Civics
NonDoc journalists report on the civic realm in Oklahoma and beyond. Our site also publishes a variety of commentary pieces about civic matters. As a site category, "Civics" encompasses three subcategories: Education, Health Care and Politics.
Calling all adults: Oklahoma Democrats must fix Republican mess
In a state that seems to have many 100-percent Republican or 100-percent Democrat legislative districts (we eventually have to do something about that with an...
Septuagenarian runs blog to fact check, needle OCPA
The inspiration for my blog, OCPAThinker.org, began several years ago when a friend from college was the featured speaker at the annual fundraiser for the...
Ahead of big revenue vote, $3,000 teacher raise advances
"If I have to come back and present this bill 20 different times, all day and all night until we get it across the...
Editorial: Oklahoma House achieving bipartisan calamity
As Oklahoma House Republican leaders prepared for a Friday committee vote on the compromise revenue package that included an oil-industry tax hike, they cobbled...
Rep. Scott Biggs resigns to accept federal job
Oklahoma Rep. Scott Biggs (R-Chickasha) has resigned, effective immediately, to assume a federal appointment.
Biggs will become executive director of the U.S. Farm Service Agency,...
Fallin’s three executive orders seek efficiency in #oklaed, higher ed, ‘swag’
Gov. Mary Fallin issued three executive orders this afternoon aimed at promoting the efficient use of state funds and said she will provide a...
Wind investors send Fallin letter: ‘We must have a voice’
A group of energy executives has sent Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin a letter asking "to be included" in ongoing revenue negotiations that feature new...
Represent Oklahoma wants Legislature removed from redistricting
(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.)
A newly formed group...
Fallin sets medical marijuana for 2018 primary ballot
Gov. Mary Fallin has placed State Question 788 — which would legalize medical marijuana in the state of Oklahoma — on the June 26...
Freshmen lawmakers seek better culture in OK House
During Meloyde Blancett's three decades in the business world, she never considered herself a partisan person. She still doesn't, despite representing Oklahoma House District...
