By:
Dave Hamby
May 29, 2020 // Updated: May 29, 2020
Saturday school days approved for next school year in Oklahoma; COVID-19 infections rise inside two federal lockups in Oklahoma; Health department: State quadruples testing in May, positive results drop below 4%; How does Oklahoma count coronavirus recoveries? It’s not an exact science.
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By:
Dave Hamby
May 28, 2020 // Updated: May 31, 2020
The business case for Medicaid expansion; Medicaid expansion campaign kicks off with ads, tour; Rebuilding America: How will life in Oklahoma look after COVID-19?; Mask wearers facing partisan divide.
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State plans to hire fewer contact tracers than experts recommend; Lawmakers say path forward for Stitt health care plan is unclear; Will COVID-19 prompt “holdout states” to reconsider Medicaid expansion?;
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Unemployment agency head resigns, commission votes to move agency IT and ‘business practices’ under OMES; For first time in nearly three years, Oklahoma’s Commissioner of Health meets statutory requirements; 151 Comanche County jail inmates sent to prisons at Sayre, McLoud;
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Gov. vetoes hospital fee for Medicaid expansion; Thousands of Oklahomans facing eviction; Guymon processing plant linked to 440 COVID-19 cases;
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More than a third of surveyed Oklahomans report struggling to make housing payments; Nearly 200 evictions filed Monday as Oklahoma County courthouse reopens; As coronavirus spreads, Oklahoma’s largest jails could increase testing; Groups sue over absentee ballot requirements.
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DOC staff called on to help following outbreak at Comanche County jail; Texas County at 784 COVID-19 cases, into 3rd week as 'hot spot' in Oklahoma; COVID-19: Six more deaths reported as 91 new cases confirmed in Oklahoma; Gov. signs, vetoes several bills from this session.
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Comanche County Jail Under Quarantine; 126 Inmates, Staff Test Positive for COVID; 88 more cases confirmed with no new deaths reported in Oklahoma; Cost of living increase for state retirees awaits Governor's decision; Bill changes ‘corporate county welfare,’ but senators claim ignorance.
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By:
Dave Hamby
May 16, 2020 // Updated: May 16, 2020
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