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Visitors enter an emergency room at a rural Oklahoma hospital.

For 2nd Straight Year, Oklahoma Sees Increase In Number Of Uninsured

For just the third time this decade, more Oklahomans went without health coverage in the most recent year compared with the year before. The drop was…

Oklahoma Health Insurers Seek Large Rate Increases For 2016

Oklahomans who buy health insurance for next year from the largest insurer on the Affordable Care Act marketplace could face double-digit rate increases…

Local 5-Star Recruit Commits To The University Of Oklahoma

A five-star point guard from Norman North High School made his college decision on Thursday. Trae Young is staying close to home.Young said his decision…

Taft Middle School officials have suspended more than half the school's black students so far this school year.

District Audit Details Racial Discrepancy In Oklahoma City Schools Suspensions

With two months still left in the school year, administrators at Taft Middle School in Oklahoma City have already suspended more than half of their black…

The Illinois River flows around a recently fallen tree near one of the waterway's public access points.

Along The Watershed: The History And Future Of Oklahoma’s Scenic Rivers

There are more than 78,000 miles of rivers and streams in Oklahoma. But 200 of those miles are unique — Oklahoma’s scenic rivers.They are some of the…

Big bonuses, bigger risks: Oklahoma’s new teacher sign-on bonus program raises concern

Signing bonuses of as much as $50,000 are what Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said is needed to attract new and retired teachers to the classroom. That’s also what makes his new bonus plan a risky policy.

Janene Stewart, director of operations at Norman Regional Hospital, administers a COVID-19 vaccine in Norman on Feb. 22, 2021, the day teachers and adults with comorbidities became eligible to receive the vaccines.

Vaccinations, Drops In COVID-19 Cases Create Optimism In Oklahoma

State public health officials are feeling optimistic about the pace of vaccinations and lower cases and hospitalizations from COVID-19, leading to changes…

NRA’s Campaign Cash Is Only A Trickle In Oklahoma. Who Gets The Money?

In Oklahoma, it’s no secret that residents strongly support the Second Amendment and their right to own firearms.But despite Oklahoma’s image as a…

Workers at a COVID-19 test site in Norman placed patient paperwork on windshields until cars reached the front of the line. The information is then retrieved and matched up with a number on a test tube that will hold the sample taken through a nasal swab.

Five Oklahoma Takeaways From The White House 'Red Zone' COVID-19 Report

An internal White House report about states in the so-called "red zone" for COVID-19 includes Oklahoma and recommends mandating masks and closing bars and…

Why were Oklahoma Citians subjected to multiple sonic booms daily for months in 1964?

This month's How Curious dives into the story of what happened when Oklahoma City became the location of a bold experiment concerning sonic booms — a moment when science collided with everyday life. Through historical detail and voices from those who lived it, this episode looks at why the city became a testing ground, the surprising ripple effects on homes and businesses, and the larger questions it raised about progress and public trust.

Oklahoma's congressional delegation is steering clear of state politics when it comes to the gubernatorial race

With at least five declared candidates jumping into Oklahoma’s Republican gubernatorial primary, and more likely to announce, public support for anyone in the flooded field from the state’s congressional delegation is hard to find.

Could Goats Be The Solution To Oklahoma’s Red Cedar Problems?

Eastern Red Cedar trees are a menace to Oklahoma.As StateImpact has reported, “the volatile oils they contain can cause the trees to explode during…

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