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Education Watch: What’s the latest in the criminal case against Epic’s founders?

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch ...
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What to Know About State Question 832 and Gradually Raising Oklahoma’s Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. A long-overdue raise for low-income workers struggling to make ends meet? Or ...
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Drummond Blocks Contract for Governor’s Former Business Partner

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond refused to approve a contract for ...
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Long Story Short: Red Flags and Silent Journals

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Oklahoma Watch · Red Flags and Silent Journals Support Oklahoma Watch by ...
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Oklahoma Falling Behind 40 States in Getting College Stopouts Back to Class

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. When Lynaea McGee left college, she didn’t leave behind her dream of being a ...
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Session Watch: Week 13

Oklahoma lawmakers finished allocating federal COVID-19 relief funds, shifting leftover money among projects while earning ...
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Judge Moves Epic Charter Schools Embezzlement Case Forward

Nearly four years after their arrests, the criminal case against Epic Charter Schools’ founders took a step forward Thursday. Oklahoma County Special Judge Jason Glidewell concluded prosecutors ...
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Is Oklahoma a stop-and-identify state?

Though 26 states require presenting one’s government-issued ID to a police officer upon request under threat of arrest, ...
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Education Watch: Undocumented children are guaranteed a public education. Some conservatives want to change that.

This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. A growing number of conservatives at the state ...
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Oklahoma’s Eviction Process Is Being Used as a Form of Rent Collection, Data Shows

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. It happens to hundreds of Oklahomans every month. Rent is due on the first, ...
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Air Alerts, Ethical Pledges, and Invest in Oklahoma

Oklahoma Watch · Air Alerts, Ethical Pledges, and Invest in Oklahoma A previously unseen toxin surfaces in Oklahoma, raising urgent questions about the safety of industrial biosolids and the ...
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Three Parties, One Dead Child: The Failures That Led to Locklynn McGuire’s Death

A two-year-old Oklahoma City girl was killed by the family's pitbull in November after a series of missed warnings by her parents, a child welfare system stretched thin by furloughs and unmanageable ...