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.
Doerflinger at Health Department hearing: ‘The people of this state should be angry’
Wearing skull-and-crossbones cuff links and a red string around his wrist as a symbolic protection from misfortune, acting Commissioner of Health Preston Doerflinger testified...
Editorial: OKCPD body camera shortage inexcusable
Last week, Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater announced his findings on two Oklahoma City Police Department officers who shot and killed people in the...
Senate District 27: Special election cheat sheet
Tuesday's special election for Oklahoma's Senate District 27 features six Republicans and one Democrat vying for former Sen. Bryce Marlatt's northwestern Oklahoma seat. Marlatt...
Playing Santa, Mary Fallin hands out lumps of coal
Gov. Mary Fallin is handing out a second special session, and just in time for the holidays! What gifts will the people's elves crank...
Prater clears officers in fatal shooting of Magdiel Sanchez
Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater cleared two Oklahoma City police officers today of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a deaf man in...
No Easy Days: Sgt. Keith Sweeney touted ‘warrior mindset’ with clothing line
(Update: In late 2019, Keith Sweeney was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 10 years in state prison.)
Sgt. Keith Sweeney, the Oklahoma...
Fallin sets second special session date
Gov. Mary Fallin has called for a second special session of the 2017 Oklahoma Legislature, announcing today that lawmakers will return Monday, Dec. 18. Her...
Business, education leaders talk DACA: ‘The fear is unbelievable’
With two dozen Oklahoma stakeholders gathered Wednesday around a table at the Broadway 10 chophouse, congressional field staff and media heard about "the fear"...
Continuous calendar: Keep the method, not the madness
The debate over the Oklahoma City Public School System’s continuous calendar shows what wimps teachers have become. We just need to bring back the...
Seclusion rooms isolate Oklahoma students despite objections
(Editor’s note: This post was authored by Jennifer Palmer and appears here in accordance with the non-profit journalism organization’s republishing terms.)
A controversial practice of shutting...