By:
Kristin Wells
February 22, 2022 // Updated: February 22, 2022
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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By:
Kristin Wells
February 18, 2022 // Updated: February 18, 2022
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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By:
Kristin Wells
February 17, 2022 // Updated: February 17, 2022
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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By:
Kristin Wells
February 15, 2022 // Updated: February 16, 2022
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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By:
Kristin Wells
February 14, 2022 // Updated: February 14, 2022
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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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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By:
Kristin Wells
February 10, 2022 // Updated: February 10, 2022
Pandemic spending at the Oklahoma Health Department violated the state constitution, an audit found; 'We can't put COVID-19 in the rearview' yet: Oklahoma COVID-19 cases hit 1 million mark; Budget choices have dramatically shifted college costs to students, families (Capitol Update);
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Tulsa wants clarification on grocery tax elimination proposal; Gov. Kevin Stitt seeks millions for Oklahoma business incentives, marketing campaign; Rep. Kyle Hilbert chosen to be Oklahoma House's new speaker pro tem;
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Stitt pitches higher teacher pay and vouchers, says ‘justice’ jeopardized by reservation jurisdiction; Gov. Kevin Stitt unveils nearly standstill budget; Mayor, city council, school board seats to be decided across Oklahoma on Tuesday;
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