Jessica joined OK Policy as a Communications Associate in January 2018. A Mexican immigrant, she was a Clara Luper Scholar at Oklahoma City University where she obtained a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy. Prior to joining OK Policy, Jessica worked at a digital marketing agency in Oklahoma City. She is an alumna of both the National Education for Women (N.E.W.) Leadership Institute (2013) and OK Policy's Summer Policy Institute (2015). In addition to her role at OK Policy, Jessica serves as a board member for Dream Action Oklahoma in OKC and communications director for Dream Alliance Oklahoma in Tulsa.
By: Jessica Vazquez
April 30, 2020 // Updated: April 30, 2020
Oklahoma Supreme Court referee hears arguments in absentee ballot dispute; State encourages businesses to report workers who refuse to return to jobs; Oklahoma has 3,473 known coronavirus cases and at least 214 deaths; [More...]
By: Jessica Vazquez
April 29, 2020 // Updated: April 29, 2020
Attorney General Requests Investigative Audit of COVID-19 Spending; Stitt: Oklahoma still on track to begin phased reopening Friday; Oklahoma among first to move to saliva tests; Gov. Stitt urges testing of asymptomatic people; [More...]
By: Jessica Vazquez
April 28, 2020 // Updated: April 28, 2020
Lawmakers expected to return to Capitol on Monday; Oklahoma prison agency reports a handful of Covid-19 infections as other state prisons see a surge; COVID-19: 2 more Oklahomans die from COVID-19, 27 more cases confirmed. [More...]
By: Jessica Vazquez
April 24, 2020 // Updated: April 24, 2020
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; [More...]
By: Jessica Vazquez
April 23, 2020 // Updated: April 23, 2020
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. [More...]
By: Jessica Vazquez
April 22, 2020 // Updated: April 22, 2020
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. [More...]
By: Jessica Vazquez
April 20, 2020 // Updated: April 20, 2020
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. [More...]
By: Jessica Vazquez
April 17, 2020 // Updated: April 17, 2020
Oklahoma Supreme Court orders Board of Equalization to respond to lawsuit by April 2; Safety & judicial agencies: Cuts discussed, effects reflect ‘how ill-prepared we were'; First-time unemployment claims decline for first time since COVID-19 hits economy; [More...]
By: Jessica Vazquez
April 16, 2020 // Updated: April 16, 2020
Stitt extends ‘safer at home’ order, sets earlier return of elective surgeries; Error from Stitt's office leads to inaccurate count of prisoners to be released; With less than a week remaining until deadline, Gov. Kevin Stitt still undecided on which ballot Medicaid expansion will appear; [More...]
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Oklahoma Supreme Court referee hears arguments in absentee ballot dispute; State encourages businesses to report workers who refuse to return to jobs; Oklahoma has 3,473 known coronavirus cases and at least 214 deaths; [More...]
Attorney General Requests Investigative Audit of COVID-19 Spending; Stitt: Oklahoma still on track to begin phased reopening Friday; Oklahoma among first to move to saliva tests; Gov. Stitt urges testing of asymptomatic people; [More...]
Lawmakers expected to return to Capitol on Monday; Oklahoma prison agency reports a handful of Covid-19 infections as other state prisons see a surge; COVID-19: 2 more Oklahomans die from COVID-19, 27 more cases confirmed. [More...]
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; [More...]
