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October 30 ‘We need someone with experience’: Republican superintendent candidate Robert Franklin talks change
Tuesday, voters will have the opportunity to choose Oklahoma’s next state superintendent. StateImpact’s Beth Wallis talked with Republican candidate Robert Franklin about the future of education in the Sooner State.
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October 29 ‘That goes beyond party’: Democrat superintendent candidate Jennettie Marshall talks priorities, politics
The Oklahoma general election is days away, and education issues are at the top of voters’ minds. StateImpact’s Beth Wallis sat down with the Democratic nominee for state superintendent, Jennettie Marshall. Marshall is a pastor and former Tulsa Public Schools board member.
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October 22 Oklahoma rolled out a competitive funding formula for higher ed. Who wins, and who loses?
A new formula from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education positions the state’s colleges and universities to compete for a percentage of their state funding allocations.
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October 15 Oklahoma volunteers restore wildlife habitat amid peak fall bird migration
Millions of birds have flown over the state’s night skies in recent months. But finding food can be difficult in urban areas and vast agricultural land. To help Oklahoma’s wildlife, some are spending their free time repairing natural habitat.
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October 08 A rural Northwest Oklahoma hospital is bringing back maternity care. Can it survive healthcare cuts?
A hospital in Northwest Oklahoma is reopening its labor-and-delivery unit more than a decade after it closed, amid a new federal investment focused on rural healthcare.
It hopes the model it’s building can sustain access despite looming reductions to federal Medicaid spending signed into law last year alongside the investment fueling its project.
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September 30 ‘Very friendly territory:’ The politics behind President Trump’s Oklahoma rally
With President Donald Trump stumping in our state this evening, StateImpact’s Logan Layden talked with OU political science professor Allyson Shortle about the politics of the visit.
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September 24 ‘What happened to me wasn't right’: Magon Hoffman speaks out about Oklahoma abortion lawsuit
Two Oklahoma mothers are challenging state abortion bans in a new lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights last week. The women are seeking to prevent the laws from applying to pregnant Oklahomans who receive fatal fetal diagnoses, which means a pregnancy is likely to end in miscarriage or stillbirth or, in the event of live birth, the infant will not survive with or without medical support.
StateImpact’s Jillian Taylor spoke with lead plaintiff Magon Hoffman about her experience.
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September 17 Oklahoma is ending a school meal program. Districts are left to figure out how to feed kids.
Oklahoma schools are scrambling to find ways to continue serving students after the State Department of Education recently ended a federally funded school meal program.
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September 03 Oklahoma City high school students get hands-on healthcare experience through new partnership
Oklahoma City Public Schools and Metro Technology Centers are teaming up to help students explore healthcare careers without leaving their high schools. The partnership will support students in meeting new graduation requirements.
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August 27 The Trump administration is shifting funding for HIV prevention. Vulnerable Oklahomans could suffer
For decades, community-based organizations have been on the front lines of providing HIV prevention, receiving funding directly from the federal government. Now, the Trump administration is changing course.
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StateImpact Oklahoma reports on education, health, environment, and the intersection of government and everyday Oklahomans. StateImpact Oklahoma is a collaboration of KGOU, KOSU, KWGS and KCCU.