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Kristin Wells
February 25, 2022 // Updated: February 25, 2022
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Kristin Wells
February 24, 2022 // Updated: February 24, 2022
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Ukraine crisis has far-reaching implications, says University of Tulsa professor; US Supreme Court reaffirms that McGirt is not retroactive; How Oklahoma’s classroom curriculum bans affect Black educators and families;
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Kristin Wells
February 22, 2022 // Updated: February 23, 2022
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State savings accounts rise, huge turnpike plan unveiled; OSBI seeks more agents for ‘overwhelming’ online child predator problem; House Republicans propose plan to get 95% of Oklahomans’ broadband coverage;
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Oklahoma fight over education heats up at state Capitol; Oklahoma wants to pay some teachers six figures. Here's how it would work;
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Kristin Wells
February 18, 2022 // Updated: February 18, 2022
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A lawsuit challenging Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocol is going to trial. Here’s what’s at stake; Lawmakers scrutinize state’s election system; Two New Paid Fellowships Announced for Fall 2022-2023;
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Kristin Wells
February 17, 2022 // Updated: February 17, 2022
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Policy Matters: Black History is Oklahoma history; Gov. Kevin Stitt appoints OKC doctor to Health Care Authority Board; Urban-rural divide at heart of bills to change ballot initiatives; Oklahoma death row inmate Gilbert Postelle to be executed Thursday;
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Kristin Wells
February 15, 2022 // Updated: February 16, 2022
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Oklahoma Empowerment Act advances on close vote, charter reforms move as well; Autopsy shows executed Oklahoma inmate John Marion Grant breathed in vomit; Watch Now: Oklahoma's daily COVID-19 deaths higher than ever as long-term patients die amid plummeting omicron wave;
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House subcommittee votes to bring back income tax triggers; The pandemic speeds a push to wean Oklahoma courts off crippling fees; Stitt appoints Sarah Lepak to State Board of Education;
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Kristin Wells
February 14, 2022 // Updated: February 14, 2022
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Teacher pay and ’empowerment’ accounts: Lawmakers debate education priorities; 'Immense relief': Military medical teams give needed support to OKC hospitals amid COVID wave; OK health leaders to host SoonerCare virtual town halls;
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Kristin Wells
February 11, 2022 // Updated: February 11, 2022
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Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall: 'I don't plan to hear' private school voucher bill; Corporation Commission OK's $675 million in fuel recovery costs for PSO from 2021 cold snap; Rebecca Hogue sentencing set for Friday afternoon;
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