s provisions, according to data from independent health policy group KFF."
53% of the 1 million Oklahomans enrolled in SoonerCare are children.
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53% of the 1 million Oklahomans enrolled in SoonerCare are children.
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Oklahoma hospitals bracing for impact of Medicaid cuts in communities 'already at risk'
Medicaid cuts will cost Oklahoma hospitals about $6.7 billion over 10 years. Hospital administrators say it's not just Medicaid recipients impacted.
www.oklahoman.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"As many as 171,000 Oklahomans could lose SoonerCare coverage due to the bill’s provisions, according to data from independent health policy group KFF."
53% of the 1 million Oklahomans enrolled in SoonerCare are children.
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/p...
53% of the 1 million Oklahomans enrolled in SoonerCare are children.
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/p...
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"A national free speech advocacy group sent a letter on Monday to the president of University of Central Oklahoma accusing the state’s third-largest university of censoring student journalists."
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Advocacy group accuses UCO of censoring student journalists over print newspaper
FIRE is the second First Amendment advocacy group to send a letter to UCO President Todd Lamb, citing concerns about free speech violations.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"A national free speech advocacy group sent a letter on Monday to the president of University of Central Oklahoma accusing the state’s third-largest university of censoring student journalists."
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
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Reposted by Steve Lackmeyer
A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent said the DEA made “high-level arrests” of 171 Sinaloa Cartel members across New England in August.
A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
The DEA said they arrested 171 ‘high ranking’ Sinaloa Cartel members. A Spotlight investigation found that’s not true. - The Boston Globe
A Globe investigation found that the federal agency misrepresented the stature of its targets, claiming cartel ties at a time when the Trump administration is taking lethal military action against such groups.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent said the DEA made “high-level arrests” of 171 Sinaloa Cartel members across New England in August.
A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
Downtown Shawnee takes another hit: www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2...
Historic downtown Shawnee theater still standing after collapse of adjoining building
Firefighters shut down a section of downtown Shawnee following a building collapse Wednesday next to the historic Ritz Theatre.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Downtown Shawnee takes another hit: www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2...
Remember in the 1st quarter when the Thunder kept bricking 3 point shots when it's clear they suck at 3 pointers? Yeah, if we lose tonight, that was the moment to look at.
October 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Remember in the 1st quarter when the Thunder kept bricking 3 point shots when it's clear they suck at 3 pointers? Yeah, if we lose tonight, that was the moment to look at.
Check out this video provided by OKC: See vision for $12.6 million reconstruction of Western Avenue.
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See OKC's vision for new Memorial Road, Western Avenue and Kilpatrick Turnpike junction
A busy and often dangerous stretch of Western Avenue in northwest Oklahoma City is set to undergo a $12.6 million reconstruction. See the plans.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Check out this video provided by OKC: See vision for $12.6 million reconstruction of Western Avenue.
www.oklahoman.com/videos/news/...
www.oklahoman.com/videos/news/...
Will Mayor David Holt, an advocate for openness, ask the city council to set a policy requiring police to restore prior records access?
POLICE TRANSPARENCY: OKC Police Are Withholding Reports, Alarming Transparency Advocates oklahomawatch.org/2025/10/24/o... (via @oklahomawatch.bsky.social) #FOI #okleg #okgov
OKC Police Are Withholding Reports, Alarming Transparency Advocates - Oklahoma Watch
OKC police are withholding police reports unless there was an arrest, charges or a warrant, alarming transparency advocates. The public access counselor sided with police, allowing the practice to con...
oklahomawatch.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Will Mayor David Holt, an advocate for openness, ask the city council to set a policy requiring police to restore prior records access?