The Tulsa Office of Film, Music, Arts & Culture (FMAC) was announced last week as a founding member of the newly unveiled Association of Music Offices (AMO). The purpose of AMO is to bring together “leaders from music offices across the country to champion shared resources and best practices for local music ecosystems.” The announcement more»

With evangelical zeal, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. delivered perhaps the most pointed message of the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s State of the Tribal Nations. The subject: safeguarding Medicaid expansion. “Rural health care and all of Oklahoma health care will suffer if that is taken out of the constitution,” Hoskin told more»

When it comes to space satellite production, industry experts say the globe has an insatiable thirst. Tuesday, Tulsa made plans to help quench it. Maryland-based Quantum Space announced that it is investing $80 million into a facility that will make Ranger spacecraft, a highly maneuverable spacecraft engineered for defense and commercial missions. The more»

If your concept of space is a place far removed from daily life, Quantum Space CEO Jim Bridenstine has news for you. “Everybody in this room uses space every day, whether you know it or not,” the former NASA Administrator told an audience Friday at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Legislative Briefing Breakfast at the DoubleTree by Hilton more»

Tulsa International Airport (TUL) cemented its introduction to nonstop global travel Thursday with the dedication of its $41 million Federal Inspection Services (FIS)-General Aviation (GA) building. An estimated 250 people attended the celebration of the new 45,000-square-foot customs facility, which will enable the airport to accommodate direct more»

Tulsa’s commercial core owes its creation to people who were willing to take a chance in business, Mayor Monroe Nichols told a Tulsa Regional Chamber audience Thursday. “It is built into the DNA of who we are as Tulsans and who we are as Oklahomans to make a way out of no way, and it starts with great innovation,” he said. Nichols was more»

The Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Talent Connect series on Tuesday addressed the in-demand fields of accounting and finance. Massive retirement waves, fewer graduates entering the fields and increased regulatory/compliance needs have led to a shortage of workers in those roles. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 5% growth for accountants/auditors more»

The collaborative spirit was alive and well in mid-April when the Tulsa Regional Chamber and the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber hosted part of their annual Washington, D.C. advocacy trips together. Former Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum, vice president of community and government affairs for Saint Francis Health System, said the event reminded him of a past more»