J.C. Hallman
J.C. Hallman is a Tulsa-based freelance journalist and frequent Oklahoma Watch contributor.
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Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready denied a request for a public hearing on homeowners insurance competitiveness in April, then called for an identical hearing six weeks later. Critics say the reversal came too late and with too many caveats, including Mulready declaring the market competitive before the hearing even takes place.
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'Covered up quick': How a fatal Panhandle crash involving a drug task force officer was investigatedAn eight-year-old girl lay undiscovered for six hours after a Guymon crash that killed her and her grandfather when a drug task force officer's vehicle, traveling 85 mph in a 70 mph zone, struck their car. Records show a haphazard investigation, no photos taken, no interviews conducted and an incomplete collision report.
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State Farm whistleblower and Oklahoma native Ina DeLong left a binder of damning documents with Oklahoma City attorney Charles Weddle — then she disappeared.
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Was Lt. Bob Stewart an impulsive suicide or the victim of something more nefarious? His daughter, Morgan Stewart, conducted her own investigation to find out and was left with troubling questions about the toxic fallout that descends on law enforcement officers who call out corruption among their own ranks.
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A retired federal administrative law judge in Edmond found himself caught in State Farm's alleged hail claim scheme after the insurer denied his roof claim, refused to share the adjuster's report and threatened to cancel his coverage if he didn't pay for a new roof himself.
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Dramatic confrontations in the stories of Rena Denton and Estelle Simonton expose ignorance of eldercare law among Oklahoma eldercare professionals and betray the inadequacy of guardianship laws and resources.
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Trena Moser’s case exposes small-town conflicts of interest, pressure to inform and questions over justice in Oklahoma’s panhandle.
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Puzzled weather experts wondered whether that might be an excuse to stifle questions, as the data used to blame hail shows the opposite: Oklahoma has had less hail than states with lower rates.
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The Prison Journalism Project found a willing partner in Kay Thompson, DOC's communications chief. The former reporter gave approval and support to the projects.