OUR YEAR LONG SEREESE ON OKLAHOMA'S BLACK FRONTIER TOWNS KICKS UP A NOTCH IN BOLEY.

>> BOLEY RODEO IS DEEP IN MY HEART AND NUMBER ONE RODEO AND STILL IS IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> COULD OKLAHOMA CITY BECOME A HUB FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURING?

>> SIX PROJECTS TOTALLING $35 MILLION AND REALLY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ONLY 1 OF 21 WINNERS THAT WON THESE GRANT AWARDS.

>> IN TULSA, A NEW FACILITY THAT REACHES FOR THE THE STARS.

>> WE'LL EDUCATING THE TULSA STUDENTS HERE IN THE FULLURE OF THE AEROSPACE.

>> GIVING THE ELDERLY THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO AVOID BEING CYBER SCAMMED.

>> I AM WORKING A CASE WHERE A WOMAN GAVE AWAY 850 THIS HAPPENED DOLLARS.

THE ARE ACTION TO SUPREME COURT RULING THAT IMPACT OKLAHOMA STUDENTS.

>> EVEN IF THE IMPACT IS MINOR, IT IMPACTS THE WELL-BEING AND COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION.

>> THOSE STORIES AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MATT PINNELL, NEXT ON THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

>> HELLO, EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

I AM RICH LEN0.

21 WINNERS ACROSS THE NATION WERE AWARDED BETWEEN 25 TO $65 MILLION IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S BUILD BACK BETTER REGIONAL CHALLENGE.

WHICH WAS CREATED TO HELP BUILD THE WORK FORCE OF TOMORROW.

TWO WINNERS ARE HERE IN OKLAHOMA.

WE HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE OKLAHOMA STATE AND THE OSAGE NATION AND TULSA INVASION LABS.

JOEL HAS MORE ON THAT.

>> RICH, WITH A HELP OF A 38.2 MILLION GRANT FOR THE BUILD BACK CHALLENGE, TRIBAL LEADER AND STATE OFFICIALS CAME FOR A RIBBON CUTTING FACILITY FOR BUILDING THE AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY.

THIS DEMONSTRATION SHOWS AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM AND DRONE SAFELY DELIVERING GOODS.

THIS IS MEMENT OS FOR THE DIGNATARIES WHO WERE AT THE RESEARCH CENTER AND CELEBRATING THE HOPING OF THE RESEARCH LAB.

>> THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DR. JAMIE JACOB LEADS THE RESEARCH AND SAID THE FACILITY WILL BOOST RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

>> WHETHER IT IS A DRONE DELIVERY OR UBER AIR TAXI TO GET FROM POINT A AND B, THESE WILL BE IN THE COUNTRY IN THE NEXT DECADE.

>> TODAY IS A GOLDEN AGE OF IDEAS IN THE AIR POSSIBILITY.

>> AND WE WILL SEE CONCEPTS THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT YET.

THE COMPANIES THAT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEMS HAVE NOT BEEN FOUNDED YET.

WE WANT THEM HERE.

>> IT IS THE TULSA LAUNCHPAD CENTER.

>> WE'LL EDUCATING THE TULSA STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE OF AEROSPACE.

BUILD NEW COMPANIES BASED OFF THE OKLAHOMA STATE TECHNOLOGY.

>> AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF EMERGENCY AIR TECHNOLOGY.

IT RANGES FROM INSFRA STRUCTURE AND MONITORING THE AGRICULTURE.

WE'LL USE DRONES TO IMPROVE THE WEATHER FORECASTING AND MEASUREMENTES AND WARNING SYSTEMS THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SYSTEM PUTS OUT.

>> THE ADMINISTRATION PROVIDED 5.2 MILLION TO FUND THE FACILITY.

A PORTION OF THE GRANT FROM THE BUILD BACK REGIONAL CHALLENGE.

>> IT WAS A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE GRANT.

WE HAD 529 APPLICANTS AND ULTMAUTLY SELECTED 60 SEMIFINALIST.

>> DR. KASEY SCLUCHL SIGNED A NEW AGREEMENT WITH NASA UNDER THE SPACE ACT.

IT WILL HAVE A 350I7 LINE TO NASA.

>> AND NASA HAS INVESTED IN OSU.

FROM THE 49 MILLION COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT THROUGH IN SPACE TO OUR SPACE ACT AGREEMENT WE'LL BE SIGNING TODAY.

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY SET OUT ON A BOLD STRATEGY TO BE THE LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY.

ONE OF THOSE KEY PILLARS OF THE STRATEGIES IS TO BE THE NATION'S LEADER IN AEROSPACE INNOVATION AND RESEARCH.

>> TELL THE WORLD WE HAVE ARRIVED.

>> U.S.

SENATOR JAMES LANGFORD SAID THE OURNGS'S PROGRESS WILL HELP SECURE THE COUNTRY.

>> OKLAHOMA STATE IS PART OF HOW DO YOU HANDLE A HOSTILE SPACE OBJECT COMING TO US?

AND ALL OF THOSE ASPECTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THE RESEARCH AND NO REASON THAT THE INNOVATION CAN'T HAPPEN HERE.

>> THEY WILL TAKE THEM OUT TO THE FIELD FOR TESTING.

>> HELPING TO DEVELOP THEM AND MATURE THEM EP AND THEN PRODUCTS THEY CAN TAKE TO MARKET IN THE LABORATORY AND TAKE IT OUT TO THE FLIGHT-TEST IN THE OSAGE NATION.

>> PRINCIPLE AND CHIEF OF THE OSAGE NATION SAID THE PROJECT TOOK YEARS IN PLANNING.

>> BEFORE THIS MILESTONE, WE HAD YEARS OF PROMISES THAT WE, MY ADMINISTRATION MADE TO THE LEGISLATURE THAT WE WOULD GET THIS FAR AND BEYOND.

THE LAUNCHPAD CENTER AND FLIGHT-TEST FACILITY WILL PUT TULSA IN THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION TO LOOK AT NATIONAL PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED IN TULSA AND BEYOND.

>> KEVIN HEARN SAID THE ADVANCED POSSIBILITY CORRIDOR WILL CREATE THOUSANDSES OF JOBS IN TULSA IN THE NEXT DECADE.

>> IT IS PROJECTED THE JAM CLUSTER WILL GENERATE 30 OR 40000 JOBS.

