StateImpact Oklahoma
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StateImpact Oklahoma reports on education, health, environment, and the intersection of government and everyday Oklahomans. StateImpact Oklahoma is a collaboration of KGOU, KOSU, KWGS and KCCU.
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Some data centers are building their own power plants. In Oklahoma, most want to plug into the grid
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Ascension St. John plans to end inpatient care at Nowata hospital. Residents are fighting back.
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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What is ONE Transit's role in adapting to the Oklahoma City metro's rapid growth?
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Rejected for Oklahoma funding, an anti-abortion group helped rewrite state law
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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‘Playing with my heart’: Student musicians celebrate America’s 250th alongside Army Band
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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As data centers eye Oklahoma, tribes weigh the costs
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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New Oklahoma law disrupts gender-affirming care for transgender adults
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Oklahoma author celebrates state's thousands of plant and animal species in new book
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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The cost of childcare is too high for many Oklahoma families. How are lawmakers responding?
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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What a small forest animal can tell us about Oklahoma’s environment
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May 28, 2026 |
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StateImpact Oklahoma reporters sum up the 2026 legislative session
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May 21, 2026 |
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Federal rural hospital program offers a lifeline in Oklahoma, but hurdles remain
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May 14, 2026 |
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Another battle is brewing over public funds for religious schools. Oklahoma Jewish leaders are uneasy
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May 07, 2026 |
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‘We are dismayed:’ Oklahoma doctors, patients respond to potential changes to Medicaid expansion
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May 05, 2026 |
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Some Oklahoma prisons are becoming biodiversity hubs for pollinators
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Divorcing from usual process, Oklahoma Board of Education rewrites dozens of social studies standards
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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What a super El Niño could mean for Oklahoma's weather
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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‘Like a gym membership:’ An Oklahoma provider explains a growing primary care model
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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An Oklahoma family says oil is polluting their home. The state says its hands are tied
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Minutes matter in stroke cases. In rural Oklahoma, a telemedicine program is saving critical time
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Some of Oklahoma’s thousands of orphaned wells could find a new purpose under this state bill
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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The great tech debate: Should Oklahoma students use screens in the classroom?
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Finding Tiny Tim: How Oklahoma's citizen scientists contribute to conservation
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Oklahomans seek cheaper ways to pay for health care after ACA enhanced premium tax credits expire
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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As electricity demand and investments grow, what’s being done to shield Oklahomans from higher monthly bills?
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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StateImpact Oklahoma previews the 2026 legislative session
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's 2026 State of the State address
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Lawmakers eye bringing a literacy ‘miracle’ to Oklahoma
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Oklahoma climatologist Gary McManus on what to expect in 2026
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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As AI becomes part of traditional Medicare reviews, some Oklahomans worry they’ll lose out on care
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Oklahomans continue generational tradition of Christmas Bird Count
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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StateImpact Oklahoma discusses what’s to come in the new year
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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OU researchers propose solution to Indian Health Service underfunding
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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What’s being done to bring down Oklahoma’s costly home insurance rates?
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Oklahoma Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell previews Route 66 centennial celebrations
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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New book details impacts of drug rehabilitation industry on patients, inspired by story in Oklahoma
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Oklahoma is seeking part of a $50 billion rural health fund. Could it transform care amid other cuts?
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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As a deadly disease imperils North American bats, researchers say Oklahoma’s population is hanging on
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Despite loss of federal protections, lesser prairie chicken conservation persists on private land
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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What's next as Oklahoma's highway system strains against growth?
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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‘Isn’t that wonderful?’ Intergenerational programs combat loneliness, create purpose for seniors
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Migrating monarchs return to Oklahoma amid concerns over population decline
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Oklahoma regulators to balance costly nuclear potential with projected wave of energy demand
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Crossroads Mall has sat largely empty for years. A new nonprofit wants to turn it into a community hub
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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4-H students await judgment as Oklahoma State Fair starts
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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The sun is setting on federal solar tax credits. Here’s how one Oklahoma tribal nation used them
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Oklahoma students navigate a declining vaccination landscape this back-to-school season
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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How policies from the 2025 legislative session will impact Oklahoma students’ school days
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Threatt Filling Station takes its place among iconic Oklahoma Route 66 landmarks
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Oklahoma emergency management head talks disaster preparedness, hazard mitigation
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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A new proposal could allow Medicaid to fund more services for eligible kids in Oklahoma schools
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Oklahoma fertility rate trends downward amid economic pressures, low child well-being ranking
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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‘We knew it was coming’: Oklahoma deploys tiny wasps to control invasive forest pest
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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This program was getting more counselors into rural Oklahoma schools. Then Trump pulled funding.
