Earmarks: Oklahoma

Here are the earmarks identified for Oklahoma, which total $6,610,000. Check out the earmarks for your state and then call your congressman and ask if he or she sponsored any of your state's earmarks. If the answer is yes, ask why the congressman's name isn't on the earmark. If you recognize the institution designated to receive the earmarked tax dollars, call them and ask them what they intend to do with your money.

Then email us at info@examiner.com with the subject line "Earmarks" and tell us what you found out.

Amount City Description
$750,000 Shawnee Unity Health Center for an electronic medical records program
$750,000 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for facilities and equipment
$500,000 Oklahoma City Oklahoma State University to fund a pilot program for training nurse's aides specializing in long-term care facilities
$500,000 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation, to support the "College for All" pilot program for at-risk youth
$500,000 Seminole Seminole State College for technology equipment
$400,000 Oklahoma City INTEGRIS Health Systems, for equipment at rural hospitals
$360,000 Stonewall Stonewall Primary Care Clinic for facilities and equipment
$300,000 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation for community education & outreach programs at the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum
$300,000 Jay Boys & Girls Club of Delaware County for equipment and operating expenses for programs to improve diet, physical activity and emotional health
$300,000 Durant Southeastern Oklahoma State University for materials, equipment and technology
$300,000 Weatherford Southwestern Oklahoma State University to develop new manufacturing entrepreneurs through the Western Oklahoma Business Commercialization Center
$250,000 Norman Norman Regional Hospital for health information technology equipment and upgrades
$250,000 Tulsa University of Tulsa for the Center for Information Security, including purchase of equipment
$200,000 Tulsa Oklahoma State University for the Center for Health Sciences for telemedicine and Distance Learning for equipment
$200,000 Tulsa Oklahoma State University for the Center for Health Sciences for telemedicine and a distance learning network for rural hospitals and clinics
$200,000 Tulsa University of Oklahoma-Tulsa for facilities and equipment for the Simulation Center
$150,000 Tishomingo Family Health Center of Southern Oklahoma, for facilities and equipment
$150,000 El Reno Redlands Community College for nursing curriculum
$150,000 Midwest City Rose State College for technology upgrades to the Atkinson Heritage Center
$100,000 Choctaw Choctaw Elementary School, for equipment for the Dreamcatcher Playground project

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