THE EQUIVALENT OF THREE AND HALF BILLION OF ACTIVITY IN THE TULSA AREA IN THE NEXT DECADE.

>> JENNIFER HENKINS SAID IT GENERATES GROWTH FOR THE COMMUNITIA AT LARGE.

>> THERE WILL BE TANGIBLE PATHWAYS TO THE FUTURE AND SPURRING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PAYING JOBS FOR TULSANS.

>> BUILD BACK BETTER GRANTS DON'T STOP HERE IN TULSA.

>> BOTH OF THOSE ENTITIES ARE SELECTED AS FINALIST AND RECEIVED THE GRANT.

>> APPLICANTS HAD TO PRIORITIZE EQUITY IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSALS.

>> WE LOOK TO INCLUDE ALL SEGMENTS IN THE POPULATION IN THE GRANT MAKING.

>> IT WAS A KEY COMPETITIVENESS DETERMINATION.

>> OSU PARTNERS WITH NASA AND EXPECTED THAT THE PRODUCTS WILL BE USED IN SPACE.

>> NASA HAS A UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION AND MAKING SURE THAT KEY UNIVERSITIES HAVE A FOCUS IN HELPING US TO ACHIEVE OUR MISSION NOT ONLY TODAY BUT IN THE FUTURE.

>> THE FIRST INDUSTRY PARTNER IS WEDNESDAY.

THEY TEST IN WIND, RAIN AND ICING AND WILDFIRES CONDITIONS AND ALL IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED LABORATORY.

>> COULD THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA BE A DEVELOPMENT HUB THAT HELPED WITH WORK ON THE COAST.

THAT IS A LOT OFFY AMMUNITION TO THE CHAMBER LEADERS.

THANKS TO AT THIS TIME GRANT THERE IS CONSTRUCTION UNDER WAY TO BUILD THE FACILITY NEEDED TO MAKE IT A REAL ITY.

CONSTRUCTION IS WELL UNDER WAY IN THE CONVERGENCE DEVELOPMENT IN 8TH TREAT AND INTERSTATE285 IN DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY.

THERE IS A BUILDING GOING UP CALLED INNOVATION HALL.

WITHIN THAT HALL, IT WILL BE USED FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

IT WILL BE A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR NETWORKING AND A LOT OF SIMPOSIUM AND BRINGING IN TECHNOLOGIES AND OTHER COMPANIES OUTSIDE OF OKLAHOMA TO SHOW CASE OKLAHOMA.

>> INNOVATION HALL INCLUDES A 7200 BIOTRAINING LABORATORY.

>> IT WILL BE DEDICATED TO KIND OF MESHING WITH OUR STEM PROGRAMS IN THE STATE AND WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND TWO YEAR AND FOUR YEAR COLLEGE PROGRAMS.

>> HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU WANT TO TRAIN AND LAB TECHNICIANS THAT YOU NEED TO BE TO BE A PLAYER IN THIS FIELD.

>> WE'LL TRAIN 100 TRAINEES IN THE TRAINING CENTER.

COHORTS WILL BE TEN STUDENTS IN A TRAINING SESSION AND WE CAN BEAT THAT EASILY.

>> AND THERE WILL BE REPRESENTED SOCIO UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS.

AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE OKLAHOMA CHAMBER.

>> AND IT IS REACHING DEEPER IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN K- 12 AND FIND KIDS AND ADULTS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF OPPORTUNITY CAN DIVE DEEPER AND FIND THE CAREER PATH THEY WOULD NOT HAVE FOUND OTHERWISE.

THE WORKERS ARE HERE IN OKLAHOMA AND IT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM ELSEWHERE TO COME HERE?

>> IT WILL ATTRACT AND WE LOSE THEM TO THE COAST, BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY GET OUT OF THE FOUR YEAR COLLEGE PROGRAM AND FOOT IN THE DOOR WITH OUR BIOTECH INDUSTRY HERE, LOCALLY AND THEY GET, YOU KNOW, 1 OR 2 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND THE PROMOTIONS ARE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE.

>> WE HAVE RETAINED MORE COLLEGE GRADS IN OKLAHOMA AND OKLAHOMA CITY.

THE NUMBERS ARE DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE 15 YEARS AGO.

WE HAVE HIGH-TECHICAL TALENT THAT SOMETIMES HAS TO LEAVE THE STATE TO FIND THE HIGH END SCIENTIFIC OPPORTUNITIES.

>> SEYMOUR AND KEY LANRETURNED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN BOSTON.

>> IT SEEMED LIKE A LARGE CONTINGENT WENT TO BOSTON FOR THE BIOINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.

>> WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO BOSTON BIOINTERNATIONAL SHE FOR 30 YEARS.

OUR PREMISE FOR BEING THERE.

OKLAHOMA IS ONE OF THE EMERGING CLUSTERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

OKC CONTINGENT INCLUDED 15 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS.

>> WE TOOK 40 OR 50 PEOPLE HERE THIS YEAR.

GIVEN A PLATFORM FOR OKLAHOMA TO RAMP UP ITS PRESENCE ON A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STAGE.

>> WHERE ARE THE MARRIAGE HUBS AND HOW DOES OKLAHOMA CITY ASPIRE TO GET THERE.

>> BOSTON AREA HAS QUITE A FEW BIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.

SAN FRANCISCO DOES AS WELL AND RALEIGH DURHAM, IN NORTH KAFRL CARL IS LARGE IN BIOTECH AND BIOMANUFACTURING.

WE ARE TRYING TO GET OKLAHOMA AS A PLAYER IN THE FIELD.

MIDDLE OF AMERICA.

>> AND THE 35 MILLION GRANT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN REALIZING THE VISION.

>> MORE WORK RELATED TO CLINICAL TRIALS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRIES AND PLATFORM FOR A INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING TO TAKE PLACE.

SIX PROJECTS TOTALING 35 MILLION AND WE WERE EXCITED TO BE 1 OF 25 WINNERS TO WIN THE GRANT AWARDS.

IT WAS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF APPLICANTS THAT PUT FORTH FOR IT.

WE ARE EXCITED TO BE WHERE WE ARE HEADED.

>> OKLAHOMA CITY VOTERS APPROVED 10 MILLION WITH AID FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ANOTHER KEY PIECE TO THE PUZZLE AND OKLAHOMA'S COST OF LIVING COMPARED TO THE COAST.

