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'Connect the dots': Tulsa County COVID-19 cases soaring weeks after Trump rally, related large-scale events; Hofmeister says Trump threats to penalize states if schools choose not to open 'aren't helpful'; Panel: Trauma, systemic racism cause lower health outcomes for Black community; Children – the best investment we can make.

Amid coronavirus record highs, Tulsa braces for thousands to gather for Trump rally, protests; Norman council reduces police budget as cities confront calls to cut PD spending; COVID-19 spending website lacking despite state law;

PAC forms to oppose Medicaid expansion question; The Long Road To Oklahoma's Medicaid Expansion Vote; Trump rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa called ‘slap in the face’;

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?;

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;

Gov. vetoes hospital fee for Medicaid expansion; Thousands of Oklahomans facing eviction; Guymon processing plant linked to 440 COVID-19 cases;

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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In historic rebuke, Republican-controlled Oklahoma Legislature overrides Gov. Stitt's vetoes of general appropriations bill, funding measures; Senate passes 2 measures for Gov. Kevin Stitt's Medicaid expansion; State to begin next reopening phase despite testing issues.

Oklahoma budget bill remains unsigned as Gov. Kevin Stitt expresses concerns about agency increases; $416.2 million less than projected: Record shortfall hits Oklahoma general revenue in April; Bipartisan group to work with Gov. Stitt on spending CARES Act funds;