Pensions key to recruiting, retaining Oklahoma teachers
Oklahoma lawmakers are being told that the guarantee of a well-funded pension system will help solve the state's teacher shortage issues.
With the release of a...
Listen to the kids: They will teach us how to teach them
On the eve of the spring testing season, we are talking less about the need to teach to the test. I wish the OKCPS...
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Unarmed patrols: Guardian Angels forming OKC chapter
When Aaron Brilbeck was 14 in upstate New York, he told a lie he does not regret. The minimum age to join the crime-prevention...
Oklahoma lawmakers could loosen, remove health insurance mandates
(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.)
The fate of health...
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Abortion bill, justice reform highlight deadline week
When Monday dawned at 23rd and Lincoln, it marked the beginning of a deadline week. Each chamber of the 56th Legislature faced more than...
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Watching HB 1270 at the Capitol as an Average Joe
Wednesday night at the Oklahoma State Capitol, I learned a lot about my personal privilege.
As a proud member of the underpaid media, it was...
After Shortey and Leftwich, SD 44 needs third-party hero
It now appears the citizens of Senate District 44 have a second-consecutive state senator on the wrong side of the law.
State Sen. Ralph Shortey (R-OKC)...
HB 2216 seeks elusive price transparency in health care
The trend for health care cost transparency seems to be growing as fast as health costs themselves.
HB 2216, introduced by Rep. Sean Roberts (R-Tulsa)...
‘Love God, and your neighbor’ (including LGBTQ ones)
Here we go again, Oklahoma.
As the popular meme says, it’s been zero days since our last national embarrassment. Oklahoma Sen. Ralph Shortey (R-OKC) has made...
Rep. Kevin McDugle on sexual abuse: ‘I thought I might have been the only one’
If it feels like you've heard Virginia Lewis' story on NonDoc before, it's because you have. What you may not have heard is Rep....
