The physician shortage: Lack of residency positions driving new doctors outside state; Pardon and Parole Board discusses implementation of new criminal justice reform; Applications being accepted for jail administrator position in Oklahoma County;
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Oklahoma AG hires Michigan law firm to aid state in gaming talks; Study finds 64% of Tulsa-area students lacked access to high-performing public schools in 2017-18; Higher education chancellor announces retirement; Hofmeister calls for greater student access to high-quality computer science;
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Year-end revenue reports show the way to keep moving Oklahoma forward; ‘Special interests will howl’: Stitt names new commissioner of health; Many Oklahoma DHS employees to receive 13% pay raises; Oklahoma Attorney General warns against at-home rape kits;
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Oklahoma’s juvenile crime and incarceration rates plummet, but we must address deep racial disparities; Lawmakers examine charter school funding and oversight policies; Funding inequity: Forum highlights disparities in school spending; Hofmeister testifies on Capitol Hill about challenges of student trauma;
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For 2nd straight year, Oklahoma sees increase in number of uninsured; Legislature considers whether to put the teeth back into HB 1017; Speaker McCall appoints Rep. Baker to serve on national education policy organization; State general revenue hits target in August despite gross production tax slide;
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Current jail employees air grievances at Oklahoma County Jail Trust meeting; Epic Charter Schools wants investigation of state senator, but pro tem says 'no plans for an investigation at this time'; Miami leaders call Inhofe amendment ‘unfair’;
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Recommendations for commuted prison sentences are up 1,300% and paroles up 41%. So what's changed? Department of Corrections faces psychologist staffing challenges; If Oklahoma expands Medicaid, it seems unlikely the state will operate the program;
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Oklahoma seeks to address lawyer shortage for abused and neglected children; Honor System: Agency tasked with continuing education of Oklahoma officers takes training ‘on good faith’; Health care working group seeks clarity on Medicaid expansion; More Oklahoma babies surviving to celebrate their first birthday;
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Former Epic teachers sue school over firing, alleging enrollment manipulation; TPS prepares for $20 million budget cut; community engagement events will be part of the process; Commission seeking to fill judicial vacancy;
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