State officials expand testing, tracing and defend COVID-19 spending; Coronavirus tests surge, but still fall short of recommendations; COVID-19 has affected almost 275,000 Oklahoma jobs, but governor says unemployment funds are 'limited' and pushes return to work.
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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;
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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;
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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.
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By:
Dave Hamby
April 27, 2020 // Updated: April 27, 2020
Oklahoma governor defends plan to reopen businesses; Tulsa preps to restart after Stitt declaration, but city's top health official concerned premature openings could create surge amid inadequate testing;
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By:
Dave Hamby
April 26, 2020 // Updated: April 26, 2020
Gov. Stitt asks for virus to be declared 'Act of God'; Tulsa's top health official concerned premature openings could create surge; COVID-19 fallout should renew debate over municipal funding.
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By:
Dave Hamby
April 25, 2020 // Updated: April 25, 2020
OKC, Tulsa to fall in line with state's reopening plan; Reaction from health officials, others; Jails at risk during outbreak; Nursing homes struggle to find protective equipment.
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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;
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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.
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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.
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