Catherine Sweeney
Reporter for StateImpact OklahomaCatherine Sweeney grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and attended Oklahoma State University. She has covered local, state and federal government for outlets in Oklahoma, Colorado and Washington, D.C.
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An environmental advocacy group examined lead in schools across America, and it assigned Oklahoma a failing grade on its efforts to block the contaminant.
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Grocery prices are high right now, but they’re about to get even higher for more than half a million Oklahomans.
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The federal government is rolling back some Medicaid policies that kept hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans covered throughout the pandemic.
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The rate of babies born with syphilus is on the rise. Oklahoma lawmakers are looking to combat that.
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New research shows Oklahomans who have traditional health insurance don’t have reliable access to mental health services.
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Oklahoma lawmakers are considering exceptions to the state’s abortion laws, which are widely supported nationwide, but not necessarily commonplace.
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has taken his re-election as a mandate from conservative voters: grow school choice, cut taxes and ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
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The Stitt Administration has worked to usher in managed care, a model that brings insurance companies in to manage members’ health coverage. It is expected to launch in April 2024.
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Food costs are going to get even harder to deal with for hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans as another pandemic-related break for low-income earners and families comes to an end.
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The first Monday in February marks the beginning of the Oklahoma legislative session. And Oklahoma lawmakers are gearing up to consider more than 3,000 bills.