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State Education Department Seeks Bids for 55,000 Classroom Bibles
2024年10月3日 · The request for 55,000 copies doesn’t fit either scenario; there are only 43,000 classroom teachers in the state, and many fewer teaching just history or literature. If the Bibles cost $60 each, and the state buys 55,000, that’s $3.3 million. Walters: No ‘Extra Things’.
Oklahoma’s Most Violent Prison to End State Contract
2024年6月21日 · by Paul Monies October 30, 2024. The decision to discontinue the contract was based at least partially on Governor Kevin Stitt’s veto, which denied GEO a $3 million raise on top of the $48 million the state pays to GEO annually. Before Stitt’s veto, GEO appealed to ODOC for the additional money but was denied; over the last four years, the ...
Five Criminal Justice Bills to Watch in 2024
2024年1月19日 · Here are five bills to watch in the 2024 legislative session, which convenes on Feb. 5: Cracking Down on Domestic Abuse. Bill Number: Senate Bill 1211. Sponsor: Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond. As Oklahoma’s domestic violence rate trends up, several bills look to increase punishments for abusers. Thompson’s proposal would increase the maximum ...
Fact Briefs Archives - Oklahoma Watch
by Sue Bin Park October 21, 2024October 21, 2024. Senate Bill One was the first state law passed and enacted by the Oklahoma State Legislature on Dec. 18, 1907. The bill, also known as the coach law, mandated that all public transportation must provide and enforce separate coaches and waiting rooms for Black and white patrons.
Lawmakers Seek Changes to Mental Health Law - Oklahoma Watch
2024年2月5日 · Whitney Bryen is an investigative reporter at Oklahoma Watch covering vulnerable populations. Her recent investigations focus on mental health and substance abuse, criminal justice, domestic violence and nursing homes. Contact her at (405) 201-6057 or wbryen@oklahomawatch.org. Follow her on Twitter @SoonerReporter.
Homeless in Oklahoma: Sacrificing Health Care for Daily Survival
2024年4月15日 · Shay Swindall lives in a tent, under a busy Oklahoma City overpass, in a sprawling homeless encampment. When she needed a new albuterol inhaler recently, she tried to ration the last few puffs she had left. Her health had been fairly good before last winter, though, even at age 64, health care was not something she prioritized.
Interactive: See How Oklahoma’s 2024 Budget Proposal is Allocated
2023年5月26日 · The Oklahoma State Senate approved a $12.9 billion budget plan for Fiscal Year 2024 on Friday, moving the proposal one step closer to becoming law. The measure is expected to reach Gov. Kevin Stitt’s desk later today. While Stitt can reject portions of the budget, lawmakers completed their budget work in a special session and could return to the Capitol in …
How Oklahoma Lawmakers Have Loosened Gun Regulations the …
2022年6月3日 · As lawmakers moved to loosen gun regulations, Oklahoma’s firearms mortality rate increased 31.8% between 2014 and 2020, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Gun deaths from homicides, suicides and accidental discharges are included in the firearms mortality rate. At 20.7 deaths per 100,000 residents, Oklahoma ...
Voters Oust Embattled Sheriff in McCurtain County
by Ruby Topalian June 19, 2024. Bryan and Becky Austin leave a polling site on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in McCurtain County. On the ballot was Sheriff Kevin Clardy, who refused to resign after the release of a recording in which he and other county officials discussed killing journalists and Black people, lost the election.