Medicaid expansion campaign turns in 313,000 signatures, breaks record; $3.29 billion education budget request passes state board; State higher education funding cuts have pushed costs to students and worsened inequality, national report says;
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State superintendent's new budget request aims to restore state aid for Oklahoma public schools to 2009 level; McAlester students’ lunch debts on the rise; ‘Largest single-day commutation in nation’s history’ expected to take place in Oklahoma next month;
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Health Care Authority seeks Medicaid consultant to guide Stitt's health plan; Oklahoma Medicaid expansion supporters to turn in signatures on Thursday; Attorney general discusses implementation of Marsy's Law;
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‘Deeply Flawed’: Lawmakers urged to overhaul state’s bail bond system; Hundreds of DOC employees left off pay raise list; Some Medicaid costs avoided with Native American population, but that may not be enough to sway stakeholders;
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Legislators look to Stitt for health care plan to rival Medicaid expansion initiative; House legislators to increase oversight of state boards, commissions; Prisons average at least 1 assault daily, stats show;
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Attorney general to meet with tribes to discuss gaming compacts; Lawmakers wrestle with hepatitis C costs; Hundreds of inmates could be released by Thanksgiving;
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Major shakeup at Oklahoma Department of Corrections with board departures and agency staff moves; Advocates push for Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma; Oklahoma students working to keep music alive in low-income schools;
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Judge makes $107 million math error in Oklahoma’s opioid verdict; State regent resigns following criticims of his role in opioid appeal; After ‘punitive’ cut, legislative pay hiked for first time in 20 years;
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Oklahoma lawmakers work to address teacher pipeline; Experts tell Oklahoma lawmakers medication-assisted treatment for addiction not being used enough; Oklahoma Transportation Commission approves eight-year construction work plan;
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Stitt to pick next Supreme Court justice from three southeastern Oklahoma judges; Oklahoma's violent crime rate higher than average; Better data could reduce state’s incarceration rate;
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