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Nearly six years ago, Oklahoma voters approved a state question to expand eligibility for Medicaid, also known as SoonerCare, to low-income adults. Now, state lawmakers want them to reconsider.
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The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
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Eliana Morales GilThe hugely popular prediction market was shut down by U.S. regulators in 2022 and re-opened in Panama, where it has benefited from tax and legal benefits for years. -
Carl TimponeKimberlé Williams Crenshaw helped name two contested ideas in U.S. politics — intersectionality and critical race theory. Her memoir chronicles the personal and legal framework for her thinking. -
Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty ImagesFuel is airlines' second-largest expense, and getting even costlier due to the U.S. war with Iran. Airlines are looking for ways to cope, starting by hiking checked baggage fees for most fliers. -
Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesFamilies in Norfolk, Va., await the return of roughly 15,000 sailors and Marines as the USS Ford continues a deployment that started more than 10 months ago.
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According to new data research, Oklahoma is falling short of more than 40 other states in getting more stopouts working-age adults who paused college with the intention of getting back on track toward graduation. -
Oklahoma’s teachers on the minimum salary schedule are closer to getting a pay bump after the Senate sent a bill to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s desk Monday. -
Rural hospitals are increasingly stepping in to fill gaps in the healthcare system, such as with swing beds. The services have become an opportunity and a lifeline to avoid closure. -
Oklahoma legislative Republican leaders have largely satisfied their agenda entering the last month of the 2026 session. But hundreds of bills still await final floor votes.
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An analysis by NPR suggests that frames from an iconic music video were used to generate content for a tweet by the FBI director. -
The federal government is offering local law enforcement incentives to join a program that gives their officers authority to make immigration arrests. Police leaders say the funds, which include money for salaries, equipment and vehicles, are enticing. -
After Canada changed a law opening up citizenship opportunities, thousands of Americans are trying to become citizens of their northern neighbor. It's partly for political and personal reasons.
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The U.S.-Israeli ceasefire with Iran somehow remains intact, despite tensions rising as both the U.S. and Iran vie for control over the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that has been under Iranian control since the start of the war over two months ago. -
Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program remain at an impasse in the war.
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Cuba is struggling through its worst economic and humanitarian crisis since the communist revolution, with the near-total collapse of its electric grid, severe fuel, food, and medicine shortages, and runaway inflation.
