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.
Oklahomans still frustrated by unemployment system
Even as employment rates begin to recover in Oklahoma, thousands of residents with unemployment claims remain trapped on a roller coaster of issues that...
August targeted for selecting new Oklahoma County Jail site
The Oklahoma County Citizens Bond Oversight Committee is targeting August as its deadline to recommend a site location to the Board of County Commissioners...
Stitt ‘circled the troops’ on criminal justice reform, but details murky
Gov. Kevin Stitt publicly waded into one of the Oklahoma Legislature's most complicated policy negotiations this week, announcing an outline of criminal justice reform...
They want their chair back: Former state representatives compete in HD 3
Arkansas is stealing their teachers. Arkansas is stealing their business. Arkansas is stealing their economic development. The candidates for Oklahoma House of Representatives District...
OKCPS Board of Education hears safety concerns
At a meeting on Monday night, the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education were met with concerns from teachers regarding the district's return...
Panel: Make Greenwood District a national monument, pay reparations
TULSA — Multiple panelists called for reparations to be paid to three living Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and their descendants and said the historic...
Courts could use EEOC rulings to protect LGBT rights
Despite past attempts to pass a comprehensive federal-employment law protecting gays, lesbians and transgendered persons, there is currently no federal statute explicitly forbidding sexual-orientation...
HS senior: Policies should reflect the lives students live
BROKEN ARROW — Violence, whether it be physical or emotional, is unfortunately something our societies have perpetrated for generations, and discrimination thrives in our communities, whether...
Eat, Pray, LoveOKC: Event provides free goods, services
Ken Sellers, 29, babysits a wagonful of groceries and other free items while his son, Mason, tumbles through a balloon obstacle course. He picks...
TPS District 6: Sarah Smith, Maria Seidler compete for open seat
Voters in Tulsa Public School District 6 will choose between Sarah Smith and Maria Mercedes Seidler on April 2 in the race to succeed...
