By:
Dave Hamby
April 27, 2020 // Updated: April 27, 2020
Oklahoma governor defends plan to reopen businesses; Tulsa preps to restart after Stitt declaration, but city's top health official concerned premature openings could create surge amid inadequate testing;
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By:
Dave Hamby
April 26, 2020 // Updated: April 26, 2020
Gov. Stitt asks for virus to be declared 'Act of God'; Tulsa's top health official concerned premature openings could create surge; COVID-19 fallout should renew debate over municipal funding.
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By:
Dave Hamby
April 25, 2020 // Updated: April 25, 2020
OKC, Tulsa to fall in line with state's reopening plan; Reaction from health officials, others; Jails at risk during outbreak; Nursing homes struggle to find protective equipment.
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COVID-19: 'We're still going to get it. … But we do need to slowly and measurably be opening,' Gov. Stitt says; First-time jobless claims in Oklahoma dip by 26%; total unemployment filings at 40,297; This Oklahoma hospital has only 8 nurses left. They double as the janitors;
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Gov. Stitt details plan to re-open Oklahoma businesses; White House: Oklahoma among worst states for virus testing capacity; Oklahoma doctors, mayors react to Stitt reopening plan.
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Oklahoma AG Mike Hunter says Gov. Stitt's new tribal gaming compacts 'not authorized' by state law; As Stitt eyes reopening businesses, new cases and deaths spike higher; Advocates say Oklahoma’s critical care guidelines discriminate against those with disabilities for COVID-19 care.
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‘Tough decisions’: Stitt projects $1.3 billion drop, legislators want the math; Agency submits Medicaid waiver to impose work requirements, charge premiums; U.S. crude prices plummet to negative $37.
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Equalization Board meeting set for Monday in response to Oklahoma Supreme Court order; Coronavirus in Oklahoma: 2,599 confirmed cases, 140 deaths; Dr. Michael Maxwell: Want more personal responsibility from Oklahoma's working poor? Medicaid expansion gets us there.
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By:
Dave Hamby
April 19, 2020 // Updated: April 19, 2020
Flood of evictions expected to hit Oklahoma; Remembering the OKC Bombing 25 years later; COVID-19 restrictions ignite fears endemic to U.S. history, culture.
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By:
Dave Hamby
April 18, 2020 // Updated: April 18, 2020
Gov. Stitt sets SQ 802 election date on Medicaid expansion; some Oklahoma businesses may reopen in May, officials say; a sudden rise in coronavirus cases is hitting rural states without stay-at-home orders.
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