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After a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, generated thousands of tons of contaminated soil, the company responsible must find licensed facilities to take that waste. Gov. Kevin Stitt blocked a shipment to Oklahoma, but the EPA said his refusal is not legally permissible.

Oklahoma has one of the highest rates of female incarceration in the nation and in the world. One proposed bill could help address the issue.

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A bill that would prohibit corporal punishment of students with disabilities failed in the Oklahoma House, but the author plans to bring it to the floor again on Monday.

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Recent pushes from the Oklahoma legislature to target 2SLGBTQ+ issues in schools and medicine have mobilized some Oklahomans to fight back. StateImpact’s Beth Wallis has the story of the Transgender Action Choir, who is lifting their voices to speak up.

Starbucks Workers United said the National Labor Relations Board has investigated their complaints about the company’s federal labor violations at two stores in Oklahoma City, one in Nichols Hills, and one in Norman.

The executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs was fired late last week following a long history of tension between him and Governor Kevin Stitt.

Excerpted interview from the March 4th broadcast of The Weekend Blues

The Oklahoma House of Representatives censured a non-binary member for allegedly "harboring a fugitive" following an incident during protest of anti-transgender legislation.