
StateImpact Oklahoma
Thursdays
StateImpact Oklahoma reports on the intersection of government and everyday Oklahomans with a focus on education, health, energy and environment, and criminal justice. StateImpact Oklahoma is a collaboration of NPR Member stations KGOU, KOSU, KWGS and KCCU.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond case next week. The case will decide whether the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School can be a state-funded public school. The lawsuit was brought by Oklahoma’s attorney general against the state charter school board that approved St. Isidore’s application.Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags
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As the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing approaches, a group of young musicians is connecting with the tragedy through performing themes of resilience. Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags
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April 19, 2025 marks 30 years since a bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. 168 people were killed — including 19 children — and hundreds more were injured. It forever shaped our community."That April Morning: The Oklahoma City Bombing" is a production of KOSU, KGOU, StateImpact Oklahoma and our partners with the Oklahoma Public Media Exchange.
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Since Oklahoma’s near-total abortion ban went into effect, providers and thousands of people who have left the state to receive care have experienced its impacts. A new group hopes to educate Oklahomans on those continued effects by bringing people from all walks of life together to have conversations about reproductive health care. Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags
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Thanks to a new law, schools across the state are now required to allow off-campus religious instruction during elective courses. Those courses are currently operational or in the final stages of development in at least six Oklahoma schools.Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags
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A report released this month states at least a third of the nation’s birds are in peril. Local community scientists are contributing information critical to understanding the decline.Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags
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Last week, wildfires raged across Oklahoma, claiming thousands of acres of land and hundreds of buildings. KOSU’s Sarah Liese reports for StateImpact that the flames also destroyed a historic church in Kiowa County, leaving a congregation to rebuild. Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags
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New Oklahoma Human Services rules approved this year require non-accredited five-star child care programs to provide proof of an accreditation application submission by April 10 and get nationally accredited by Sept. 1 — or face a star reduction tied to their reimbursements.Providers said the timeframe to comply with a process that typically takes one to two years is too short and could cost them thousands.Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags
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A book coming out next month argues the way states perform executions is inhumane. KOSU's Sierra Pfeifer talks to University of Richmond Professor Corinna Barrett Lain about her new book Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection, and Oklahoma's role in how the condemned are executed for StateImpact.Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags
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Over the next four years, the Well Done Foundation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife will plug more than 100 orphan wells on public land.Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags
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The state expected millions of dollars to plug wells abandoned by their owners. But the funds are in limbo under a new federal administration.Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags
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ECU debuted its first-ever doctoral program this January, which focuses on administrative issues in rural education.Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags