OKC Curfew Enforcement, Stephanie Bice's Senate Seat, Stopped Trains & More [25:11-27:27]

beauty of kind of tying all of that together from a historical perspective i think of is something that uh all Oklahoma's not just the folks that are there working every day inside that building and doing the people's business but every school child that visits on that trip uh to see the capital to every a visitor from uh not only all 50 states but from around the time and um experience that i think uh i think it reflects well in all of us and i applaud the great efforts that have been done by the uh by the folks that are working on on this project and and the manhattan construction uh company in particular who have uh i think been the you know the shepherds of much of much of the uh the work that's been done and well unlike niva said i love that dynamic of old and new uh and both the the seal and the guardian were were cast at the same foundry uh the foundry in Norman uh you know one of one of my first jobs out at the state capital was working for my friend and mentor state senator kelly heinie and uh it was right around the time that he had completed the guardian and they put it out on the the north steps of the capital and i got to stand out there and and help bring people like niva said not just from oklahoma and all 50 states from but people from around the world to come up and take a photo with the guardian while it was still in the north steps uh before was placed on top of the dome and so to to know that you know you've got that that old and new uh contrast there it's it's really really exciting and niva and ryan's comments do not necessarily reflect the views of k oes u it's staff or management programs like this are made possible through support from k oes u members who are listeners like you consider a gift to k oes u in support of this week in oklahoma politics at k oes u dot org get the news that matters to oklahomas when you subscribe to the k oes u daily podcast here political and educational news and so much more and about 10 minutes every weekday k oes u's michael cross will take you through the news of the day so you can be more informed and connected subscribe to the k oes u daily at k oes u dot org on the npr app or your favorite podcast app