Senator Julia Kirt
@juliakirt.bsky.social
Oklahoma Senate Democratic Leader | OKC, Bethany & Warr Acres | Thriving Oklahomans, mental health, public education & economy that works for all. Proud OKCPS mom.
Reposted by Senator Julia Kirt
Oklahoma’s $2 billion tobacco trust is turning up the heat on five asset managers over proxy votes. The TSET investment board wants them to follow “Oklahoma values,” even as questions grow about what those values mean. oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/25/t... #ESG #okgov #okleg
TSET Investors Board Puts Asset Managers On Notice In Anti-ESG Push - Oklahoma Watch
The TSET investment board, led by Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ, pressed five asset managers to adopt proxy voting advice aligned with “Oklahoma values.” The move deepens Russ’ broader anti-ESG push am...
oklahomawatch.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Oklahoma’s $2 billion tobacco trust is turning up the heat on five asset managers over proxy votes. The TSET investment board wants them to follow “Oklahoma values,” even as questions grow about what those values mean. oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/25/t... #ESG #okgov #okleg
Helpful reminder from OKC Utilities to toss cooking fat, oil, and grease into the trash rather than down the sink where they can harden and lead to plumbing pipe clogs and breaks. Timely as we all start our holiday cooking.
www.okc.gov/Services/Wat...
www.okc.gov/Services/Wat...
Fats, Oils & Grease
Fats, Oils, Grease and Wipes are the biggest contributors to most plumbing and sewer backups (aka FOG Clogs). Learn to protect your pipes and prevent FOG clogs by following our simple tips.
www.okc.gov
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Helpful reminder from OKC Utilities to toss cooking fat, oil, and grease into the trash rather than down the sink where they can harden and lead to plumbing pipe clogs and breaks. Timely as we all start our holiday cooking.
www.okc.gov/Services/Wat...
www.okc.gov/Services/Wat...
If Oklahomans lose initiative power, it'll be tough to get it back. Court fight is key.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
If Oklahomans lose initiative power, it'll be tough to get it back. Court fight is key | Opinion
SB 1027 would guarantee more delays, more red tape, more court battles – all designed to discourage people from exercising their constitutional right.
www.oklahoman.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If Oklahomans lose initiative power, it'll be tough to get it back. Court fight is key.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
Even with improvements in workforce development, we face job market challenges like lack of opportunity for advancement and fewer entry-level roles for new workers. In this market, curiosity and creativity are huge assets that we need to keep encouraging. www.kansascityfed.org/community/co...
Workforce development at a crossroads: Four themes from roundtables in the 10th District
The Kansas City Fed conducts recurring surveys across the seven-state region in the Tenth Federal Reserve District.
www.kansascityfed.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Even with improvements in workforce development, we face job market challenges like lack of opportunity for advancement and fewer entry-level roles for new workers. In this market, curiosity and creativity are huge assets that we need to keep encouraging. www.kansascityfed.org/community/co...
Homeowners insurance rates are rising too quickly in Oklahoma. I’ve been working across the aisle on what reforms could help rein them in. A few proposals—
>cap profits for insurance companies
>review price increase & reject unnecessary expenses
#Oklahoma #PeopleOverPolitics
>cap profits for insurance companies
>review price increase & reject unnecessary expenses
#Oklahoma #PeopleOverPolitics
Lawmakers, AG Challenge Insurance Commissioner's Competitive Market Claims - Oklahoma Watch
As officials bicker over Oklahoma’s homeowners insurance market and lawmakers contemplate new legislation, Oklahoma Watch investigates measures of market concentration and digs into legal history to u...
oklahomawatch.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Homeowners insurance rates are rising too quickly in Oklahoma. I’ve been working across the aisle on what reforms could help rein them in. A few proposals—
>cap profits for insurance companies
>review price increase & reject unnecessary expenses
#Oklahoma #PeopleOverPolitics
>cap profits for insurance companies
>review price increase & reject unnecessary expenses
#Oklahoma #PeopleOverPolitics
OKC encourages residents to foster a shelter dog over the holidays. "Home for Holidays" allows residents 18 and older to foster an adoptable dog for two weeks, and at the end they can return the dog or start the adoption process. Learn more on the city's website.
www.okc.gov/News-article...
www.okc.gov/News-article...
