Adding 5-year residency rule on Oklahoma disability aid is unconstitutional, critics say; Legislative effort to block Medicaid privatization ends; Oklahoma House Advances Major Components Of FY22 Budget Plan;
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Big budget bills advance in ‘quite a rush’; Bill addressing disability services waiting list gets personal; Oklahoma governor announces end to extra unemployment money;
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Wherefore art thou budget bills; Senate Panel Passes Bill For Waiting Period On Services For Some With Intellectual Disabilities; Oklahoma identifies cluster of 17 cases of COVID-19 variant first detected in India;
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Corporate, personal income tax cuts included in $8.3 billion state budget; Oklahoma House leaders intend to fund privatized Medicaid if the Senate doesn’t approve a bill to halt the plan; State: K-12 Schools Likely Prohibited From Requiring Students Be Vaccinated Against COVID;
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Examining educational management organizations, charter school reform being negotiated; Centennial commission scolds governor; legislator says he's had enough; Adolescents ages 12 to 15 could begin receiving Pfizer vaccine in Oklahoma as early as Thursday;
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Pressure mounts on centennial commission as Tulsa Race Massacre anniversary approaches; State begins publishing COVID-19 variant data as it still ranks last in U.S. for genetic sequencing; House leadership taking up multicounty grand jury recommendations from Epic Charter Schools investigation;
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Stitt signs controversial bill limiting race, gender curriculum in schools; Medicaid proposal meant to rival Gov. Stitt's plan for managed care faces uncertain future; Advocates Say Stitt's End Of COVID Emergency Declaration Means Drop In SNAP Benefits For Thousands;
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COVID-19 On The Rise Among Kids In Oklahoma But Vaccine Could Be Available Soon; ‘Concerning trends’: Grand jury releases interim report on Epic Charter Schools; Local Health Care Worker Voices Concerns Over Privatized Managed Care Medicaid Expansion In Oklahoma;
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Two new hurdles make the initiative petition process more stringent in Oklahoma; Bill forbidding schools from teaching critical race theory divides Oklahoma educators, politicians; COVID-19: Oklahoma State Health Department to undergo reporting changes as cases hold steady across state;
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