>> WE HEARD NUMBERS IN BOSTON.

MANUFACTURING SPACE IS LEASED OUT ASIDE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER SQUARE FOOT.

IN OKLAHOMA, IT IS BIOMANUFACTURING SPACE THAT IS UNDER $40 A SQUARE FOOT.

OKLAHOMA CITY IS A VIBRANT AND QUICK GROWING REGIONAL ECONOMY RANGING FROM STILLWATER TO NORMAN.

>> AND FOLKS NEED RESEARCH PARTNERS AND ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUND THE RIGHT WORK FORCE.

THAT IS WHERE THE TEAM COMES IN.

>> THINK OF IT AS A FIELD OF BIOMEDICAL DREAMS.

YOU HEARD IT BEFORE, BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME.

>> HOW CAN WE BE LEADERS ON A NATIONAL STAGE.

THIS IS A CHANCE FOR US TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE REGION AND THE U.S. AS A WHOLE.

WE PRODUCE FOR PHARMACEUTICALS HERE AND GOOD FOR THE U.S. ECONOMY AND MILITARY.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS.

>> BOLEY, OKLAHOMA IS BETTER KNOWN OF THE 13 REMAINING BLACK RUN FRONTIER TOWNS AND LONGEST RUNNING BLACK ROTEDIOS IN THE COUNTRY.

JASON DOYLE WILL JOIN US TO TELL US ABOUT IT.

>> RICH, THE PEOPLE OF BOLEY SAY THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE TOWN THAT MAKES THEM PROUD.

WANT TO DO WITH.

EVEN THOSE WHO HAVEN'T LIVED HERE, COME BACK AND CELEBRATE BOLO RODEO AND HISTORY.

♪♪ >> IT IS SATURDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY AND ROUNDS OF DOMINOS ARE PLAYING OUT IN THE HARDWARE STORE.

THEY ARE BIDING THEIR TIME UNTIL THE BEG PARADE THAT LEADS TO THE RODEO LATER THAT EVENING.

>> WITH US, WE HAVE A LAID BACK LIFE AND NOT BORING.

>> THE OWNER OF THE HARDWARE STORE, WHO IS ALSO THE MAYOR.

>> EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN BOLEY, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TOWN, JUST ON A SMALLER SCALE.

>> THE BOLEY RODEO AND PARADE IS LIKE A HOMECOMING TO MANY.

>> WELL, IT BRINGS FAMILY HOME AND THERE IS EXCITEMENT IN THE AREA OF WHEN YOU ARE HERE EVERY DAY.

YOU GET USED TO THE CALMNESS THAT COMES WITH THE CITY.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE EXCITEMENT OF PEOPLE COMING HOME.

EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE RODEO AND DOWN RODEO GROUPS AND DOWN TOWN.

I LOVE IT.

>> THE MAYOR IS RIGHT.

KEN IS HERE TO CELEBRATE HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 1905.

>> YEAH, WE CAME IN FRIDAY NIGHT AND WE COME DOWN EVERY YEAR.

WE DO THE CLEAN OFF MY ANCESTOR'S GRAVES AND CELEBRATE THIS DAY.

I COME HERE BECAUSE OF MY GREAT GRANDFATHER.

YOU LOOK IT UP, ON THE INTERNET, IT IS A GREAT GUN FIGHT IN BOLEY, OKLAHOMA AND IT WILL SHOW HOW HE WAS KILLED IN ACTIVE DUTY.

IN FACT, THEN, THERE WAS NOT TOO MANY BLACK UNITED STATES MARSHALS.

>> THE HIGHWAY LEADING IN TO BOLEY WAS RENAMED FOR THE MARSHAL WHO PROTECTED EARLY LIFE IN BOLEY.

>> AND I WAS NOT HERE, BUT I WAS TOLD IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.

I KNOW I LOOK LIKE I WAS HERE IN 1903, BUT I WAS NOT.

>> THEY SAY THAT THE TOWN CAME IN TO EXISTINENCE 1903 AND INCORPORATED IN 1905.

>> THE TOWN WAS BUILT HERE ON 160 ACRES OWNED BY ABGAL BARNETT.

SHE WAS A 12-YEAR-OLD YOUNG WOMAN.

HER FATHER WAS A FREE MAN, AND THEY HAD RECEIVED AN ALLOTMENT.

THEY GOT THE ACREASONABLING.

BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE MULE.

I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THAT.

>> THEY MADE BOLEY A STOP ON THE WAY TO GUTHRIE.

>> THEY HAD TO STOP EVERY SIX MILES FOR WATER.

AND SO THE MOST RECENT STOP WAS EVERY SIX MONTHS.

CHEMMA AND CASTLE AND THIS SPOT IN THE ROAD ACCORDING TO THE 2020 CENSUS.

THEY MADE SALES TO INCREASE THE ABILITY TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY THAT WOULDN'T ORDINARILY BE PAID.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A BOOM RANG AFFECT FOR BOLEY PEOPLE.

FOR INSTANCE THE MAYOR CAME BACK AFTER HER CAREER.

>> I RETIRED AND CAME HOME AND I WAS WANTING TO BE INVOLVED IN WHAT OFS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT HELPED WITH THE PRIDE WITH BOLEY OVER THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS.

120 YEARS SINCE 1903, THEY STILL HAVE THE SINCE OF BELONGING AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

THEY APPRECIATE IT NO MATTER WHERE THEY GO WHEN THEY LEAVE THE TOWN OF BOLEY.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE BACK AND FIND A WAY TO GIVE BACK.

AND THAT IS KEEPING US GOING TODAY.

>> AND THE TOWN'S LEADERS, FEEL THE BRIGHT ONE IN BOLEY.

>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I THINK IS THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND BELONGING AND KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBOR AND KNOWING THE TOWN'S PEOPLE AND KNOWING WHO YOU CAN GO TO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING DONE.

YOU FIND THE FRIENDLIEST PEOPLE HERE IN THE WORLD IN BOLEY.

>> THE NEXT STOP IN OUR TOUR OF OKLAHOMA BLACK FRONTIER TOWNS IS IN OKLAHOMA.

TAELYR JACKSON WILL BRING THAT.

>> AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCED IT IS SENDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO OKLAHOMA TO ADDRESS THE ALARMING RATE OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

THERE ARE FIVE COORDINATORS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO HELP WITH THE INVESTIGATIONS IN OKLAHOMA.

THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA WILL HOST THE NEW PERSONNEL ADDED TO HANDLE THE CASE LOADS.

>> WE HAVE TWO DEDICATED PERSONS TO THE MMIP ISSUE.

THOSE ISSUES CAN INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM UNRESOLVED CASES TO MMIP PRECURSOR RELATED CASES SUCH AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, AND DRUG TRAFFICKING AND CHILD PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES.

>> THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AS A COMMISSION WRAPPED UP A HEAR NOTHING NEW MEXICO TO DEVELOP RECOMMEND AEGZS TO EMPROVING LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AND TRIBAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS.

THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PINNELL SAID OKLAHOMA IS LEAVING A BLOCKBUSTER OPPORTUNITY ON THE TABLE BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE IS NOT ALLOCATING ENOUGH TO LURE INDUSTRY TO THE STATE.

PINNELL DISCUSSED WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

>> WE HAVE LEGISLATION TO RAISE THAT KAEP TO 80000001 OF THE REASONS IS THAT WE TURNED OVER 80 MILLION WORTH OF BUSINESS LAST YEAR.

LAST FEW YEARS, WE WERE TURNING AWAY FAR MORE BUSINESS THAN WE TOOK IN, IN OKLAHOMA.

THAT IS TURNING AWAY 80 MILLION ECONOMIC PROJECTS IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

THERE IS A GREAT RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT AND WHERE THE REBATE IS AND WHERE WE TAKE THE REBATE.

>> WE HAD TO BEG FILM MAKE ARES TO SUBMIT THEM BECAUSE OF THE PRODUCT IN THE STATE.

WE HAD TWO OKLAHOMA SHORT BLOCKS AND FEATURES AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FILMS TO TURN AWAY.

WE HAD OVER 2000 SUBMISSIONS EVERY YEAR.

WE ARE TURNING AWAY FILMS THAT IS SIGNIFICANT, AND ALSO FOR THE STATE.

>> AND THE REST OF THE CONVERSATION COMING UP LATER IN THE NEWSCST.

>> INVESTIGATORS SAID THERE IS A UPTAKE IN CYBER CRIME AND FRAUD NATIONWIDE SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

IT WILL COST U.S. COMPANIES 10.5 TRILLION BY 2025.

IT CAN BE DEVASTATING ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL FOR VULNERABLE SENIOR CITIZENS.

STEVE SHAW ATTENDED A MONTHLY MEETING WHERE THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

>> WE HAVE NEW BRO CHURS.

TERRA HARDIN IS A DEPUTY THAT COORDINATES THE DEPARTMENT'S TRIAD PROGRAM.

>> IT IS A NOT AN ACRONYM.

IT IS A APPROACH TO THE CRIME.

OKLAHOMA SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE PARTNER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND THEN WE PARTNER WITH SENIORS.

>> TRIAD IS A NATIONAL SHERIFF ASSOCIATION INITIATIVE.

THIS TAKES PLACE EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WELLNESS CENTER IN 4021 SOUTH WALKER IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

>> WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT AND START SHOOTING.

YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS.

RUN, HIDE OR FIGHT.

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS BEST FOR YOU AND THE SITUATION?

>> TRIAD MEETINGS ARE FREE.

LIKE I SAID, EVERY MONTH, 20 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY.

YOU CAN SEE THE MEETINGS TOUCH VIRTUALLY EVERY POCKET IN THE COUNTY.

>> THEY ARE ALL OVER THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA.

IF YOU CAN'T COME TO THE SOUTH SIDE WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE NOW, YOU CAN GO TO THE NORTH OR EAST AND THEY ARE OUT.

THERE >> SUSAN SMITH SAID SHE'S ATTENDING THE TRIAD MEETINGS FOR FIVE YEARS.

>> IT IS A JUNGLE OUT THERE?

>> IT IS.

I TELL YOU, I TRY TO SPREAD EVERYTHING I CAN WHEN WE ARE MEETING PEOPLE IN THE GROCERY STORE AND SAYING DON'T LEAVE YOUR PURSE UNATTENDED.

>> AND TRIAD COVERS THEM IN EACH OF THE 20 LOCATIONS.

I GET THEM FROM SPEAKING WITH AND READING THE OFFICER'S REPORTS.

THE THINGS THEY ARE BEGINNING TO SEE AND TRENDS.

THEN PICK APART HOW THE CRIME HAPPENED AND WHERE THE INTERACTION FIRST CAME ABOUT AND REVERSE ENGINEER A LESSON.

>> AND BACK IN FEBRUARY, THE SUBJECT WAS IMPORTANT HOW TO ADMINISTERINARCAN.

>> IT IS GIVEN TO SOMEONE SUSPECTED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE.

>> PEOPLE TAKE PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS ALL OF THE TIME FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT AND AS WE AGE, PAIN INCREASES AND SO PEOPLE MIGHT BE TEMPTED WITH THE WEATHER MOVING IN AND BIG DAY THAT DAY TO TAKE THAT EXTRA DOSE TO GET THEM THROUGH THE DAY AND IT MIGHT PUSH THEM OVER THE EDGE.

>> HARDIN SAID THE GATHERINGS EACH MONTH REACH 300 PEOPLE.

>> AND WE ARE IN THE ROMANCE CAM.

>> AND IN THE MEETING IN MARCH, U.S. SECRET SERVICE AGENT ERIC BOSLER SPOKE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF GIVING OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION.

>> AND A WOMAN GAVE AWAY HER ENTIRE 850 YEAR INHERRANCE.

HER DAUGHTER HAD NO CLUE.

>> SPECIAL AGENT MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE.

DON'T OPEN EMAILS OR TEXT AND DON'T TAKE PHONE CALLS FROM ENTITIES YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE OR WERE NOT EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM.

>> I HAVE HEARD IT ALL.

>> THEY WILL SEND SOMEONE TO COME TO THE HOUSE.

>> WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU LIVE.

>> AND UNFORTUNATELY, SENIORS ARE TARGETS OF THE CRIME FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

NUMBER ONE, THEY ARE SEEN AS HAVING A STABLE INCOME.

SOCIAL SECURITY COMES IN EVERY MONTH.

OFTEN TIMES THEY HAVE ASSETS.

SO, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE FRAUDSTERS WILL TARGET THEM.

THEY ARE MORE TRUSTING AND LESS TECH SAVVY.

>> EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINED CAN FALL PREY TO IT.

YOU HAVE A WEAK MOMENT AND YOU CAN DO SOMETHING YOU WISH YOU HADN'T.

>> IT IS VALUABLE TO YOU.

>> EVERY TIME I LEARN SOMETHING NEW AND IT IS JUST VERY VALUABLE.

>> AND THEY TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU HAD NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

EVERY TIME YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

>> AND IN JANUARY, MONTHLY TRIAD MEETINGS BECAME AVAILABLE ON LINE THROUGH METRO TECH CENTERS.

>> MORE WE CAN PREVENT ONE MORE PERSON FROM FALLING VICTIM TO THE CRIME, THAT IS OUR GOAL.

>> SOUTH OKLAHOMA CITY.

STEVE SHAW, THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

>> AND THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HANDED DOWN TWO DECISIONS THAT HAD LONG LASTING IMPACTS TO OKLAHOMA COLLEGE STUDENTS.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ACTION WAS ELIMINATED AND THE PRESIDENT BIDEN STUDENT DEBT WAS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

WE WERE JOINED BY TAELYR JACKSON.

>> RICH, THOSE HOLDING STUDENT LOANS WILL HAVE TO PAY THEM OFF IN THE SUPREME COURT RULING.

THE COLLEGES WILL BRING A DIVERSE BODY DESPITE THE END OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ACTION.

>> I THINK THE DECISION TO STRIKE DOWN THE STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM IS A MISTAKE.

>> IT IS PRESIDENT BIDEN WHO IS ATTEMPTING TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR AMERICANS WITH STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

>> I DIDN'T WANT TO PAY THAT STUFF BACK.

>> THE GRADUATE IN OKLAHOMA NATIVE KALVIN SAID HE WAS RELIEVED WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED THE PLAN TO FOREGIVE THE STUDENT LOANS.

HE WAS DESAPPOINTED BY THE SUPREME COURT STRIKING IT DOWN.

>> I THINK IT IS UNFAIR HONESTLY.

YOU GO TO A SCHOOL OR PURSUING SCHOOL.

BUT IF YOU ARE DONE WITH SCHOOL, IT IS UNFAIR.

>> IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE WILL NOT BE A PLAN B FOR LOAN FORGIVENESS.

>> THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN GRANT THE SAME TYPE OF RELIEF.

>> HE COULD INCLUDE MORE TYPES OF PROFESSIONS.

>> FIRST I AM ANNOUNCING TODAY A NEW PATH CONSISTENT WITH THE RULING TO PROVIDE STUDENT DEBT RELIEF TO THE BORROWS, QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE'LL GROUND IT IN A DIFFERENT LAW THAN MY ORIGINAL PLAN.

THE SO- CALLED HIGHER EDUCATION ACT.

>> THE PATH TO LOAN FORGIVENESS WILL TAKE LONGER AND THE BEST PATH FORWARD IN BIDEN VERSUS NEBRASKA.

>> CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS SAID IN PART.

WHERE THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION CLAIMS AUTHORITY TO RELEASE 43 MILLION FROM THE OBLIGATION OF PREPARING.

THE SECRETARY HAD THIS UNDER THE HEROES ACT.

THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION CAN PROVIDE DEBT RELIEF IN THE WAKE OF 9/11.

>> IT WAS A MILITARY AND WARTIME.

BUT A WAIVER OR MODIFICATION FOR NATIONAL EMERGENCY.

>> AND THE LEGAL CHALLENGE MAY NOT BE FINISHED YET.

>> OTHER LAWSUITS TRIED TO USURP THE PRESIDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH DOESN'T HAVE THE PROGRAM ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE ALLOTTED.

THE LOAN SPECIFICALLY THAT ISSUE WAS TIED TO THE 2023 HER O'S ACT.

IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT SPACE THAT SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO ATTACK.

BUT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO RAISE THE ISSUE.

>> THE MAJOR DECISION THAT IMPACTS COLLEGE STUDENTS STEMS FROM TWO LAWSUITS COMBINED INTO ONE.

THE STUDENTS VERSUS HARVARD COLLEGE AND INVOLVED THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA USING IT FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION.

>> THE CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS RAISED THAT QUESTION AS WELL.

ASSIGNING STUDENTS TO RACIAL CATEGORIES AND MAKING ADMISSION ON THEM FURTHERS THE BENEFITS THAT THE UNIVERSITIES CLAIM TO PURSUE.

ACLU OKLAHOMA DIRECTOR DISAGREED WITH THE COURT'S RULING.

>> I AM A PROUD RECIPIENT OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

THOSE WHO HAVE BENEFITTED SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT.

BUT WE KNOW THERE CONTINUES TO BE SYSTEMEC RACISM THAT HURTS BROWN AND BLACK FOLKS IN OUR STATE AND ANY OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THOSE PROBLEMS, WE SHOULD TAKE.

>> THAT WAS CELEBRATED BY BRIAN WALTERS WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE OETA BOARD.

AFTER THE DECISION.

WALTERS RELEASED A STATEMENT, SAYING, OKLAHOMA LED AN EFFORT TO GO IF MERIT.

THAT ALLOWS KIDS THE BEST OUTCOMES AS THEY INCH INTO COLLEGE.

THE IMPACT ON THE OKLAHOMA COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES MAY NOT BE PROFOUND THANKS TO THE VOERS APPROVING PROHIBITED THE USE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE PROCESS AND OKLAHOMA WAS NOT THE ONLY STATE TO DO THAT.

>> THE STATES THAT BANNED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND CALIFORNIA BEING OF THE FIRST STATE AND BANNING IT.

IT IMPACTS THE UNIVERSITIES.

WHAT WE SAW IN OKLAHOMA AS WELL.

EVEN IF THAT EMPACT IS MINOR, BUT IT IMPACTS THE WELL-BEING AND COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION THAT STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE.

>> OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SAID AS OF THIS SPRING NINE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES HAD A MAJOR ITY OF NONWHITE STUDENT BODY AND EXPECT UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION DESPITE THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISIONS.

THEY HAVE FAITH THAT THE OKLAHOMA INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIVERSE.

