‘More questions’ after medical marijuana meeting
A complicated labyrinth of potential regulations surrounds Oklahoma's implementation of State Question 788. For at least one member of the Legislature's newly formed working...
Oklahoma might be able to crawl to the political middle
Having lived in Los Angeles as an actor and assistant to a screenwriter and producer – and then having lived in southwest Kansas as a...
In an era of inequity, more college financial aid is going to the rich
By Jon Marcus
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
ITHACA, N.Y. – Maya Portillo started life solidly in the middle class. Both her parents were...
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State Chamber touts OK2030 plan: ‘Somebody has got to lead’
If you're a civically engaged Oklahoman, you've heard the stats: Oklahoma has the lowest regional teacher pay; Oklahoma incarcerates more women than anywhere in...
Sheriff releases report on sexual harassment investigation into County Clerk David Hooten
(Editor's note: The following article includes graphic language detailed in the investigative report.)
A report summarizing a sexual harassment investigation into Oklahoma County Clerk David...
‘This dog don’t hunt’: CFO testimony leaves House ODMHSAS investigative committee frustrated
At the first House investigative committee hearing on the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services' financial issues, Commissioner Allie Friesen punted...
Bills re-create health care power of attorney law ‘inadvertently deleted’ last year
Oklahoma lawmakers are in the process of re-creating the durable health care power of attorney statutes they accidentally deleted last year.
Earlier this month, HB...
Test prep: ‘Feed the teacher, or he will eat the kids’
My first introduction to test prep was as a rookie teacher in 1992. Five educators with advanced degrees grew frustrated when analyzing a test...
‘It’s clearly unresolved:’ Lankford requests solution in hearing on Five Tribes’ Freedmen
During a U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing this afternoon regarding the descendants of slaves formerly held by the Muscogee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole...
Right To Work 14 years later: ‘It was an incredible campaign’
Across the nation, state legislatures and electorates are still debating one of the biggest issues in organized labor: Should private-sector unions be allowed to...
