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In a surprise move for the first week of the legislative session, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Charles McCall has announced a school choice bill authored by Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat will not be heard in the House.

A bill that would direct tax dollars into an account to help parents pay for private school tuition met stiff opposition, and defeat, in the Oklahoma Senate.

KGOU's spring fundraiser is coming up, beginning April 2. Now is the time for listeners to show their support by donating at www.kgou.org. Thank you for keeping KGOU going.

Airdate: Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 12 p.m.

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Six years after pausing the administration of the death penalty in the state, Oklahoma carried out an execution on Thursday that did not go according to plan. During injection of the three-drug cocktail, inmate John Grant convulsed more than two dozen times and vomited, before losing consciousness and dying in the execution chamber. Witnesses described a gruesome sight, and the Grant execution casts doubt over the next executions the state is planning, including that of Julius Jones.

We close the year with a discussion of the top ten stories of the year in Oklahoma, beginning this week with numbers ten through six.

As KGOU nears its goal of helping provide meals to needy Oklahomans during the season of giving, we say thanks and look ahead to 2022.

In the final Capitol Insider segment of 2021, Dick and Shawn discuss the top five political and government stories of the year in Oklahoma.

The latest figures for the State of Oklahoma's General Revenue Fund indicate a dramatic increase in funding - more than a third higher than estimates - fueled by a strong economy.