Oklahoma House Speaker Kyle Hilbert’s assessment of the state’s 2026 gubernatorial race can be summed up in a single word. Costly. “This governor’s race is going to be very expensive, which means they are going to spend a lot of money, and it’s going to dominate,” Hilbert said. “I would be surprised if the two more»

U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern told a Tulsa Regional Chamber audience Wednesday that Oklahomans need to get serious about education. “If we don’t figure out our education situation, not only in Oklahoma but in America, we’re not going to have a great state,” Hern said. “We’re not going to have a great more»

An AI-powered sales automation company hired to aid a Historically Black College and University admissions department helped the school reach an additional $14 million in revenue in less than three months, the firm’s co-founder said Friday. Kemi Olunloyo, CEO of Tulsa-based ProBound, shared that news at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’ s Aerospace more»

PRYOR -- Search engine giant Google, whose Pryor facility is the second-largest data center in the world, announced Wednesday that it is expanding its footprint in Oklahoma, investing an additional $9 billion into the state during the next two years. Google said the funds would be earmarked for a new data center in Stillwater, an expansion of the more»

√ Courtesy of Ascension St. John Medical Center, Tulsa healthcare received a shot in the arm Wednesday. An estimated crowd of 300 celebrated the hospital’s trauma care center receiving a Level I designation from the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Level I is the organization’s highest designation, and Ascension St. John is more»

At the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Executive Committee Meeting on Monday, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols outlined several measures the city has taken to combat homelessness and increase public safety. Bill Knight, 2025 Chamber chair, facilitated a dialogue on those subjects with the mayor, whose office has been addressing a recent spate of gun violence, more»

The job outlook for electricians in the Tulsa area is shockingly good, an industry expert told a Tulsa Regional Chamber audience Thursday. Boosted by a national data center boom, a demand for more than six gigawatts of electricity is expected over the next decade around the city, doubling the size of the electric utility grid in the area, said Doug more»

Next year’s Route 66 Centennial represents the holy grail of marketing opportunities for Tulsa. That was the major takeaway from Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, who was special guest Tuesday at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Joint Board of Directors and Board of Advisors Meeting at Tulsa Technology Center’s Lemley Memorial Campus. more»