Articles
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Education, Culture & the Family
Leader of 2018 teacher walkout arrested
One of the chief ringleaders of the 2018 teacher walkouts in Oklahoma has been arrested for lewd proposals to a minor.Ray Carter | May 20, 2020
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Lawmakers vote to protect businesses that aided COVID response
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses have been pressed into emergency service producing everything from hand sanitizers to personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical officials. Members of the Oklahoma Senate voted Tuesday to ensure those acts of goodwill are not met with lawsuits.Ray Carter | May 12, 2020
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Economy, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma’s post-reopening COVID numbers defy critics’ predictions
While critics suggested Gov. Kevin Stitt’s decision to begin reopening Oklahoma starting April 24 would lead to increased COVID-19 infections and deaths, the data continue to head the right direction, and the governor said more businesses will be able to reopen soon.Ray Carter | May 11, 2020
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Economy, Culture & the Family
AG Hunter to Norman mayor: ‘Religious services can go on as scheduled’
Attorney General Mike Hunter has questioned why Norman Mayor Breea Clark is allowing gyms, tattoo parlors, and pet groomers to reopen on May 1 but has forbidden houses of worship from doing the same until mid-month. At the same time, Mayor Clark has found herself embroiled in a federal lawsuit involving her decree that local hair salons could not reopen until mid-month as well.Mike Brake | May 8, 2020
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Economy, Culture & the Family
Health emergency extended, but lawmakers say change is needed
Both chambers of the Oklahoma Legislature voted Tuesday during special session to extend the state declaration of a “catastrophic health emergency” (CHE) for another 30 days.Ray Carter | May 5, 2020
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Economy, Culture & the Family
Reopen, recover, rebuild
We've compiled a list of three dozen COVID-era policy prescriptions to protect taxpayers and get Oklahoma moving again.Staff | May 5, 2020
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Culture & the Family
‘Journalism’ professors demand media censor Trump; show why public doesn’t trust journalists
Barely more than one in 10 Americans surveyed by the Gallup Poll have “a great deal of trust” in the news media, while 28 percent profess “a fair amount” of trust, for a total approval score of 41 percent.Mark Tapscott | May 1, 2020
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Health Care, Economy, Culture & the Family
A day before broad business reopening, COVID-19 tracking stressed
With many businesses across Oklahoma poised to reopen in less than a day, albeit under safety restrictions, Gov. Kevin Stitt said Thursday that the state’s COVID-19 infection rate continues to decline. And officials announced they will be ramping up COVID-19 testing in the weeks ahead to keep the pandemic under control.Ray Carter | April 30, 2020
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Economy, Culture & the Family
Lankford keeps focus on China
It is well known COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China. What’s less well known is that much online misinformation about the virus is also coming from China, according to U.S. Sen. James Lankford.Ray Carter | April 30, 2020
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Culture & the Family
Please profile me!
While the coronavirus pandemic continues to spawn scientific papers and proposed treatments, vaccines, and other responses, we know one overriding fact: its mortality and serious morbidity are largely—one could say almost exclusively—focused on patients over 65 and/or those with serious underlying medical conditions like diabetes or heart and lung disease.Mike Brake | April 29, 2020