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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Drummond alleges that agency staff changed its language twice after it was published for a public comment period from Dec. 15 to Jan. 15. -
Conditions are expected to weaken Wednesday but build back up Thursday through Saturday. -
Drummond praises EPA proposal to roll back Biden-era rule on industrial chemical accident preventionOn Feb. 13, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to reduce regulations on facilities that use hazardous substances. -
What are health care sharing ministries, why do lawmakers want to give their members tax deductions?Oklahoma lawmakers advanced a bill that would create an income tax deduction for members of this community-based option to cover medical expenses. -
The Environmental Protection Agency has rolled back a key scientific standard called the endangerment finding. It was the basis for many federal greenhouse gas regulations. The repeal could affect Oklahoma. -
An audit of the State Department of Education under former Superintendent Joy Hofmeister, requested by Gov. Kevin Stitt, found no evidence of financial wrongdoing. -
Consumers are now navigating the consequences of this expiration with limited choices. -
Mustang Public Schools has suspended 122 students for demonstrating against ICE during the school day. -
Sen. James Lankford is cosponsoring a bill that would eliminate a tax contributing to the remediation of the country’s most contaminated lands. More than a dozen such sites are listed in Oklahoma. -
State Superintendent Lindel Fields and Secretary of Education Dan Hamlin responded Friday morning to an open letter from lawmakers calling for an investigation into student-led ICE protests.
