Listen Frontier

On this week's episode of Listen Frontier we take a closer look at a state question before voters next month that would expand Medicaid in a state that had long resisted that provision of the Affordable Care Act.

Kassie and Ben discuss what infectious disease experts are saying about the move to reopen businesses, the continued push to test more Oklahomans and the role of contract tracing in the coming weeks.

Joe Dorman of the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) and Sherry Fair of Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma about the impact the coronavirus pandemic and related school and business closings are having on Oklahoma children. 

Kassie and Ben discuss the responses by the mayors of Tulsa and Oklahoma City to Gov. Stitt's plan to reopen businesses, what a phased is approach to reopening may look like and why some businesses may not go along with it.

On this week's episode of Listen Frontier we explore Gov. Kevin Stitt's suggestion that some COVID-19 emergency education funds be used for program that offers private school tuition through tax credits.

In this emergency episode of COVID-19 in Oklahoma Kassie and Ben discuss Gov. Stitt's plan to reopen the state during the coronavirus pandemic.

Kassie and Ben talk about the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes and whether the curve is flattening in Oklahoma.

Kassie and Ben discuss an update from Gov. Kevin Stitt that he is working to reopen businesses, restarting elective surgeries and believes the curve is flattening in Oklahoma.

Kassie and Ben talk about a court decision ion Gov. Stitt's declaration that abortions are not essential medical procedures during the coronavirus pandemic. We also talk about trends we might be seeing when it comes to hospitalizations and deaths in Oklahoma.

Ben speaks with Susan Agel of Positive Tomorrows, an Oklahoma City school that serves homeless students. She talks about the work of her schools during this time of distance learning.