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NonDoc covers the civic realm across Oklahoma, examines national international policy issues, and publishes commentary on these topics from diverse voices. As a site category, "Civics" includes the subcategories Education, Health Care and Politics, which are used when applicable.
Absentee voting enters the danger zone
I’m a glass-half-full kind of guy, so I have looked at every angle trying to convince myself that absentee voting won’t turn into a...
Verdict: Judge Kendra Coleman removed from office
The state Court on the Judiciary trial panel has ordered suspended first-term Oklahoma County District Judge Kendra Coleman removed from the bench, finding she...
This week in coveducation: Cancellations, parent protests, AG opinion request
Decisions being made by some Oklahoma school administrations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic have prompted student and parent protests.
The cancellation of this week's...
In Coleman trial, Judge Aletia Timmons gives scathing indictment of judicial...
A state judge testifying in the removal trial of District Judge Kendra Coleman sharply criticized her fellow Oklahoma County judges today for spreading gossip...
Stitt: COVID-19 treatments improving, mask mandate a local issue
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and health leaders said this morning that treatment options for COVID-19 are improving and hospital capacity remains acceptable, but the...
Judge Kendra Coleman testifies in her removal trial
Embattled Oklahoma County District Judge Kendra Coleman testified Wednesday that all her campaign finance disclosures to the state Ethics Commission are current and she...
Law enforcement interim study: ‘It is important to have difficult discussions’
What changes to state law about police use of force might the Oklahoma Legislature consider during the 2021 session? Good question.
Senate President Pro Tempore...
Census awareness raised in immigrant communities despite bureau troubles
WASHINGTON — Oklahoma may have been prevented from missing thousands of immigrants in the 2020 census when a federal judge temporarily stopped the Trump...
Youngest OKCPS students will return to school sooner than anticipated
(Correction: This article was updated at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, to reflect the correct Oct. 19 date as posted by OKCPS online.)
Some students...
Feds, faculty and audit cause Title IX changes at OU
The University of Oklahoma will not be handling reports of campus sexual misconduct the way it used to.
OU's Office of Institutional Equity announced a...
