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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
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Culture & the Family
The unflattenable curve
Some of the media, and some politicians, are lying to us with data that are true.Trent England & Curtis Shelton | April 24, 2020
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Economy, Culture & the Family
Stitt unveils reopening plan
Some currently shuttered businesses will be allowed to reopen in just two days and many others can reopen on May 1 under a plan unveiled today by Gov. Kevin Stitt.Ray Carter | April 22, 2020
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Economy, Culture & the Family
OCPA president on Gov. Stitt beginning to reopenOklahoma
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, OCPA has said we must protect Oklahomans from the virus while ensuring that Oklahomans can continue to provide for their families. Governor Stitt’s plan embraces both priorities.Jonathan Small | April 22, 2020