There will be no shortage of star power leading off Tulsa’s Route 66 Capital Cruise: Classic Car Centennial Parade on May 30. Oklahoma Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols, best-selling author and Tulsa Hall of Famer Michael Wallis and founder and owner of Vice Grip Garage Derek Bieri will serve as grand marshals at what hopes to be more»

Manufacturers in the region should be thinking about the space sector. That was the sentiment shared by The Artemis Group President Gabe Sherman on Feb. 19 at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Manufacturers’ Council meeting at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum. The Artemis Group is led by former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, who served as the U.S. more»

At the historic Tulsa Club Hotel on Thursday, the Tulsa Regional Chamber made some history of its own, launching the organization's first official Women’s Programming Series event. In front of about 220 attendees, Tulsa-based international keynote speaker Tracy Spears laid out the liberating power of confidence and how it can embolden women in the more»

A roomful of human resources professionals learned firsthand Tuesday how the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s workforce and talent strategies team operates. At the Chamber’s inaugural HR Forum of 2026, Rue Ramsey, vice president of workforce and talent strategies, led an overview of her department and talked about how the Chamber is improving its more»

“Don’t underestimate the people in this room,” said Cassie Reese, chief external strategy officer at Parkside Psychiatric Hospital & Clinic and TYPROS chair in 2011. “All of the people that were our age 20 years ago, we were all in entry level jobs and not doing anything very impressive, and now, our peers are elected officials and CEOs and heads of foundations.”

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Earnest, funny and always engaging, U.S. Sen. James Lankford delivered a behind-the-curtain overview of Capitol Hill on Thursday at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s first Congressional Forum of the year. Touching on everything from the government shutdown to tax policy to artificial intelligence, Lankford spent close to 40 minutes speaking and answering more»

Given Tulsa Public Schools’ recent history of a potential state takeover, chronic absenteeism and low reading and math proficiencies, some have questioned the practicality of the school district’s taking on $609 million bond proposal. Not TPS Superintendent Dr. Ebony Johnson. “Why not do a bond?” Johnson said Monday at the Tulsa more»

Referencing progress made by Mississippi in early childhood literacy, Oklahoma House Speaker Kyle Hilbert said Friday the Sooner State must make similar strides. “For generations the state of Mississippi has been historically dead-last in the country in education outcomes,” Hilbert said at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Legislative Briefing more»