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In The Know: State’s financial recovery could take years | Health department disbands COVID unit | Eviction crisis still looms large

Experts: For many, financial recovery could take years; Health department disbands unit responding to COVID-19; Oklahoma reports new highs in COVID-19 hospitalizations; [More...]

In The Know: Transparency vital to evaluating hospital capacity | Lawmakers urged to take active role in economic recovery | State considers outsourcing Medicaid care

Public health officials evaluating COVID-19 impact say transparency is critical to determine hospital bed capacity; State lawmakers warned there's work to do with v-shaped recovery off the table; [More...]

In The Know: Managed care is bad investment for Oklahoma | COVID cases surging in rural OK | Gov. appoints agency heads

Oklahoma takes first step to outsource care for most Medicaid recipients; COVID cases continue to surge in rural Oklahoma; [More...]

In The Know: Virtual school board member related to Epic co-founder | Oklahoma Top 10 for new virus cases | Voters should focus on facts

Statewide Virtual Charter School Board member is relative of Epic co-founder; Oklahoma ranks top 10 in weekly cases, positivity rates as U.S. averages trend up, White House report says; September GRF collections mark second month above estimate; [More...]

In The Know: ICU bed shortage in OKC | Virus spreading in Tulsa County jail | Board moves forward with Epic contract termination

Pandemic, staffing shortage shut down ICU beds in OKC; COVID-19 numbers surging in rural Oklahoma as hospitalization numbers reach record levels; Statewide Virtual Charter School Board votes to begin contract termination process against Epic Charter Schools [More...]

In The Know: State board considers terminating Epic contract | State COVID-19 cases tops 100,000 | Misinformation about SQ 805

Tulsa-based nonpartisan group addresses misinformation about SQ805; Virtual school board could consider terminating Epic contract today; Confirmed coronavirus cases in Oklahoma soar past 100,000; [More...]

In The Know: Gov. facing opposition for Medicaid privatization proposal | Hospitalizations reach new highs | Evictions create difficult choices

Gov. Kevin Stitt seeks to privatize Medicaid, faces early opposition; Oklahoma's COVID-19 hospitalizations reach new highs 4 of 5 nights; Small towns, suburbs across state lead weekly hotspots; [More...]

In The Know: Voting by mail increasing in state | Interim study examines racial relations | Ensuring Medicaid expansion delivers full potential

Ensuring Medicaid expansion delivers on its full potential; Policy Matters: Blood sport politics has weakened state, country; Voting by mail increases exponentially in Oklahoma; Oklahoma House studies race relations, police and criminal justice reform [More...]

In The Know: State virus rate improves, but still top 10 | Historic demand for absentee ballots | State pandemic center announced

Oklahoma's COVID-19 rankings improve, but White House task force says there have been 'many preventable deaths'; Are Oklahoma hospitals nearing ICU capacity due to COVID-19?; Oklahoma's voter registration deadline coming up Friday; [More...]

In The Know: Health officials worried about hospital capacity, staffing | State finalizing vaccine plan | Voter registration deadline Friday

Record numbers of COVID-19 patients hospitalized two weeks after Oklahoma declined to renew overflow contracts; Oklahoma health officials finalizing state's COVID vaccine plan; [More...]

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