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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 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.
A new law intended to give defendants a fairer chance in the justice system is proving a double-edged sword.
For just the third time this decade, more Oklahomans went without health coverage in the most recent year compared with the year before. The drop was slight, but could factor into discussions of proposals to expand Medicaid or make other policy changes.
Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman awarded the state of Oklahoma $572 million to address the effects of the opioid epidemic. But questions remain over how, when and whether Oklahoma will get a chance to spend the money.
The question of whether to expand Medicaid and extend health insurance to thousands of Oklahomans promises to be a major topic over the next year. Here are some of the facts you need to know.
An Oklahoma Watch review of court records since 2016 found that dozens of hospitals across the state have filed at least 22,250 lawsuits against their former patients over unpaid medical bills. In many of those cases, the hospitals have garnished wages to collect anywhere from a few hundred dollars to more than $10,000.
Do hospitals in Oklahoma sue patients over unpaid bills more than in other states?
A company headed by a Republican state House member was paid tens of thousands of dollars to help throw a lavish party in honor of House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, raising conflict-of-interest questions.