Residents encouraged to foster a shelter dog over the holidays
Oklahoma City Animal Welfare invites the community to give shelter dogs a much-needed break from their kennels through the Home for the Holidays program. Community members, 18 years and older, can…
www.okc.gov
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
OKC encourages residents to foster a shelter dog over the holidays. "Home for Holidays" allows residents 18 and older to foster an adoptable dog for two weeks, and at the end they can return the dog or start the adoption process. Learn more on the city's website.
www.okc.gov/News-article...
www.okc.gov/News-article...
Training for people who have a loved one with mental illness and are interested in helping other families learn skills for coping, advocacy, and more. Dec 6th - 7th via Zoom. Space is limited.
namioklahoma.org/event/f2flt/
namioklahoma.org/event/f2flt/
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Training for people who have a loved one with mental illness and are interested in helping other families learn skills for coping, advocacy, and more. Dec 6th - 7th via Zoom. Space is limited.
namioklahoma.org/event/f2flt/
namioklahoma.org/event/f2flt/
Incredibly important we get this system right, PRONTO. Every dollar we spend on fines could be better spent on prevention and early treatment!
#oklahoma #mentalhealth
#oklahoma #mentalhealth
The state will continue to face monthly fines unless it significantly decreases wait times for people in the criminal justice system waiting in county jails for mental health treatment.
Oklahoma mental health department fined nearly $1 million for noncompliance with consent decree
The state will continue to face monthly fines unless it significantly decreases wait times for people in the criminal justice system waiting in county jails for mental health treatment.
www.readfrontier.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Incredibly important we get this system right, PRONTO. Every dollar we spend on fines could be better spent on prevention and early treatment!
#oklahoma #mentalhealth
#oklahoma #mentalhealth
pleased the State Chamber is focusing on more holistic goals, including supporting early childhood education & more reading support for students. A few caveats…
#oklahoma
#oklahoma
Business leaders want to turn around Oklahoma's academic rankings. Here's the plan
For Oklahoma’s economy to succeed, it must make huge investments in education, and especially in literacy efforts, leaders of The State Chamber say.
www.oklahoman.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
pleased the State Chamber is focusing on more holistic goals, including supporting early childhood education & more reading support for students. A few caveats…
#oklahoma
#oklahoma
The Oklahoma Orchid Society presents how to select the best orchids to give as a gift, as well caring for orchids you receive. Event is at Will Rogers Gardens, Sat. Nov. 22nd, 8-10am. And you have a chance to go home with a free orchid!
oklahomacity.perfectmind.com/25654/Client...
oklahomacity.perfectmind.com/25654/Client...
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Oklahoma Orchid Society presents how to select the best orchids to give as a gift, as well caring for orchids you receive. Event is at Will Rogers Gardens, Sat. Nov. 22nd, 8-10am. And you have a chance to go home with a free orchid!
oklahomacity.perfectmind.com/25654/Client...
oklahomacity.perfectmind.com/25654/Client...
Great news! We will have ASL interpreters for this Capitol Conversation on the 18th at 5:30pm. We hope that if you're deaf or hard of hearing that you'll join us to share your priorities.
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Great news! We will have ASL interpreters for this Capitol Conversation on the 18th at 5:30pm. We hope that if you're deaf or hard of hearing that you'll join us to share your priorities.
Free Friday quilting class at Will Rogers Seniors Center today and next Friday! Each class is from 12-2pm. Discover the art of making a cozy rag quilt without sewing.
oklahomacity.perfectmind.com/25654/Client...
oklahomacity.perfectmind.com/25654/Client...
