Oklahoma Watch (https://oklahomawatch.org/series/qa/)
Oklahoma Watch interviews state. Rep. Jason Nelson about his bills that would allow low- and middle-income families to use state funds for private educational services and parents to force dramatic changes at public schools.
Albert Ashwood, Oklahoma’s emergency management chief, tells Oklahoma Watch’s Warren Vieth that even at a cost of $500 million to $1 billion, adding a safe room to every school in the state can be done.
J.D. Strong, who directs the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, talks about the severity of the drought, climate change, water disputes and whether Oklahoma could suffer another Dust Bowl.
Oklahoma Commissioner of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Terri White talks about the issue, including what the state can do to prevent tragedies like Sandy Hook and why she thinks her agency deserves a bigger slice of the state budget..
Now that Gov. Mary Fallin has rejected the Obama administration’s Medicaid expansion proposal, she has asked Commissioner of Health Terry Cline to help her devise an “Oklahoma solution” for addressing the state’s health needs.