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Meet the new group in charge of millions in state money to help pregnant women after Oklahoma banned abortion
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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A recap of Oklahoma's 2025 legislative session
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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While Oklahoma foster care payments stay stagnant, foster parents rely on community support
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May 29, 2025 |
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The grief and relief of rural school annexation in Oklahoma
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May 22, 2025 |
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More than a fifth of Indigenous Oklahomans are uninsured. The price they pay can be steep.
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May 15, 2025 |
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Why some Oklahoma lawmakers want more control over judicial selection
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May 08, 2025 |
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Amid Oklahoma tornado season, scientists warn NOAA cuts could impact forecasting, public safety
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May 02, 2025 |
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Oklahoma’s St. Isidore case will be heard by SCOTUS next week. Here’s what’s at stake.
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Oklahoma youth commemorate Oklahoma City Bombing 30th anniversary through music
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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That April Morning: The Oklahoma City Bombing
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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How one group is educating Oklahomans on reproductive health care amid state abortion ban
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Off-campus religious education courses expand to growing number of Oklahoma schools
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Oklahoma birders report seeing fewer migrating species as extreme weather, development expands
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away:’ Historic Kiowa church to be rebuilt after Oklahoma wildfire
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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New rules, rising costs putting some Oklahoma child care providers in peril
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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New book details ‘untold story’ of lethal injection, chronicling its Oklahoma roots
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Trump’s agenda complicates Oklahoma’s plan to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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An Oklahoma wildlife refuge has widespread abandoned oil, gas wells. This group is cleaning them up
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Rural administrators flock to East Central University’s new rural education doctoral program
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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OU preps tomorrow’s medical providers to care for body and mind in rural Oklahoma
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Oklahomans push back on transmission projects, even as the state's energy needs continue to grow
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Oklahoma’s largest universities buck national trends for post-COVID enrollment with record highs
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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StateImpact Oklahoma previews what's to come in 2025
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Students with disabilities are spending more time in general education. Are teachers being prepared?
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Boost in federal dollars could strengthen prenatal, early childhood Oklahoma home visiting services
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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StateImpact Oklahoma welcomes environment and science reporter Chloe Bennett-Steele
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Offering AP courses is now required in Oklahoma, but most schools still aren’t teaching them
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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LeadingAge Oklahoma CEO breaks down lawsuit challenging federal nursing home staffing rules
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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‘You can't gripe if you don't vote’: Early voting kicks off in Oklahoma
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Oklahoma higher ed workers navigate gaps in paid parental leave: lawmakers say it’s time to fix that
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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A growing number of Oklahoma schools are adopting digital hall passes for safety, student accountability
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Convicted of murder as a teenager, Wayne Thompson hopes for a second chance at freedom
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Surgery during ‘rocket attacks’: Ukrainian doctors train at OU Health to provide reconstructive care
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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'We’re ready for the fight': Southeast Oklahomans push back on proposed hydropower project
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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New investments in CareerTech aim to provide relief for booming waitlist, agency hopes for more
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Help wanted: Oklahoma works to lower barriers to long-term care careers
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Painting brighter futures: OKC schools partner with community for mediation, mentorship
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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How one rural hospital hopes to be an oasis in Oklahoma’s maternity care desert
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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From caves to caterpillars: How Oklahoma schools are working to beat the ‘summer slide’
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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'This is going to kill us': Oklahoma nursing homes brace for new federal staffing mandate
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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What to expect in the coming months as La Niña impacts Oklahoma's weather
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Lawton officials attempt to mitigate East Cache Creek issues amid growing concerns
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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StateImpact Oklahoma wraps up the 2024 legislative session
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Oklahoma’s transition to managed Medicaid brings new benefits, challenges
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May 30, 2024 |
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Edmond ‘bike bus’ puts a healthy spin on kids’ school commute
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May 23, 2024 |
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Oklahoma schools need bus drivers and are straining to fill the gaps
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May 16, 2024 |
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How Oklahoma’s transition to managed Medicaid happened and what’s next
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May 02, 2024 |
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Oklahoma immigrant communities rally in face of state policy to arrest people in country illegally
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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The end of pandemic-era federal dollars may mean the end for the school programs it funded
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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First over-the-counter birth control pill offers family planning amid Oklahoma’s abortion ban
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Eclipse brings tourism and challenges as Oklahoma goes under the shadow of the Moon
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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What education measures are still alive at the 2024 legislative session’s halfway point?
