California hospitals, union pull competing ballot measures

By Kristen Hwang, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California hospitals and the state’s largest health workers union reached an agreement Thursday to pull two competing initiatives from the November ballot hours before a state deadline. But a separate measure to impose a one-time tax on billionaires remains

Oklahoma Finishes 16th in Learfield Directors’ Cup

NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma finished 16th in the 2025-26 Division I LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup standings, marking the athletics department’s third-highest finish in the last 12 years, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics announced Thursday.   Oklahoma’s No. 16 finish ranks as the department’s eighth best since the Directors’ Cup began in