StateImpact Oklahoma
StateImpact Oklahoma reports on education, health, environment, and the intersection of government and everyday Oklahomans. It's a reporting project and collaboration of KWGS, KGOU, KOSU and KCCU, with broadcasts heard on NPR Member stations.
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As a crisis continues on the U.S. Southern Border, Oklahoma lawmakers are among counterparts from about a dozen states taking things into their own hands. Their efforts generated backlash from the Latino immigrant community.
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A bill that would prohibit schools from using corporal punishment on children with certain disabilities passed the Oklahoma Senate Tuesday.
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In Tulsa, there are about 450 after-school programs at risk of shrinking to just 75 once ESSER funds are gone.
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Opill, which was approved by the FDA last July, is the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill, and it’s hitting pharmacy shelves now.
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According to the newly shucked Senate Bill 36, chaplains may not be convicted sex offenders or sex offense defendants, but it doesn’t require any state certifications or background checks.
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A local STI testing clinic worries a bill seeking to improve sexually transmitted infection rates will accomplish the exact opposite.
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Oklahoma bill allowing providers to opt out of care if it goes against their beliefs fails committeeA bill that would allow health care workers to withhold services that go against their beliefs failed in the Oklahoma Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
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Any point on the globe can expect to see a total solar eclipse about once every 400 years. This Monday, it’s far southeast Oklahoma’s turn.
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Oklahoma social workers face barriers in getting licensed, a bill could help them get to work fasterOklahoma’s estimated 6,000 licensed social workers are only meeting about two-thirds of the state's mental health needs.
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The ex-police officer is the first in the nation to face harsher penalties under the 2022 reauthorization of the original act.