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;
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;
With an eye on Texas, Oklahoma Speaker Charles McCall touts tax cut plans; Stitt administration defends federal coronavirus relief spending; Power providers to seek billions from Oklahomans in wake of storm;
Oklahoma State Medical Association to file legal challenge against state's managed care contracts; Oklahoma follows national trend of lower COVID-19 cases; Leaders: Legislature must focus on COVID-19 recovery;
COVID-19 deaths continue to mount in rural Oklahoma; Upping minimum wage, protecting gun rights among bills filed for Oklahoma's 2021 legislative session; Gov. Stitt says no budget shortfall ahead of upcoming session, talks Medicaid privatization; First-time state unemployment claims earlier this month were highest since August.
Despite opposition, Health Care Authority moves forward with $2B plan to privatize Medicaid; Budget Summit: State needs more revenue but needs to find it equitably; Arms Race: Why 62,000 doses of COVID vaccine sit frozen in Oklahoma;
As COVID cases soar, Oklahoma doctors are prepared to determine who receives care, and who doesn’t; Oklahoma school districts to keep quarantines, not on board with new state policy; Slow distribution by feds hampering local vaccine efforts;
Oklahoma is top 10 in two of four White House COVID-19 metrics as federal government publishes new data; Survey: Oklahoma educators ‘overwhelmed’ and ‘scared’; COVID-19 spikes follow in prisons after inmate transfers;
'A big relief': State expected to have $631.2 million more for upcoming budget; Oklahoma advises those infected with COVID-19 to do their own contact tracing as it shutters center; As the CDC discouraged holiday travel, Gov. Kevin Stitt urged tourists to visit Oklahoma;
Oklahoma expected to make teachers higher priority for vaccine; Stitt to announce new measures aimed at moving schools back to in-person learning; Video critical of Gov. Stitt's handling of COVID-19 making the rounds;
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