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Oklahoma Health Officials Look To Refine Pandemic Death Reporting

Oklahoma public health officials are hoping to close a widening gap when it comes to recording deaths related to COVID-19.The late-2020 surge in…

Penny Reynolds, executive director of Sisu Youth, hopes to secure funding to open a 10-bed night shelter at Church of the Open Arms in Oklahoma City.

Many Beds For Oklahoma's Homeless Youths Remain Empty

The five bunk beds, each with a white pillow and tightly fitted sheets, sit empty in the basement of the Church of the Open Arms in northwest Oklahoma…

Josh Cantwell, Grand Lake Mental Health Center adult services administrator, demonstrates how the organization's iPad program works to help clients access treatment.

When Oklahoma Police Confront The Mentally Ill

Patricia Tompkins wanted help for her son, Eric Tompkins.Eric, 41, of Ardmore, was suffering from severe depression, according to statements made online…

The Legal Complications Of Oklahoma’s State Question To Constutionally Protect Farming

State Question 777 would create a constitutional right to farm and ranch in Oklahoma, giving the agriculture industry unique protection from the state…

Oklahoma communities large, small celebrate Pride Month with events

Oklahoma Pride events are taking place in urban and rural communities this month.

Record Rains Leave Oklahoma’s Inland Seaport Damaged And Dangerous

The McClellan-Kerr Navigation System that connects the Port of Catoosa — the nation’s furthest inland seaport — to the Gulf of Mexico is “a hell of a…

The Cleveland County courthouse in Norman, Oklahoma, where the state’s opioid trial will take place.

‘Precedent Setting’ Opioid Trial To Begin In Oklahoma

A case that could signal the outcome of a flood of litigation against opioid drug manufacturers begins May 28th in Oklahoma. The bench trial is poised to…

Capitol Insider: Tribes Hoping To Work With State Of Oklahoma On "Common Sense Solutions" to McGirt Issues

Tribal governments responding to the U.S. Supreme Court's 2020 decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma have looked to negotiation to resolve differences with the state of Oklahoma. Chickasaw Nation senior counsel Stephen Greetham discusses frustrations Native American tribes have experienced in pursuing tribal-state dialogue. In the previous episode of Capitol Insider our guest was Gov. Kevin Stitt's special counsel for McGirt matters, Ryan Leonard.

Oklahoma Sales Tax Exemptions: A Puzzling Roster Of Haves And Have-Nots

The National Rifle Association is exempt from the sales tax in Oklahoma. The American Civil Liberties Union is not.Organizations promoting the…

Corrections Director Robert C. Patton, seated at his desk in early 2014 shortly after taking over the department.

Does Oklahoma Corrections Chief’s New Job Violate State Law?

Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton’s quitting to take a job with a private prison company that contracts with his agency is raising…

President Obama delivers his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night before a joint session of Congress.

Oklahoma’s Governor, Congressional Delegation React To State Of The Union

Most of Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation and executive leadership criticized President Obama’s annual State of the Union address Tuesday night – some…

State Superintendent Ryan Walters said teachers who received bonuses in error from his administration might not have to return the money after all.

Oklahoma teachers may not have to return errant bonuses, Walters says

State Superintendent Ryan Walters said Wednesday errant bonuses his administration paid to educators might not have to be clawed back.

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