In The Know: Tracking Oklahoma’s prison population; OK rests case in opioid trial; Epic obtained personal info for OK teachers…

New online tool tracks Oklahoma's prison population. Oklahoma rests case in opioid trial against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson. To add hundreds of faculty, Epic Charter Schools obtained personal information of thousands of Oklahoma public school teachers. Early childhood advocates discuss hurdles to health care, education access.

In The Know: State Supreme Court puts business courts on hold | School districts brace for budget cuts amid federal funding freeze | Senators request interim study to rethink how Oklahoma cities are funded

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In The Know: Republican ‘megabill’ will lead to biggest Medicaid cuts in history, impact millions of Oklahomans | Trump administration freezes over $70 million in Oklahoma education funds | True patriotism means speaking up

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In The Know: Medicaid cuts will endanger the lives of Oklahomans | #okleg tax cuts now will create crisis later | Both sides claim victory after state Supreme Court ruling on meaning of House Bill 1775

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In The Know: Some ‘debtors’ prison’ fees have been eliminated for Oklahoma defendants | Muscogee Nation Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Freedmen citizenship | Results for June 10 special election

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Supreme Court, Oklahoma lawmakers weigh church-state boundaries (Capitol Update)

While the legislature was plowing its way through multiple bills toward this week’s deadline for floor passage of bills originating in the opposite chamber, issues of private religious faith in the public sector worked their way toward a conclusion. It has been a cardinal rule that public funding of private schools is prohibited by the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. 

In The Know: State Ed. Dept. to withhold funds from school districts failing to sign Title VI assurance | Oklahoma lawmakers work across the aisle to address high eviction rates | Fact-checking floor debate on HB 1539

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