>> WE ARE DISATONIGHTED WITH THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO END AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, IN COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES STILL HAVE A COMMITMENT AND WILL ENSURE THAT DIVERSITY IS A PART OF THE SCHOOL ON CAMPUS.

>> AT A RESEARCH GROUP, MORE THAN 400000 OKLAHOMANS ARE CARRYING 15.4 BILLION IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LARGE NUMBER.

ONLY OKLAHOMA HAS THE 30TH LARGEST STUDENT DEBT BURDEN IN THE U.S., RICH?

>> TAELYR, THANK YOU.

EL RENO OIL BUSINESS IS CAUGHT THE EYE OF A OIL COMPANY WANTING TO EXPAND.

ATLANTA BASED RPC IS BUYING SPINNAKER OIL SERVICES FOR $75 MILLION.

THEY SPECIALIZE IN CEMENT SURFACE AND WORKS IN THE OIL AND GAS BASINS.

THEY HAVE EXPANDED THE OIL SERVICES.

RPC WILL OPERATE UNDER THE CURRENT BRANDING AND WITH THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT TEAM.

TULSA BASED ONE GAS IS EXPANDING THE BOARD OF DRENTHORS FROM 8 TO 9 WITH FORMER BOARD CHAIR DEBORAH HERSMAN.

HE WERE WORKED IN WASHINGTON D.C.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE PIPELINE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT.

HERSMAN SERVED ON THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL AND CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER FOR GOOGLE SELF DRIVING CAR PROJECT.

SEVEN CITIES IN OKLAHOMA HAVE ACCESS TO THE VERIZON NETWORK.

THAT IS CHICKASHA, AND OILTON AND GERONIMO.

THEY WANT IT TO BE ADDED TO THE HIGH SPEED CELL NETWORK THIS YEAR.

THEY WILL HAVE AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND CAPAC ITY FOR THE FIBER OPTIC CONNECTIONS TO THE CELL TOWER UPSITES.

JASON DOYLE, OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW.

>> AND JASON, THANK YOU.

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON RECEIVED A OVATION IN THE FIRM FESTIVAL.

IT IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE MOTION PICTURES FILMED IN OKLAHOMA AND RELEASED IN THE THEATERS IN THE OKLAHOMA.

THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PINNELL WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THEM IN THE STATE.

PINNELL JOANED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FILM FESTIVAL TO DISCUSS THAT WITH REESE WETZEL.

>> THANK YOU, RICH AND TODAY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A GROWING AND EXCITING INDUSTRY IN OKLAHOMA, THE FILM INDUSTRY.

JOINING US IS THE LIEUTENANT MATT PINNELL AND THE KASEY.

>> AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I START WITH YOU HERE.

YOU TASKED THE LEGISLATURE TO PUT MORE MONEY IN THE FILM INDUSTRY.

THIRST MILLION IN THE FILM INDUSTRY.

HOW MUCH MORE IS NEEDED AND WHY?

>> WE HAVE LEGISLATION TO RAISE THAT CAP TO $80 MILLION.

ONE OF THEERANCY IS THAT WE TURNED OVER 80 MILLION WORTH OF BUSINESS LAST YEAR.

THE LAST FEW YEARS WE ARE TURNING AWAY FAR MORE BUSINESS THAN WE TOOK IN, IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

THAT IS TURNING AWAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD LOOK AT.

IT THERE IS A GREAT RETURN TO THE INVESTMENT.

WHERE THE REBATE IS.

THIS IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION WHEN WE GO IN FEBRUARY.

IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS, LET'S DO IT RIGHT.

TEXAS PASSED A REBATE PROGRAM 100 MILLION INVESTMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE JEALOUS OF OKLAHOMA AND THAT'S A FACT.

THEY JUST GOT THAT DONE.

WE ARE MORE DIVERSE AND BETTER CREW BASE BECAUSE OF WHAT WE BUILT IN STEP YEARS.

IF WE HAVE A FILM IN TELEVISION INDUSTRY LET'S DO IT RIGHT AND RAISE THE CAP.

>> GREAT.

KASEY, YOU WORKED WITH DEAD CENTER FILMS AND HOW HAS THAT GROWN?

DID YOU SEE OKLAHOMANS OR PEOPLE OUT OF STATE AND BUILD ON THE FIRM INDUSTRY.

>> TALKING ABOUT TWISTERS, THE CREW CAME HERE.

AUSAUSAND ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.

DROWN PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE SINCE WE WERE FOUNDED IN 2001.

WE HAD NEW ENGLAND AND SPAIN AND ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.

THEY ARE SURPRISED OF HOW AMAZING OKLAHOMA IS.

THAT IS GREAT TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT.

WHAT A DYNAMIC CITY AND STATE WE HAVE.

FILM FRIENDLY AND WE HONOR THE FILM MAKERS AND THEY HAVE A GREAT TIME.

WE HONOR THE SPONSORS AND IT HELPS TO GIVE A VOICE TO THE FILM MAKER AND THEY COME AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.

>> SPEAKING OF TWISTER, WE SAW A MONTH AGO, NEW YORK CITY WAS DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY.

THEY TRANSFORMED IT.

DOES THAT SPEAK TO THE VERSE IL.

>> IT IS A WEATHER RESEARCH INDUSTRY.

THAT IS A GLOBAL INDUSTRY AND WE HAVE THE NATIONAL WEATHER CENTER IN NORMAN.

THERE IS A LOT OF TALK EXPANDING THE NATIONAL WEATHER CENTER AND MUSEUM IN NORMAN AS WELL.

WE HAVE DOROTHY IN A SMALL MU ASSUME THAT 25 YEARS LATER IS A MAJOR TOURISM ATTRACTION FOR THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

ONCE THE MOVIE IS FILMED, THERE IS ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE FILM ITSELF AND LONG TAIL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AFTER THE MOVIES ARE FILMED IN THE STATE.

>> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKENED TO WHERE THE SPOT WAS FILMED.

CAN PEOPLE WITH THE KILLER OF THE FLOWER MOON COME TO THE PART OF OKLAHOMA WHERE IT WAS FIRMED?

>> WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OSAGE NATION AND KIND OF CREATING A MOVIE TRAIL AND PLACES THAT THE OSAGE NATION WILL BE OKAY WITH US SENDING TOURIST.

PEOPLE ARE READING THE BOOK FOR 4 OR 5 YEARS AND SHOW UP IN DOWNTOWN FAIRFAX AND LOOKING FOR THE LOCATIONS ALREADY.

