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.
At legislative forum, leaders talk constitution and COVID
For its 2021 session set to start Feb. 1, the Oklahoma Legislature could end up debating additional requirements for citizens to be able to...
Coronavirus stigma affects pandemic response
When University of Oklahoma student Leslie Miller’s niece realized in the spring she probably had COVID-19, before it was clear how widespread the pandemic...
Leaders push teacher pay raise rhetoric in face of past failures
Gov. Mary Fallin gave the morning's first speech at the Oklahoma Public Schools Resource Center's Superintendents' Advisory Council today, telling the assembled education administrators...
Mid-Del, Putnam City, El Reno have school board runoffs
On Tuesday, April 4, voters in school districts across the Oklahoma City metro will head to the polls to elect candidates to various boards...
OU pulls back on National Merit Scholars program
(Editor’s note: This story was authored by Jenifer Palmer of Oklahoma Watch and appears here in accordance with the non-profit journalism organization’s republishing terms.)
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Filmmaker Sterlin Harjo: ‘We should be walking to Standing Rock’
Award-winning filmmaker Sterlin Harjo declared on Facebook this weekend that he would be willing to walk about 800 miles from Ponca City, Oklahoma, to Standing Rock,...
Ed Shadid submits signatures for OKC parks vote
Former OKC Councilman Ed Shadid submitted signatures this morning that he hopes will lead to a vote on a one-eighth-cent sales tax aimed at...
Betting the farm: Farm Bureau member vies for Senate District 1 seat
James Fuser represented farmers as a director of District 6 for the Oklahoma Farm Bureau board of directors until he decided to run for...
October meeting calendar
(Editor's Note: Here, from our NonDoc base in Oklahoma's capital city, we want people to remember that The Oklahoma Open Meeting Act ensures access to Oklahoma public...
Editorial: Joshua Barre death raises questions about law enforcement training
Ongoing tension between Tulsa law enforcement agencies and the community they are charged with protecting took center stage this weekend after Tulsa County Sheriff deputies and...
