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Oklahoma Senate Republicans unveiled their plan to attract and keep teachers, and Senate Bill 364 is getting a lot of attention — it would mandate 12 weeks of paid maternity leave for full-time school employees. Teacher moms around the state shared their stories with StateImpact’s Beth Wallis.

Oklahoma has one of the highest hepatitis C virus rates in the country. That's one of the reasons why the Cherokee Nation is gearing up a new harm reduction program in Tahlequah.

The first Monday in February marks the beginning of the Oklahoma legislative session. And Oklahoma lawmakers are gearing up to consider more than 3,000 bills.

The Oklahoma Legislature is back in session on Feb. 7. Managing editor Logan Layden led a discussion with the StateImpact Oklahoma reporters on what they’ll be covering

A University of Oklahoma professor is leading a team that uses artificial intelligence to better understand bat populations and predict betacoronavirus transmission to humans.

A study out of the U.K. raises questions about the environmental and health impacts of single-use, disposable face masks.

Ponca City Schools is one district leveraging funds for coronavirus relief to make much-needed repairs

StateImpact’s Robby Korth and OPMX's Kateleigh Mills spoke with an Oklahoma City metro teacher about her experience catching the coronavirus and missingmore than a week of classes.

Poteau Public Schools was a big recipient of the state's $35 million Counselor Corps initiative.

The highly contagious delta coronavirus variant poses several risks to Oklahomans, and doctors are seeing some differences between it and old strains of the virus.