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In The Know: Unemployment impacts on workers, employers | Okla. bottom 10 for vaccine | Addressing over-incarceration

Oklahoma Cut Off Federal Unemployment Benefits Early But Workers are Struggling to Find Jobs; Oklahoma is in the bottom 10 states for COVID-19 vaccines. Could politics be to blame?; Lawmakers oppose employer vaccine mandates; [More...]

In The Know: How evictions might spike in July | A look at Medicaid expansion enrollees | Federal funds released to schools

A decade in the making, Medicaid expansion takes effect in Oklahoma; How Oklahoma evictions might spike after July; Feds release final portion of $1.4 billion in stimulus funds for Oklahoma's schools; [More...]

In The Know: Lifting Oklahoma children out of poverty | Okla. drug overdose deaths increasing | New virus case avg. nearly doubles

COVID-19 in Oklahoma: Average of new cases nearly doubles; hospitalizations back to March levels; [More...]

In The Know: Hospitalization rates rising in NE Oklahoma | Contentious McGirt forum ends early | More

In northeast Oklahoma hospital, beds are full again as COVID-19 delta variant takes hold; Contentious McGirt forum ends early after shout-down from audience; Stitt taps former company exec to serve as Oklahoma’s COO; [More...]

In The Know: State Ed Board approves ’emergency’ rules about implementing HB 1775 | Medicaid expansion and health equity | More

Oklahoma board approves rules banning certain race theories; Tulsa Race Massacre's ongoing health impact, Medicaid expansion, to be focus of upcoming virtual discussion; State Health Commissioner Not For Or Against Hospital Workforce COVID Vaccine Mandates; [More...]

In The Know: Lawsuit seeks to reinstate additional unemployment benefits | State’s rural suicide rate increasing | More

Lawsuit seeks to reinstate additional pandemic federal unemployment benefits for Oklahomans; State sees rise in suicides during pandemic with rural areas seeing greater increase; Delta variant main concern of health officials in Oklahoma, but its full spread is unclear; State sees rise in suicides during pandemic with rural areas seeing greater increase. [More...]

In The Know: Budget cuts reducing access to state services | Testing for lead in water at schools, day cares | Turning the tide on evictions

Turning the tide on evictions: Using federal aid, support to reduce Oklahoma’s eviction crisis; Budget cuts have reduced access to social services in some of Oklahoma’s poorest communities; Is There Lead in the Water? Thousands of Schools and Day Cares Haven’t Found Out; [More...]

In The Know: Reliable internet in rural Oklahoma | State’s new virus case count among nation’s highest | Human costs of eviction

Rural Oklahoma is among the hardest hit in the U.S. by a lack of fast, reliable internet; Oklahoma lawmakers ask Gov. Kevin Stitt to delay Fort Supply prison closure; COVID-19: Hospitalizations rise as state now among national leaders in new cases, positivity rate; [More...]

In The Know: Protecting Medicaid expansion | Uptick in hospital admission rate | Delta variant confirmed in NE Oklahoma

Campaign Manager For Medicaid Expansion Ballot Measure; Amid uptick in cases, Oklahoma sees high hospital admission rate for COVID-19 patients; [More...]

In The Know: Increasing awareness about new health care coverage | Improving child vaccination rate | Getting child well-being out of bottom 10

Hundreds of Thousands of Oklahomans Can Now Get Free Health Care. Do They Know That?; Health officials 'not satisfied' with COVID-19 vaccination rates among children; Deep-red Oklahoma legalizes needle exchanges; [More...]

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