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Oklahoma social workers face barriers in getting licensed, a bill could help them get to work faster
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Oklahoma paraprofessionals provide critical student services — but many are barely making ends meet
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Watchdog agency failed to perform required inspections at elite Oklahoma high school plagued by culture of harassment
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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What to expect from Oklahoma lawmakers on healthcare in 2024
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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What to expect from Oklahoma lawmakers on education in 2024
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Oklahoma’s Education Department awarded teachers life-changing bonuses — and created a nightmare for some by demanding them back
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Shawnee enacts no sit, no lie ordinance as future for homeless residents is uncertain
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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The road ahead for Tulsa Public Schools: five months into Walters’ mandated improvement plan
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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StateImpact Oklahoma on the year that was and what's next
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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How Oklahomans are navigating the ‘chaos’ of SoonerCare unwinding
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Tulsans regrow urban tree canopy after summer’s severe weather
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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'This is their story': Why a teacher in Osage County wants to teach Killers of the Flower Moon
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Oklahoma schools turning to the new, old way of teaching students to read
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Oklahoma doesn’t mandate sex ed, some churches are trying to fill the gaps
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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An Oklahoma non-profit uses Hip-Hop to increase mental health awareness
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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What Oklahomans need to know about student loan repayment
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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How is the first commercial rollout of COVID-19 vaccines going in Oklahoma?
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Butterflies are on the move, and Oklahomans are keeping track of them in monarch conservation effort
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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What does it mean for Oklahoma to partner with PragerU?
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Oklahoma trans youth, providers face uncertainty in gender-affirming care access
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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OKC community comes together to collect data on impact of urban heat islands
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Oklahoma schools adapt recreational activities to sweltering summer heat
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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StateImpact Oklahoma welcomes health reporter Jillian Taylor
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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'I’m talking about what’s best for the Greenwood area': What the removal of a highway could do for Black Wall Street
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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What you need to know as Oklahoma’s state board of education weighs Tulsa Public Schools’ accreditation
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Private landowners in Oklahoma are stepping up to preserve habitat for prairie chickens
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Big Bonuses, Bigger Risks: Oklahoma’s New Teacher Sign-On Bonus Program Raises Concern
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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StateImpact breaks down Oklahoma's 2023 education budget
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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‘We will strive to survive the Ryan Walters time’: Oklahoma superintendents respond to Walters’ claims, rhetoric
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May 25, 2023 |
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The battle for Oklahoma education funding
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May 11, 2023 |
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Health secretary's ouster gives a look into "frustration" between the Senate and Gov. Stitt
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May 04, 2023 |
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OU’s swatting event was a hoax, but the trauma it caused was real
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Oklahoma nursing schools ramp up admissions amid worker shortage
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Five years after the Oklahoma Teacher Walkout, the stakes are higher than ever
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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StateImpact Oklahoma discusses the state's newly extended postpartum Medicaid benefits
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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A proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors would affect Oklahoma adults too
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Trans Oklahomans find community through music amid heightened anti-queer rhetoric in legislature
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Oklahoma legislation would require insurance companies to cover high-tech medical screenings called biomarker tests
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Will Oklahomans vote to be the 22nd state to legalize recreational marijuana?
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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How Oklahoma's mismanagement of federal education funds could leave $18 million on the table
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Another pandemic relief policy is ending, making groceries even more expensive for low-income Oklahomans
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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‘Never took a sick day in seven years’: Oklahoma teacher moms and the realities of no paid maternity leave
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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StateImpact talks with Secretary of Health Kevin Corbett about Oklahoma's pivot to managed Medicaid
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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A decade of scandal at Epic Charter Schools
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Methamphetamine is killing more Oklahomans than any illicit drug. A collaborative in Tulsa models how the communities can fight the epidemic.
