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NonDoc journalists report on the civic realm in Oklahoma and beyond. Our site also publishes a variety of commentary pieces about civic matters. As a site category, “Civics” encompasses three subcategories: Education, Health Care and Politics.

April 1 deadline

Education funding: Lawmakers debate value of April 1 deadline

Oklahoma's Republican legislative leaders maintain that they will strike a budgetary agreement within weeks and build upon last year's historic investment in education. Democrats,...
voter purge

Oklahoma voter purge to affect tens of thousands

(Editor’s note: This story was authored by Trevor Brown of Oklahoma Watch and appears here in accordance with the non-profit journalism organization’s republishing terms.) Election officials...
Republican National Committee

Republican National Committee keeps pestering lifelong independent

Melania Trump got the message, I reckon. Now this lifelong registered independent is getting letters from Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee,...
mental health transports

Rising costs: Mental health transports strain law enforcement resources

The sheriff's department cruiser from a rural Oklahoma county drives alone on a highway with a single deputy at the wheel and a man...

Down the drain: Norman stormwater proposals fail

Norman residents approved a proposition addressing roads and defeated two propositions addressing stormwater today. Voters in Ward 3 also elected Alison A. Petrone as their...
Edmond

Edmond elects new mayor, Ward 1 and Ward 2 councilmembers

About 6,400 Edmondites voted in municipal elections today, with Dan O'neil winning the mayoral election. David Chapman and Josh Moore won city council elections...
consent

SB 926 offers second hope for ‘consent’ education

On the same March day that the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted down a bill mandating consent and healthy relationship education, the Oklahoma State...
teacher walkout

Education still top issue one year after teacher walkout

(Editor’s note: The following story appears courtesy of Gaylord News, a reporting project of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.) Kim Caywood, a...
opioid settlement

Lawmakers ‘extremely concerned’ by Hunter’s opioid settlement

By designating the recipients of money from his opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has frustrated members of the state...
stormwater

Flood plan: Norman stormwater proposals on April 2 ballot

Norman voters will head to the polls April 2 for a bond and utility election. Residents will vote on three propositions that address roads,...

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