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Amanda Aguilar at her home in Ponca City in July 2023.

Oklahoma court rules that moms who use medical marijuana while pregnant aren’t breaking the law

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The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals urged the Legislature to change the law to allow pregnant medical marijuana card holders to be prosecuted for child neglect.

Oklahoma is trying to treat people with severe mental illness in jail, but many still languish in cells waiting for hospital beds

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The Tulsa County Sheriff has ordered a state treatment program out of the jail. County officials say participants should be in a state hospital instead.

Amanda Aguilar, 33, is pictured with her son Jesse at her home in Newkirk in March 2022.

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Oklahoma is prosecuting pregnant women for using medical marijuana

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Early in her pregnancy, Amanda Aguilar struggled with severe nausea that sometimes made it hard to eat.

Visitors to Robbers Cave State Park dine at Swadley’s Foggy Bottom Kitchen near Wilburton.

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Swadley’s Foggy Bottom Kitchen sometimes charged extra fees as part of a costly restaurant overhaul at state parks

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A state oversight board once had the power to approve Tourism contracts, but legislation in 2018 stripped its powers.

Canoo expects to introduce a picukup truck to the market in 2023.

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Oklahoma officials waived competitive bidding to give EV startup Canoo a potentially lucrative statewide contract

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The state has agreed to buy up to 1,000 of the company’s boxy electric vehicles with rectangular steering wheels in a deal that could be worth millions.