Supreme Court to review ICWA case; Oklahoma gives electric vehicle manufacturer $15 million from state’s ‘Quick Action Closing Fund’; Expert challenges Oklahoma execution protocol as federal trial starts;
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Kristin Wells
February 28, 2022 // Updated: February 28, 2022
Claiming out-of-state influences, Oklahoma looks to clamp down on State Question laws; Federal trial over Oklahoma execution protocol starts Monday, with challengers claiming 'cruel and unusual punishment'; Rallies for Ukraine held in Tulsa, Oklahoma City; Cherokee chief condemns Russian attack;
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Kristin Wells
February 25, 2022 // Updated: February 25, 2022
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Kristin Wells
February 24, 2022 // Updated: February 24, 2022
Ukraine crisis has far-reaching implications, says University of Tulsa professor; US Supreme Court reaffirms that McGirt is not retroactive; How Oklahoma’s classroom curriculum bans affect Black educators and families;
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Kristin Wells
February 22, 2022 // Updated: February 23, 2022
State savings accounts rise, huge turnpike plan unveiled; OSBI seeks more agents for ‘overwhelming’ online child predator problem; House Republicans propose plan to get 95% of Oklahomans’ broadband coverage;
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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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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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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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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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