StateImpact Oklahoma

Oklahoma’s House of Representatives passed a measure that would make it easier for teachers to have guns in the classroom, late Tuesday.House Bill 2588,…

Oklahoma has opened its coronavirus vaccine eligibility to phase 3, which means most Oklahomans are now eligible.During a Monday briefing, state health…

The Oklahoma State House approved a bill Wednesday that attempts to phase police out of some mental health crisis transports and allow officers to use…

Monday was the first day most teachers and school support staff in Oklahoma could be vaccinated for COVID-19.State schools superintendent Joy Hofmeister…

Oklahoma has made some big changes to its justice system in recent years. Activists and lawmakers proposed big picture reforms and some of the suggestions…

Oklahoma lawmakers have their work cut out for them on the health front.The Legislature will have to fund Medicaid expansion and likely a managed Medicaid…

The COVID-19 pandemic turned education on its head.Measures introduced in the 2021 session are designed to combat new issues faced by schools because of…

Oklahoma is fundamentally transforming how it uses Medicaid, despite major opposition from the medical community and from the Legislature. Medicaid is the…

More than one million Oklahomans will soon be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine as the state is moving forward into the next stages of its vaccine…

It appears Oklahoma teachers, who were bumped up a priority group in December, may start receiving COVID-19 vaccinations by the end of the month.Gov.…