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With the 2020 general election just over a year away, President Donald Trump holds a commanding lead in the battle to secure campaign contributions from Oklahoma donors. Bernie Sanders leads among Democrats.
The recent deaths of two football players in Oklahoma schools ignited new questions about whether school sports are safe enough to play, and what can be done. Experts will discuss the issue and take audience questions at a free Oklahoma Watch forum Oct. 22 in Oklahoma City.
Parents are suing Epic Charter Schools because the virtual school involuntarily unenrolled their children saying they can’t be enrolled at the same time in Epic and a private school. The parents say the prohibition, which is part of Epic’s contract with the state, violates the state Constitution.
The number of illegally used or owned guns taken off the streets in Oklahoma’s two most populous cities continues to increase. Police say they are watching to see of the new permitless-carry law will result in higher gun seizures.
Oklahoma’s fast-growing medical marijuana market is also swelling state and local tax revenue, but not evenly across the state.
Undiagnosed or untreated mental illness in her family plagued First Lady Sarah Stitt’s childhood. But now, as this interview shows, she is telling her story in an effort to bring about change.
Oklahoma lawmakers are in the early stages of planning for the decennial redistricting process. University of Oklahoma professor Keith Gaddie talks about what redrawing the lines could mean for urban and rural districts.
Oklahoma’s indigent defense system seems perpetually on the verge of crisis, as attorneys often find themselves in “triage” mode trying to provide representation to low-income defendants.
Gary Cox, picked by Gov. Kevin Stitt to lead the state Health Department, lacks a degree required by law to fill the position. As with the Land Office secretary, Stitt plans to seek a change in law to amend the requirements.
In classrooms across Oklahoma, students are taught to read using a theory that has been discredited by decades of research by brain scientists.
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s pick to head the Commissioners of the Land Office lacks the advanced degree needed to become permanent secretary and has owned a company involved in legal disputes over oil and gas leases.
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services’ counts of child maltreatment present a conundrum: How could cases of abuse plummet over six years while cases of neglect soar?