Oklahoma Watch
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The new Rural Emergency Hospital license is meant to rescue financially distressed rural hospitals. The arrangement comes with a sacrifice only two Oklahoma community hospitals have been willing to make.
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Instead of taking him to a hospital for evaluation or taking him to jail, an Oklahoma City police officer took Ernest Antwine to no man’s land. And that’s where he died.
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A committee asked the Education Department to require Ten Commandments posters in every classroom and that students take a Western civilization course for graduation.
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Tulsa police officers heckled a grandmother in the throes of a bipolar episode and then tackled her in October 2021. After completing an internal investigation, the department won’t say if anyone was held accountable.
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The only statewide organization that supports Oklahoma abuse victims is in jeopardy after federal auditors determined former staff and board members misspent more than $500,000 in public money.
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State lawmakers opted not to sweeping changes to Oklahoma’s voting laws, instead focusing on measures aimed at cracking down on threats or fraud ahead of the 2024 presidential election cycle.
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Whitney Louis built a 15-year career as a psychologist helping incarcerated people learn how to transition back into society.
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A decades-long quirk in mapmaking and state boundaries is inching toward a solution after Oklahoma’s Red River Boundary Commission met for the first time in years.