IT IS HAPPENING AND GOING TO HAPPEN MORE WHEN THE MOVIE COMES OUT.

>> THAT IS GREAT.

KASEY, HOW HAS THE INDUSTRY STARTED TO GROW.

WE HAVE PRODUCTION STUDIOS IN OKLAHOMA.

>> DECADES AGO WE HAD TO BEG THEM TO SUBMIT THE FILMS.

NOW, JUST THE LAST FESTIVAL TWO OKLAHOMA SHORT BLOCK AND MULTIPLE FEATURES AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FILMS WE TURNED AWAY.

WE HAVE OVER 2000 SUBMISSIONS EVERY YEAR.

YEAH, WE ARE TURNING AWAY FILMS THAT IS SIGNIFICANT AND ALSO FOR THE STATE.

AND I THINK IT IS EXCITING TO SEE HOW MUCH THE FILM INDUSTRY HAS GROWN.

WE HAVE INVESTMENT IN TRAINING COURSES HERE.

THE OKLAHOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND OCU.

METRO TECH JAT JOB OF PROVIDING STRUCTURE FOR CREW MEMBERS AND IT IS A GREAT THING AND SOMETHING WE DO.

EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH TO RURAL OKLAHOMA.

WE WANT OKLAHOMA TO TELL THEIR STORIES AND A GREAT EXAMPLE WAS THE AWARD WINNER 2005 AND NOW IN SEASON FOUR.

THAT IS EXCITING FOR OUR STATE.

>> I WANT TO ASK YOU, WHY OKLAHOMA?

WHY ARE FILM COMPANIES COMING HERE?

>> WE HAVE 12 DIFFERENT ECO SYSTEM IN THE STATE.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW DIVERSE THE LANDSCAPE AND PEOPLE ARE.

THAT IS A HUGE REASON TO DRAW PEOPLE IN AND SEE HOW GREAT OKLAHOMA IS.

WE SELL REALLY WELL.

SO WE CAN GET A INDUSTRY AND FILM AND TELEVISION TO COME IN AND SHOOT THAT, THE IMPACT AND THE DOMINO EFFECT HERE IS HUGE.

>> DIVERSIFYING OUR ECONOMY.

I TALK ABOUT IT.

WE NEED TO GET MORE DIVERSIFIED.

OVER 2 MILLION IMPACT WITH THE 66 PRODUCTIONS THAT TAPPED IN OUR REBATE PROGRAM AND 150 PRODUCTIONS ON TOP OF THAT.

THAT IS AN INDUSTRY THAT IS PUTTING A LOT OF PEOPLE TO WORK.

OVER 15000 PEOPLE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS IN 66 PRODUCTIONS AND IN OVER 77 TOWNS.

THIS IS A STATEWIDE IMPACT THAT REBRANDED THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

>> I AGREE, YES AND TO COMMENT ON THAT AS WELL.

SOMETHING THAT I HEARD, KROOE CREW MEMBERS WANT TO WORK.

I MEAN, WHEN THEY DID RUDDERLESS.

HE WAS SURPRISED HOW EVERYONE WAS AT 2:00 P.M.

THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS, YOU KNOW, GETTING WHAT THEY NEEDED TO GET A FILM DOWN HERE IN OKLAHOMA.

THAT IS ACROSS THE BOARD AND OKLAHOMA SPIRIT THAT WE HAVE.

IT IS AFFECTIVE FOR THE FILM INDUSTRY.

>> THEY ARE TEMPORARY JOBS.

THEY ARE NOT TEMPORARY.

BUT WHAT IS YOUR VIEW POINT ON THAT.

>> THEY ARE NOT TEMPORARY IN GEORGIA.

THEIR REBASE IS AT A LEVEL AND WHERE THERE IS RECURRING FILMS AND TELEVISION SHOWS.

WITH A REBATE.

WE'LL DO RESERVATION DOGS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS.

YOU ARE NOW CREATING ONE PRODUCTION TO ANOTHER PRODUCTION.

BUT I WOULD GRAESHGS LET'S NOT DISCOUNT EVERY HOTEL HOME AND CATERER THAT IS BOOKED FOR SIX MONTHS AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY THAT SUPPLIEDED IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC WHEN WE WERE FILMING KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON.

THAT WAS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT.

SO, THAT IS THE LOCAL, AND GOOD HIT AND THOSE RECURRING JOBS AND 1, 2, PUNCH THAT WE CAN ARGUE.

>> AND FAIRFAX, AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS IN THE DEVELOPMENT TO TRY TO HELP MAKE TOURS OF THE AREA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

HOW DOES THAT HELP THE RURAL COMMUNITIES?

>> WE HAVE 77 COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA.

A LOT OF FILM PRODUCTIONS ARE OUTSIDE OF TULSA AND OKLAHOMA CITY.

WE ARE PROUD THEY HAVE THE LARGEST SOUND STAGE AND WE LOVE.

THAT AND TULSA AND CHECK KEY NATION AND ONE OF OUR SOVEERNS IS DOING AMAZING WORK.

BUT MOST OF THE BUSINESS AND OUTDOOR SHOOTS ARE DONE IN RURAL OKLAHOMA.

>> AND AS YOU SAID, THAT IS HOTEL AND RESTAURANTS AND TRANSPORTATION.

I MEAN, THAT IS CONSTRUCTION AND WELDING.

THAT IS TRULY, A WIDE INDUSTRY, THAT REALLY EVERYONE HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

HE MENTIONED OTHER STUDIOS AND EXCITING TO SEE THE STUDIOS GROW IN OKLAHOMA.

GREEN PASTURES IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NOEF O STUDIOS AND CASA ROYAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

WE'LL GROW OUR FILM INDUSTRY.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TOURISM AND TRAVEL.

HOW WILL THEY COME IN WITH THE FILMS?

STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT TYPE OF SITUATION?

>> YEAH, OKLAHOMA, BEST YEAR IN STATE HISTORY FROM A TOURISM PERSPECTIVE.

10.2 BILLION IN DIRECT VISITOR SPENDING.

THAT NUMBER WILL GO UP AS WE INCREASE PRODUCTIONS IN THE STATE.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ALBURQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO AND ATLANTA, GEORGIA AND A LOT OF MOVIE TRAILS.

