By:
Dave Hamby
June 8, 2020 // Updated: June 8, 2020
Protests continuing in communities across Oklahoma; Gov. Stitt hosts televised discussion on race; COVID-19 cases up 8% during Phase 3; Capitol Update: Building a new momentum.
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By:
Dave Hamby
June 5, 2020 // Updated: June 5, 2020
Unemployment in most metro areas tops 15%, data shows; Progress made in clearing jobless claims backlog, but agency declines to say how many awaiting a call back; These hospitals pinned their hope on private management companies. Now they're deeper in debt; Legislative leaders ask state Supreme Court to intervene in tribal gaming lawsuit.
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AG: Local COVID-19 data can be released; Report showed OKC had second highest rate of police killings in nation: Police chief called it flawed, media fact checked it; State education department releases framework to reopen schools; What you need to know about voting June 30.
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City councils in Tulsa and OKC to consider calling for moratorium on evictions; OSDH to again release COVID-19 cases for all counties; numbers increase by 119 Tuesday; Twenty Years After It Became a Crime, Racial Profiling Charges Remain Scarce;
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Oklahoma pulls back on releasing coronavirus data; Oklahoma County jail inmate tests positive for COVID; Stitt calls National Guard to OKC, Tulsa; SQ 805 supporters submit signatures to state.
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Tulsa Race Massacre Remembered
The 99th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre was commemorated, which brought national attention in light of nationwide protests about racism in America. Below are articles from Tulsa and publications from around the nation.
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Thousands of Oklahomans protest racism, police brutality; 99th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre commemorated; Oklahoma pulls plug on plan to expand Medicaid by July 1.
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By:
Dave Hamby
May 29, 2020 // Updated: May 29, 2020
Saturday school days approved for next school year in Oklahoma; COVID-19 infections rise inside two federal lockups in Oklahoma; Health department: State quadruples testing in May, positive results drop below 4%; How does Oklahoma count coronavirus recoveries? It’s not an exact science.
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By:
Dave Hamby
May 28, 2020 // Updated: May 31, 2020
The business case for Medicaid expansion; Medicaid expansion campaign kicks off with ads, tour; Rebuilding America: How will life in Oklahoma look after COVID-19?; Mask wearers facing partisan divide.
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State plans to hire fewer contact tracers than experts recommend; Lawmakers say path forward for Stitt health care plan is unclear; Will COVID-19 prompt “holdout states” to reconsider Medicaid expansion?;
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