No Sew Rag Quilt Workshop
Discover the art of making a cozy rag quilt without sewing at our workshop at Pete White Senior Center! Learn how to create a beautiful quilt using any frayed fabric, whether in squares or strips.…
oklahomacity.perfectmind.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Free Friday quilting class at Will Rogers Seniors Center today and next Friday! Each class is from 12-2pm. Discover the art of making a cozy rag quilt without sewing.
oklahomacity.perfectmind.com/25654/Client...
oklahomacity.perfectmind.com/25654/Client...
In this edition of my Big Picture podcast, I share about the bill filing process and how you can share your ideas for how to improve our state at our next Capitol Conversation, Tues. Nov. 18th @ 5:30pm at the state Capitol.
youtu.be/Qgd0bNRiGOs
youtu.be/Qgd0bNRiGOs
Big Picture with Senate Democratic Leader, Julia Kirt, Nov. 12, 2025
YouTube video by Sen. Julia Kirt
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In this edition of my Big Picture podcast, I share about the bill filing process and how you can share your ideas for how to improve our state at our next Capitol Conversation, Tues. Nov. 18th @ 5:30pm at the state Capitol.
youtu.be/Qgd0bNRiGOs
youtu.be/Qgd0bNRiGOs
🫰🫰🫰
“I blame our Legislature for inexplicably refusing to properly regulate the rental industry and pass laws that also ensure the safety of tenants.”
“I blame our Legislature for inexplicably refusing to properly regulate the rental industry and pass laws that also ensure the safety of tenants.”
What are Oklahoma renters to do about water, mold or raccoons? Good luck if it's fighting a landlord • Oklahoma Voice
I had no idea that state laws here give the upper hand to bad landlords and give tenants struggling with catastrophic issues — think raccoon infestations, flooding and mold — little recourse if…
oklahomavoice.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🫰🫰🫰
“I blame our Legislature for inexplicably refusing to properly regulate the rental industry and pass laws that also ensure the safety of tenants.”
“I blame our Legislature for inexplicably refusing to properly regulate the rental industry and pass laws that also ensure the safety of tenants.”
Spending my day learning about affordable housing issues along with developers, planners, social services workers and more.
Thanks to the Affordable Housing Coalition for organizing.
Thanks to the Affordable Housing Coalition for organizing.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Spending my day learning about affordable housing issues along with developers, planners, social services workers and more.
Thanks to the Affordable Housing Coalition for organizing.
Thanks to the Affordable Housing Coalition for organizing.
Floods, raccoons and hot water. People ask my I work on reducing evictions and our Landlord Tenant Act. Read this story to get a sense of what can go wrong when landlords are negligent or retaliate against tenants.
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/05/b...
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/05/b...
Broken Promises and Broken Ceilings: Renters Discover Oklahoma’s Weak Tenant Protections - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma tenants who withhold rent over unsafe or unlivable conditions risk immediate eviction under state law. With few legal protections and limited remedies, renters like Tynesia Omopariola and…
oklahomawatch.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Floods, raccoons and hot water. People ask my I work on reducing evictions and our Landlord Tenant Act. Read this story to get a sense of what can go wrong when landlords are negligent or retaliate against tenants.
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/05/b...
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/05/b...
Walk for Mental Wellness this Saturday, Nov. 8th at 9am in Scissortail Park. Hosted by NAMI Oklahoma.
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Walk for Mental Wellness this Saturday, Nov. 8th at 9am in Scissortail Park. Hosted by NAMI Oklahoma.
OKC Beautiful is planting 100 trees in west OKC! Tree requests must be submitted by Nov. 10th, and trees will be planted by trained volunteers on Nov. 22. Request a tree today!
www.okcbeautiful.com/wes-ten
www.okcbeautiful.com/wes-ten
WesTen Tree Program | OKC Beautiful
About
www.okcbeautiful.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
OKC Beautiful is planting 100 trees in west OKC! Tree requests must be submitted by Nov. 10th, and trees will be planted by trained volunteers on Nov. 22. Request a tree today!
www.okcbeautiful.com/wes-ten
www.okcbeautiful.com/wes-ten
Let’s get to work Oklahoma! These stories don’t just happen, we have to build up our own movement.
