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Education Watch: Commission to approve expanded pathways to teacher certification
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (278+ words) A new law aims to give aspiring teachers more pathways to certification. It's an effort to reduce the number of emergency certified teachers and improve the preparation of those stepping into the classroom. Emergency certificates allow a candidate with a…...
10, 000 Texts per Hour: How Campaigns Are Reaching Oklahoma Voters Whether They Like It or Not
5+ hour, 59+ min ago (1175+ words) Your cell phone buzzes as you're driving down the highway, cooking dinner or trying to fall asleep. Maybe it's a friend wanting to catch up or a family member with big news. It could even be work-related and require prompt…...
First Watch: Stuff You Should Know
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (393+ words) OHCA Told Its Board No Hospital Cuts Were Coming. Days Later, It Filed $218 Million in Cuts With the Feds. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority's board was told Friday that its flat budget for the coming fiscal year would not require…...
In Reversal, Oklahoma Medicaid Agency Plans $218 Million in Provider Cuts
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (607+ words) Just days after its board approved a flat budget with no provider cuts for the new fiscal year, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority told the federal government it plans to cut more than $200 million in payments to state hospitals under…...
Housing Voucher Inspections Are Slowing Oklahoma City's Effort to Close Encampments
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (1289+ words) While driving to a homeless encampment site outside downtown Oklahoma City, Cryslynn Barnes described her job as pregaming the first steps to housing people experiencing homelessness. Sitting in the passenger seat next to her, Stephanie Risenhoover concurred. Barnes and Risenhoover…...
Oklahoma Voter Turnout Varies Widely by County
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (199+ words) Oklahoma's low voter turnout, particularly for primary and special elections, is no secret." The trend held true in the June 16 primary election. Just 26% of the electorate turned out to vote on State Question 832, the sole issue available for all registered…...
A Transmission Line Built to Fix Grid Congestion Has Become Oklahoma's Hottest Data Center Address
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (1607+ words) Amid the farm fields of northwest Oklahoma City, a place where high-voltage power lines converge has attracted interest from two data center developers, each seeking to build at the western terminus of a new $72 million transmission project. The Mathewson Substation,…...
Does Oklahoma produce nearly three times more energy than it consumes?
1+ week, 59+ min ago (164+ words) Oklahoma produced 2. 9 times more energy than it consumed at 4, 393. 8 trillion Btu in 2023, ranking eighth in the nation in energy production. The industrial sector accounted for 40% of energy consumption, while the residential and commercial sectors accounted for 15% and 14%, respectively. Natural gas…...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Signals the Way Forward on State Farm While Denying Drummond's Intervention
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (1273+ words) In a unanimous ruling on one of two actions stemming from Hursh v. State Farm, a bad-faith case that has come to represent hundreds of virtually identical cases across the state, the Oklahoma Supreme Court denied Attorney General Gentner Drummond's effort…...
Does eating out cost an average of $28 in Oklahoma?
2+ week, 59+ min ago (168+ words) The average price to eat out is not $28 in any state, including Oklahoma. The telehealth company Top Nutrition Coaching compared the cost of eating out to the cost of eating in for the most populated city in each state. They…...