StateImpact Oklahoma
StateImpact Oklahoma reports on education, health, environment, and the intersection of government and everyday Oklahomans. It's a reporting project and collaboration of KGOU, KOSU, KWGS and KCCU, with broadcasts heard on NPR Member stations.
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The commissioners voted in mid-June to deny a conditional use permit for a proposed solar farm near the town of Porter and the Arkansas River. -
A Missouri nonprofit that coordinated Title X federal family planning services in Oklahoma after the state lost its funding has had its Title X dollars restored following a three-month delay. -
A program promising much-needed mental health professionals for rural Oklahoma schools is on the chopping block of funding cuts from the Trump Administration. -
The nonprofits that get funding through the Oklahoma Life Foundation aren’t required to apply in a competitive process through the State Department of Health like groups the state funds directly. -
The decades-old organizations would be effectively discontinued, while a fraction of funding would move to a separate office. -
Oklahoma state officials announced junk food restrictions on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and stripped the state recommendation for fluoride in drinking water in a Thursday press conference. -
Members of the Oklahoma State Board of Education want more time to look over agenda supplementary materials before meetings. -
There’s no competitive bidding process through the state for pregnancy resource centers, faith-based groups and other nonprofits to get public money if they go through an organization like the Oklahoma Life Foundation. -
Survey answers and an associated study illuminate the attitudes and beliefs of residents statewide on water supply and climate issues. -
State Superintendent Ryan Walters released a memo to Oklahoma school districts Tuesday to follow his guidance on teaching the Israel-Iran conflict.
