StateImpact Oklahoma
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Statewide, Oklahoma public schools are experiencing a shortage of bus drivers — and they’re struggling to adapt.
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Most of Oklahoma's Medicaid population is transitioning to managed care. This means that instead of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority paying providers directly, it’s paying private companies to coordinate enrollees’ care. That transition has been decades in the making.
Latest Episodes
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The Oklahoma state legislature is back in session, and there’s no hotter topic than education policy. StateImpact education reporter Beth Wallis talked with managing editor Logan Layden about what to expect from lawmakers in 2024.
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Lawsuits against opioid distributors have materialized into an initial payout of $23 million in grants public bodies can apply for to support treatment and prevention.
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The Oklahoma State Department of Education overpaid at least $290,000 in teacher bonuses and is working to claw back the money mere months after it was distributed. Nine teachers have been issued demands for repayment, and five additional teachers are under review.
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At least 150 of Shawnee's 30,000 residents are experiencing homelessness. And because of an ordinance enacted this month, life might be getting a little more difficult for some of the community’s most vulnerable residents.
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No district in Oklahoma is under the State Board of Education’s microscope quite like Tulsa Public Schools. StateImpact has this update on how TPS’ state-mandated improvement plan is going so far and the work that lies ahead.
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2023 is coming to a close, and it’s been an eventful year for StateImpact Oklahoma’s reporters. Managing editor Logan Layden talks with the team about highlights of this year and what to expect in 2024.
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As Oklahoma nears the end of its unwinding process, providers, community partners and patients are reflecting on the collaboration and confusion that occurred.
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Severe weather damaged thousands of trees in the Tulsa area earlier this year. A million cubic yards of green waste was collected, and many trees were bent or broken. Now, the community is coming together to regrow the city’s urban tree canopy.
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The new Killers of the Flower Moon film is sparking conversations about Oklahoma’s difficult history. But that is complicated by a state law limiting school lessons that make students feel uncomfortable about their race or sex.
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The "science of reading" is returning to the limelight, and Oklahoma schools and universities are using those techniques to teach literacy to the next generation.