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Hunger in Oklahoma was the focus of an “Oklahoma Watch-Out” public forum, featuring Hunger Free Oklahoma Executive Director Chris Bernard; Katie Fitzgerald, CEO of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, and Leon Hill, Oklahoma City Public Schools executive director of operations services.
Two prominent mental-health experts and a state law-enforcement official offered insights on the continuing epidemic of fatal drug overdoses, which are rising again not only because of prescription painkillers, but also black-market methamphetamine and heroin.
Oklahoma Watch will host a free public forum on Tuesday, April 11, in Oklahoma City to discuss the state of health care in Oklahoma and the scenarios going forward after failure of an Obamacare replacement bill in Congress.
Watch a lively debate over school choice, featuring Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, and Alicia Priest, president of the Oklahoma Education Association, as panelists.
Watch the full video of our public forum on State Question 777, which would amend the state constitution to give agriculture extra protection. The forum featured Drew Edmondson, former state attorney general, and Roy Lee Lindsey, head of the Oklahoma Pork Council.
The debate was intense at an Oklahoma Watch-Out forum on Tuesday about State Questions 780 and 781, which would make significant changes to Oklahoma’s criminal justice system in an effort to lower felony incarceration rates.
Watch the video of the debate over State Question 779, featuring Amber England, executive director of Stand for Children Oklahoma, and Dave Bond, chief executive officer of OCPA Impact.
In a lively discussion, State Sen. Stephanie Bice and Retail Liquor Association of Oklahoma President Bryan Kerr talked about State Question 792 and its proposed changes to Oklahoma’s laws on sales of wine and strong beer.
Does he favor the death penalty and resuming executions? Could the prison system be taken over by the federal government? At our latest Oklahoma Watch-Out forum, Interim Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh discussed these and other questions.
Meteorologist Gary England and Department of Emergency Management Director Albert Ashwood talk about storm protection, home and school shelters, TV weather communications, disaster aid and much more.