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.
Norman City Council rejects Sean Boyd as nominee, irritates Unite Norman
Citizens rallied Tuesday in the lobby of the Norman Municipal Court in support of replacement City Council member nominee Sean Boyd. But events quickly...
Duel at the Douglass: Wayland Cubit, Tommie Johnson to debate for Oklahoma County sheriff
The 2020 race for Oklahoma County sheriff will result in the first Black sheriff to hold the office, regardless of who wins. But before...
Brian Bingman named new secretary of state, Mazzei out on budget
The shakeup of Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's cabinet continued today with an announcement that Mike Mazzei has resigned as secretary of budget and that...
HD 4: ‘Number one target’ Matt Meredith in Bob Ed Culver’s sights
While Bob Ed Culver Jr. was living in the Texas panhandle, his father was representing Tahlequah and Cherokee County as a Democrat from HD...
Stitt: Legislature may need to fund COVID testing in 2021
At the end of his COVID-19 press conference Tuesday, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt answered a final question from a member of the media about...
‘It’s the big elephant in the room — no pun intended’: Freshmen Democrats prepare to serve in super minority
Freshmen Democrats Sen. Jo Anna Dossett (D-Tulsa), Rep. Jose Cruz (D-OKC) and Rep. Mauree Turner (D-OKC) are eager to work together and across partisan...
19 candidates file for 2021 OKC City Council elections
Nine people have filed to run for the OKC City Council Ward 1 seat in 2021, accounting for almost half of all candidates running...
State of the State: Stitt says 2021 poses ‘the opportunity of a lifetime’
With his 2020 efforts to consolidate and streamline state government derailed by the coronavirus pandemic, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt used his annual State of...
SD 22 GOP primary: Legislative aide faces man who says COVID created to defeat Trump
The field for Oklahoma Senate District 22 Republican primary on Feb. 9 originally included four candidates, but that list shrank late last year after...
Norman election results: 3 newcomers will join council, incumbent heads to runoff
After a slate of Norman City Council elections today, three newcomers will step onto the council as one incumbent was defeated and another was...
