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.
Canadian County runoffs: Education issues & butt rock
(Correction: This article has been updated to note Chad Slane's "teaching career" as referenced on his website and on LinkedIn. NonDoc regrets the error.)
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Boy Scout faces communications pro for HD 85 GOP
(Editor’s Note: As with NonDoc’s #HotRaces series from June, time constraints and limited resources prohibit us from personally interviewing each of almost 30 candidates from Oklahoma’s ongoing...
Democrats in CD 5: ‘Campaign liquor’ and an octopus in ‘intimate personal areas’
(Editor’s Note: As with NonDoc’s #HotRaces series from June, time constraints and limited resources prohibit us from personally interviewing each of almost 30 candidates from Oklahoma’s ongoing...
Trump statements show limits of First Amendment
During my early years of college, I got the legal perspective on how First Amendment freedoms actually work. The time-honored belief that we could say anything...
Beneath the vines: Mike Mass tells of conviction, jailing
Mike Mass was first sworn into the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1991. In 2003, he stepped down to make what turned out to be...
Editorial: Tulsa World shows idiocy of endorsements
With about 92 days remaining until U.S. voters choose their next president, the Tulsa World published its endorsement editorial Aug. 7.
Except that it didn't.
Under...
How suburban sprawl divides OKCPS from its peers
Steve Lackmeyer's excellent analysis of suburban sprawl, Unsustainable, warns, "After decades of sprawl, Oklahoma City officials know something must change.”
Uncontrolled growth is a threat to...
UPDATE on HD97 runoff: Jason Lowe, Chris Harrison offer different narratives in ads
(Update: This story has been updated Aug. 22 to include additional information about the campaigns for HD 97 in northeast Oklahoma City.)
Both candidates in...
Turkish writer: Easier for Enes Kanter to become Enes Gülen in the U.S.
ISTANBUL — Enes Kanter, a center for the Oklahoma City Thunder, was recently disowned by his family for following and backing the so-called cleric Fethullah...
Q&A: Beer distributors’ president optimistic on SQ 792
In 1938, the Oklahoma Malt Beverage Association was founded. About 75 years later, the advocacy organization changed its name to the Beer Distributors of Oklahoma...