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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'A learner of learners': Staving off the "deprofessionalization' of Oklahoma's teachers
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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State data paints a dire picture of Oklahoma teenagers' mental health
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Methamphetamine may not be the center of attention, but it's killing more Oklahomans than any other drug.
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Pt. 2: ‘Disasters that define us’: Examining Northeast Oklahoma’s patchwork of flood protections
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Pt. 1: ‘Disasters that define us’: Examining Northeast Oklahoma’s patchwork of flood protections
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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How social media affects the ways two Tulsa teenagers get their news
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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'It had to be more than just teachers and their families voting': Oklahoma educator responds to election outcome
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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StateImpact Oklahoma reporters react to midterm election results
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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The Adderall shortage has made its way to Oklahoma.
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Oklahoma lawmakers tried to limit four day school weeks, but they’re hanging on in rural communities
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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When Oklahoma voters choose a governor in November, they'll be voting on the future of SoonerCare.
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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What more can be done to save the Lesser Prairie-Chicken?
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Alumni gather at Oklahoma City's old Northeast High School to honor 1970 student activism
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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How important is education in Oklahoma’s race for governor?
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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As pandemic response wanes, Oklahoma schools adapt to the end of universal free lunch
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Where should we put our country's nuclear waste? StateImpact Oklahoma goes underground to find out
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Plaintiff: challenging Oklahoma's transgender bathroom ban 'just the right thing to do'
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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StateImpact answers some common questions about HB 1775
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Sharing Indigenous Oklahoma stories at Field Museum exhibit ‘really inspiring’ for Stilwell students
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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A new wastewater monitoring program means Oklahoma doesn't have to rely solely on testing to find COVID and monkeypox.
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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‘Something that can’t be replaced’: What a turnpike project could mean for Oklahoma wildlife
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Texas students help make up for enrollment losses at Oklahoma colleges
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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In StateImpact conversation, Tulsa high schoolers ask peers ‘Will you accept me as I am?’
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Oklahoma allows abortions in life-threatening situations, but how much danger is enough?
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Oklahoma educators don’t shy away from difficult conversations at Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial & Museum event
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Pt. 2, Sustaining sustainability: The waste problem in Oklahoma’s cannabis industry and the innovators at the helm of change
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Pt. 1, Sustaining sustainability: The waste problem in Oklahoma’s cannabis industry and the innovators at the helm of change
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Tulsa teenagers discuss how to be allies to their friends during uncertain times
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Two more COVID strains have made their way to Oklahoma. Here's what to know.
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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'When a right is created by the Supreme Court, it can go away': What overturning Roe could mean for contraception access, sexual privacy and marriage equality
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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For years before the Saint Francis shooting, health workers have experienced on-the-job violence at alarming rates.
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Oklahoma City teenagers ask policymakers not to ‘downplay' their experiences
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Tulsa mass shooting reignites gun policy debate in Oklahoma
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Critics say Oklahoma’s abortion and Critical Race Theory crackdowns rely on fear
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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‘It’s utterly ridiculous:’ trans Tulsa students react to Oklahoma’s school bathroom ban
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May 26, 2022 |
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Substitute shortage persisted even after Oklahoma school closures slowed down
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May 19, 2022 |
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'Oklahoma doesn't want us': Families grapple with looming displacement from turnpike
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May 13, 2022 |
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'That home is sacred to me': Norman woman joins fight against turnpike
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May 12, 2022 |
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Oklahoma already ranked among the highest in the country for sexually transmitted infections. The pandemic likely made it worse.
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May 05, 2022 |
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How Oklahoma Watch and The Frontier teamed up to investigate an $18 million no-bid contract between Oklahoma and a Florida company
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May 02, 2022 |
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StateImpact wants to hear from marginalized Oklahoma youth
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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‘I love a place that hates me,’ how two transgender Oklahoma teens navigate current events in their home state
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Striking gold in the green rush: entrepreneurs tap into Oklahoma's weed economy
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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How property tax protests are hurting Oklahoma schools
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Oklahoma abortion laws would send providers to prison for up to a decade and further strain on out-of-state clinics
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Memory loss, debilitating fatigue and more: Oklahomans share their experiences with long COVID symptoms
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Long-embattled, rare beetle offers hope of new discoveries
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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What does school choice look like in rural Oklahoma?
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Psychedelic mushroom research could soon be legal in Oklahoma
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Mar 10, 2022 |