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Let’s get to work Oklahoma! These stories don’t just happen, we have to build up our own movement.
Free webinar on Nov. 19th at 12pm for families and school leaders about how you can prepare for IEP meetings. The webinar will be led by Dr. Rob Keiter and Alisa Holuby from the Special Education Resolution Center. Register online at:
okstate-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
okstate-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Wisdom Wednesday Webinar - November 19, 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
How Families and Schools can Prepare for IEP Meetings Dr. Rob Keiter and Alisa Holuby SERC Program Coordinator and SERC Program Manager It’s been said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of...
okstate-edu.zoom.us
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Free webinar on Nov. 19th at 12pm for families and school leaders about how you can prepare for IEP meetings. The webinar will be led by Dr. Rob Keiter and Alisa Holuby from the Special Education Resolution Center. Register online at:
okstate-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
okstate-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
It’s a start, but not a big enough boost to fill the gap for $30M/week of SNAP plus THOUSANDS of Oklahomans furloughed & working without pay.
www.news9.com/politics/okl...
www.news9.com/politics/okl...
Oklahoma Democrats say $1M weekly food bank funding falls short
Oklahoma City lawmakers criticize $1M weekly allocation as insufficient for statewide food bank needs.
www.news9.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It’s a start, but not a big enough boost to fill the gap for $30M/week of SNAP plus THOUSANDS of Oklahomans furloughed & working without pay.
www.news9.com/politics/okl...
www.news9.com/politics/okl...
Grateful to speak up for Oklahomans and to continue calling for leadership to ensure Oklahomans don't face this kind of worry and trauma just to put food on the table.
Oklahoma leaders call for special session to figure out how to fund SNAP benefits
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Grateful to speak up for Oklahomans and to continue calling for leadership to ensure Oklahomans don't face this kind of worry and trauma just to put food on the table.
Glad they just announced sending funds to the food banks weekly, but $1M will not make up for $30M+ that is normally sent to Oklahomans by the SNAP program. We need statewide magnitude solutions!
#oklahoma
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/p...
#oklahoma
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/p...
Oklahoma lawmakers pledge weekly payments of $1 million to food banks amid SNAP shutdown
Lawmakers have made a plan to disperse $1 million weekly to food banks amid the SNAP shutdown.
www.oklahoman.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Glad they just announced sending funds to the food banks weekly, but $1M will not make up for $30M+ that is normally sent to Oklahomans by the SNAP program. We need statewide magnitude solutions!
#oklahoma
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/p...
#oklahoma
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/p...
Valuable data from the Urban Institute about how many people can afford the essentials. One stand-out stat is average weekly earnings by state. Oklahoma remains well below the national average and, when adjusted for inflation, earnings have only increased by $40/week.
www.urban.org/data-tools/a...
www.urban.org/data-tools/a...
October 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Valuable data from the Urban Institute about how many people can afford the essentials. One stand-out stat is average weekly earnings by state. Oklahoma remains well below the national average and, when adjusted for inflation, earnings have only increased by $40/week.
www.urban.org/data-tools/a...
www.urban.org/data-tools/a...
We cannot allow children to starve or be traumatized trying to find their next meal. The federal government must find a solution for the Oklahoma families who rely on SNAP for their groceries. We cannot expect charity to fill this huge public safety gap.
oklahomavoice.com/2025/10/29/f... #oklahoma
oklahomavoice.com/2025/10/29/f... #oklahoma
Food banks prepare to fill gap for Oklahomans • Oklahoma Voice
With federal food assistance in peril, Oklahoma food banks, nonprofits and religious groups are bracing for impact.
oklahomavoice.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
We cannot allow children to starve or be traumatized trying to find their next meal. The federal government must find a solution for the Oklahoma families who rely on SNAP for their groceries. We cannot expect charity to fill this huge public safety gap.
oklahomavoice.com/2025/10/29/f... #oklahoma
oklahomavoice.com/2025/10/29/f... #oklahoma