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.
Step Down: Revenue bill short again in Oklahoma House
(Update: This story was updated at 8 p.m. to note new lengths of time and potential negotiations around the revenue bill. It was updated...
Senate District 27: General election cheat sheet
Back in September, former Sen. Bryce Marlatt resigned from his Senate District 27 seat following charges of sexual battery against an Uber driver. A crowded...
How We Got Here podcast: Summing up Step Up
Monday afternoon, the Oklahoma House of Representatives is expected to vote on the major revenue bill within the Step Up Oklahoma plan. If HB...
Read the letter criticizing OSBI’s Stan Florence for ‘ineffective leadership’
One year after dozens of Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation employees sent the OSBI Commission a letter criticizing director Stan Florence for "ineffective leadership,"...
Congressional delegation tolerates sociopath for agenda
Oklahoma's congressional delegation contains a number of apparent ideologues. Either that, or they are remarkably inattentive. Perhaps they are merely gutless wonders. In any...
Step Up Oklahoma revenue plan takes a step forward
The Step Up Oklahoma revenue plan took a step forward just before noon today. Multiple bills cleared the House Joint Committee on Appropriations and...
Sooner Poll shows Step Up Oklahoma support, wind tax omitted
A SoonerPoll released this afternoon shows a combined 69.2 percent of respondents either "strongly" or "somewhat" support a tax plan substantially similar to the...
Fallin makes executive order on occupational licensing
Gov. Mary Fallin issued an executive order this afternoon establishing the Oklahoma Department of Labor as the "central coordinating entity" for occupational licensing in...
Wind industry blasts ‘propaganda,’ faces criticism
As Mark Yates of OK Wind Power was wrapping up his press conference this morning in the Oklahoma House of Representatives lounge, a Sergeant...
School Choice Summit 2018: An about-face from 2017
The School Choice Summit 2018 held Jan. 25 at Oklahoma City University was the opposite of Oklahoma City’s first summit, which took place last...