COVID-19 hit rural Oklahoma communities harder, highlighting long standing disparities; Gov. Stitt to Enid leaders: Oklahoma is nearing ‘the end of COVID’; Oklahoma House passes McCall's tax measures;
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House passes bills to reduce personal, corporate income taxes; Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt to lift coronavirus restrictions, despite CDC warnings; Oklahoma Department of Corrections begin inmate vaccinations;
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State lawmakers divided over Medicaid expansion program; Epic co-founder's audit recommendations make it into legislation; Stavian Rodriguez shooting: 5 OKCPD officers charged with manslaughter;
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Eviction bill called ‘awful’ and ‘predatory’ considered in House; Bill that rolls back State Question 780 clears the Oklahoma Senate, laying out strong opposition to reform impetus; ‘Mental wellbeing’: State pens guidelines for restarting nursing home visits;
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Oklahoma to open up COVID-19 vaccine to essential workers, colleges and daycares; More groups attempt to weigh in on Oklahoma's partially privatized Medicaid plan; After racial justice protests, Oklahoma lawmakers push pro-police, anti-protest bills;
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As caccine supplies increase, Oklahoma opens next groups for COVID-19 shots; WHO recommends against hydroxychloroquine to prevent Covid-19, Oklahoma is stuck with piles of it; Tougher petition drive laws would constrict key citizen right;
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Watch Now: What is the impact of Oklahoma's COVID-19 deaths reporting change?; Air quality advisory issued for Northeast Oklahoma; Oklahoma introduces bill to roll back criminal justice reforms;
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By:
Dave Hamby
March 4, 2021 // Updated: March 4, 2021
Legislators must protect Oklahomans’ health care; Everything is bigger in Texas, including tax burdens; A bill to roll back aspects of Oklahoma criminal justice reform advances; Oklahoma virus deaths increased to conform with CDC count.
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House Republicans push to alter petition process after passage of SQ 802; Health official: Model predicts herd immunity likely with mask ordinance extension in Oklahoma City; Corporation Commission OK’s mechanism to defer some natural gas utility costs;
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A fair shot: Oklahoma County gets demographic data on vaccines; There's a 2,492-death discrepancy between the state's and the CDC's counts of COVID-19 deaths in Oklahoma. Here's why; OKC officials object to measure weakening local health department;
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