BUS TOURS AND YOU KNOW, PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS THAT CAME IN AND TAKING, TAKING FANS OF MOVIE AND TELEVISION SHOWS AROUND TO DIFFERENT SETS.

THAT IS A IMPACT WITH THE SALES TAX.

OKLAHOMA IS ONE.

MOST SALES TAX DEPENDENT STATES IN THE COUNTRY.

IT AM HELP SMALL AND LARGE TOWNS COMBINED AND ONCE THAT MOVIE IS SHOT, THERE IS A HUME SALES TAX COMPONENT TO THIS AND WHY WE NEED TO CRUISE IT AS WELL.

>> KASEY, IS IT INDEPENDENT FILM AND TRYING TO GROW OKLAHOMA FILM MARRIERS?

>> AND AS I SAID, WE HAD A 2000 SUBMISSIONS.

WE ARE GETTING FILMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WE'LL HONOR THE OKLAHOMA FILM MAKERS AND YES, IT IS VERY, VERY EXCITING TO HAVE FILM MAKERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND SO, THAT'S, AND SHOWING THOSE VOICES.

LIKE A FILM THAT WAS DUNN ABOUT THE HURRICANE, A FEMALE FOOTBALL TEAM AND FEATURED OKLAHOMA CITY.

THERE IS A LOT OF TIE INS TO FILMS THAT ARE EXCITING AND REALLY SHOWING THE VOICES AND HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND.

THOSE FILMS CREATE A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WILL GROW AND GROW.

>> ALL RIGHT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, WE ARE LOOKING AT TOURISM COMING OUT OF THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND.

HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE TO THE STATE PARK AND CAPITALIZE ON THE TOURISM?

>> WE HAVE INVESTED OVER 50 MILLION AND FIXING OUR STATE PARKS.

WE HAD LODGE AND BATHROOMS THAT WERE NOT UP TO PAR.

NOW, WE HAD A HUGE INFLUX OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

SOME OF IT DUE TO A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

THE LODGES WERE CLOSED, BUT PEOPLE COULD WALK IN THE WOODS.

WE HAD THREE AND HALF MILLION SHOW UP IN THE PARKS.

WE SHOULD DEMAND MORE THAN JUST BEING OKAY.

SO, WE PUT A LOT.

INVESTED MONEY.

WHEN YOU INVEST, TAXPAYERS REWARD THAT INVESTMENT.

ONE OF THE BEST YEARS ON RECORD.

OUTDOOR RECREATION IS THROUGH THE ROOF AND RV SALES ARE ALL- TIME HIGH.

WE HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

OKLAHOMA CERTAINLY IS.

>> WHEN YOU WORK WITH THE FILM INDUSTRY.

HOW DO YOU WANT IT TO GROW?

>> I BELIEVE THE SKY IS THE LIMIT AND LOVE HEARING THAT THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS SO INVESTED IN INCREASING THE CAP AND INVESTMENT IN FILM.

THAT IS THE RIGHT ATTITUDE.

I THINK IT IS THE BEST.

ALSO, AS WE TALKED ABOUT.

IT IS MORE JOB AND GROWS THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE IN THE STATE.

SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR ALL OF IT TO GROW WE CAN ALL GROW TOGETHER.

IT IS SO VAST WITH THE NEEDS THAT ARE IN THE FILM INDUSTRY AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DEAD CENTER TOGETHER.

WE ARE WATCHING THE FILMS TOGETHER AND ARE CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER AND ALL OF THE FILMS THAT HAVE BEEN SHOT HERE OR AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD.

THEY CAN COME HERE TO OKLAHOMA AND WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

>> HOW DOES OKLAHOMA COMPETE WITH THE INCENTIVE PACKAGE AND IS THAT PART OF THE LEGISLATURE'S JOB TO PROMOTE THAT AND GET INCENTIVES.

>> IT IS.

I JOKINGLY SAID WE CREATED THE FILM DECADES AGO IS COMPETE WITH THE CANADA ACT.

IT IS COMPETE WITH TEXAS ACT IN A LOT OF WAYS.

IT IS A GOOD RETURN FOR THE INVESTMENT FOR THE TAXPAYERS AND CREATES A LOT OF JOB AND NEXT GENERATION TALENT IN THE STATE WANT TO GET INTO THIS INDUSTRY.

WE HAVE A GREAT TECH SPRAE.

WE HAVE THEM TEACHING ALL OF THESE CLASSES.

WITHIN 18 MONTHS, YOU CAN GO INTO A MOVIE SET AND THAT IS POWERFUL OVER THE NEXT DECADE AND CONTINUE TO GROW IN OKLAHOMA.

YOU HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE.

WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN THE STATE.

>> WE LOOK AT OKLAHOMA'S ECONOMY AND OIL AND GAS AND AEROSPACE.

YOU THINK THE FILM IS NEXT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE HAD A HUGE IMPACT.

I THINK THAT PRAIRIE CIRCLES.

WAS IT IS A 55 MILLION.

THAT IS JUST ONE STUDIO.

YEAH, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A INDUSTRY THAT IS RIPE FOR GROWTH AND OKLAHOMA IS READY.

>> HOW CAN YOU GET IT DONE IN THE RIGHT MANNER?

>> IF YOU DON'T APPEAL TO THE MOVIE MAKERS AND FILM PRODUCTION CREWS, WILL THEY LEAVE AND GO AWAY?

>> THE REBATE NOW IS BAKED IN THE CAKE OF THEIR BUDGETS.

THEY WILL GO TO STATES WITH REBATE AND GOOD CREWS.

WE HAVE AN ADVANTAGE THAT OTHER STATES DON'T HAVE.

WE HAVE 39 SOVEREIGNTY NATIONS IN OKLAHOMA WHO ARE GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION.

THAT IS A REASON TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND BEAT THE STATES BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR TRIBES.

>> WE THANK YOU, BOTH.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PINNELL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE CONVERSATION.

>> ON THE NEXT EDITION OF OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT, 90% OF THE GEORGIA PEACH CROP WAS WIPED OUT WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES.

DOES THAT REPRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OKLAHOMA PEACH GROWERS?

AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE TINKER AIR SHOW PHOTOGRAPHED BY OETA.

FOR ALL OF US WHO PUT THE NEWSCST ON THE AIR EACH YEEK.

I OF RICH LENZ, MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR WEEKEND.

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