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NonDoc journalists report on the civic realm in Oklahoma and beyond. Our site also publishes a variety of commentary pieces about civic matters. As a site category, “Civics” encompasses three subcategories: Education, Health Care and Politics.

Bill Citty

Q&A: Police chief Bill Citty — ‘Laws do not provide enough regulation of firearms’

As scrutiny on law enforcement increases following bad publicity about fatal shootings, rampant sexual misconduct and tenuous race relations across the country, police departments...
Oklahoma open records

Plaintiffs, robots cover Oklahoma open records lawsuit

How best should one write about Oklahoma's unabating Open Records Act violations? The best way, I suppose, would be whatever way most supports state compliance with a key pillar...
Stillwater tragedy

Stillwater tragedy highlights health insurance issues

The day before Thanksgiving, Stillwater Medical Center announced via press release that it will not bill patients who received care as a result of the Oct....
REAL ID

REAL ID: The little card that’s causing big problems

Before 2001, Oklahoma driver’s licenses and ID cards were nothing more than a laminated piece of paper. They featured only a photo, basic information, organ...
OCPA Impact

OCPA Impact: More than a ‘penny tax’ in Boren proposal

Much has been said about University of Oklahoma President David Boren’s proposal for a new, statewide, "one-cent" sales tax. A portion of proceeds from...
OKCPS

Uncomfortable convos for OKCPS: race, class, parenting

The most difficult and most emotional dispute in education is over the assessment of disciplinary consequences for student misconduct. The issue requires conversations about...
cuss words

Roundup: Cuss words, executions, football and budgets

Reggie Jackson has a potty mouth The OKC Thunder hosted their former disgruntled backup point guard Friday night, and the results were good for Thunder...
transgenerational trauma

Sooners aren’t causing your ‘transgenerational trauma’

Jumping the Shark is an idiom "used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in...
Oklahoma poll numbers

Roundup: Oklahoma poll numbers & Holtzclaw coverage

Notions of character likely to play key role in Holtzclaw trial As the ongoing saga of the Daniel Holtzclaw trial enters day 16, we, the...
Syrian refugees

On Syrian refugees, politics preempt Christian duties

Gov. Mary Fallin loves to shout from the rooftops about her faith in God. But she and her fellow Republicans aren’t the only ones...

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