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Culture & the Family
Absentee ballot requests surge for June 30 election
Due in part to COVID-19 concerns, the June 30 election on the Medicaid-expanding State Question 802 could see more votes cast by absentee ballot than any state election in years.Ray Carter | June 29, 2020
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Education
Teacher unions seek police ouster from schools
Teacher unions are among those now seeking to have police evicted from public schools as activists decry those officers’ presence as a sign of “systemic racism.”Ray Carter | June 29, 2020
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Culture & the Family
Stitt: Oklahoma’s COVID trends defy media portrayal
Gov. Kevin Stitt says the state is still among the safest in the nation when it comes to the virus.Ray Carter | June 29, 2020
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Health Care
$845 million in questionable Medicaid payments identified
A newly released state audit shows $845 million in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments have been made by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) to cover treatment for potentially ineligible recipients.Ray Carter | June 25, 2020
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Good Government
New car tag law may perpetuate antiquated system
This year lawmakers voted to restrict consumer choice and mandated that only tag agents can do online tag renewals.Ray Carter | June 23, 2020
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Health Care
Stitt warns: State can’t afford SQ 802
Gov. Kevin Stitt said State Question 802, which would make Medicaid welfare benefits a constitutional right for hundreds of thousands of able-bodied adults, will increase financial problems in state government at a time when major budget shortfalls already loom on the horizon.Ray Carter | June 23, 2020
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Culture & the Family
'Shaming' mailer sent to Oklahoma voters
Oklahomans have been receiving mailers that suggest, in vaguely threatening language, that their voting records will soon be publicized.Ray Carter | June 18, 2020
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Higher Education
OU professor accuses police of unprovoked violence
A University of Oklahoma professor accused Oklahoma City police of committing unprovoked acts of violence against Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters, implying protestors were goaded into retaliatory acts that resulted in their arrest.Ray Carter | June 18, 2020
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Good Government
Lankford, other GOP senators, call for police reform
U.S. Sen. James Lankford joined several other Republican lawmakers Wednesday to unveil a police-reform measure.Ray Carter | June 17, 2020
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Higher Education
Amidst growing scrutiny, OU closing Confucius Institute
The University of Oklahoma will close its embattled Confucius Institute, a university spokesperson told OCPA.Mike Brake | June 16, 2020