Matt Trotter
News DirectorMatt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.
He has a master's degree from Arizona State University, where he spent a semester on the first reporting staff of Cronkite News Service's Washington, D.C., bureau. As a grad student, he won awards for multimedia journalism and in-depth TV reporting.
Matt is from Southern California, so he's slowly following Route 66 across the United States. He would have made it Chicago by now, but he's not a fan of long drives.
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Hunger Free Oklahoma Executive Director Chris Bernard told a House committee rural residents prefer to spend nutrition assistance benefits in their communities, but issues around transportation, technology and stigma can get in their way.
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The average of new COVID-19 cases is up 93% since the day before Thanksgiving. Hospitalizations are up nearly 50% over the past month, though they remain lower than during COVID surges in the summer and last winter.
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Oklahoma Studios LLC is planning a 50,000-square foot building on more than 6 acres of undeveloped land, and their future neighbors have expressed concerns about the studio's potential impacts.
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Goldmill Co. CEO Trey Thaxton's Greenwood Ave. brand patch is on the jerseys of FC Tulsa and a Los Angeles Cycling team. He wants the district's historic spirit of innovation to lift up today's Black entrepreneurs.
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Interim State Health Commissioner Keith Reed said the federal agency that faulted the state's public health lab for shortcomings related to COVID sequencing also signed off on Oklahoma's improvement plan.
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Tulsa Transit is considering six zones across Tulsa, Jenks and Broken Arrow where it might test out microtransit service to get riders to bus lines.
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The research center will house documents, art and other items from Cherokee history going back to the 1700s.
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Stouffer was the first person executed in Oklahoma since John Grant convulsed on the gurney and vomited during his lethal injection in October as the state ended a six-year execution moratorium brought on by concerns over its protocols.
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Thursday's top stories:A report from a federal investigation into Oklahoma's public health lab goes public.A community coalition makes its pitch for how it would like to see the City of Tulsa administer American Rescue Plan funds.Protesters gather outside the governor's mansion ahead of Bigler Stouffer's execution.
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Plans call for adding more than 6,000 square feet and several more beds to the OU Health facility. Ten of the new beds would be dedicated to behavioral health emergencies.