As the government shutdown continues, new benefits will not be issued and even current ones are up in the air.
Author Archives: Libby Hobbs
Libby Hobbs is the cost of living reporter at the Tulsa Flyer. Libby is a proud graduate of the University of Georgia, where she studied journalism and music. She wrote for The Red & Black, an independent, student-run newspaper serving the Athens area, earning an award from the Georgia Collegiate Press Association for an editorial about China’s end to international adoptions. Libby also wrote for The Oglethorpe Echo, which serves a rural county of 15,000 people in Georgia. Before moving to Tulsa, Libby spent a summer in New York City interning for The New York Times through the Dow Jones News Fund program. Now, she writes stories about everything having to do with Tulsans’ wallets.
15,000-plus Tulsans at risk of losing food benefits if government shutdown continues
Funding for a program feeding women and children may run dry, but Oklahoma has enough money for the next few weeks.
Bills could rise as PSO considers billion dollar investment in power grid
Tulsans could see potential monthly increases of $1.13 in 2026. That could reach $10.34 by 2029.
Bills could rise as PSO considers billion dollar investment in power grid
Tulsans could see potential monthly increases of $1.13 in 2026. That could reach $10.34 by 2029.

