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.
FTW: Autism coverage, budget balancing and catfishing
As a potential May 27 adjournment approaches for the second regular session of Oklahoma's 55th Legislature, bill activity has slowed as everyone waits for...
Terminated Planned Parenthood contracts: Other Oklahoma providers had higher error rates
Nearly six months after Gov. Mary Fallin asked the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to end its Medicaid contracts with Oklahoma's Planned Parenthood groups over "alarming" billing-error rates,...
From fire to floods, Mesonet monitors more than #okwx
Is your pecan tree at risk for scab? Are your cattle comfortable? Are your peanuts protected?
Believe it or not, there's an app for all...
This blows: KOCO story on wind energy lacks perspective
Can you provide a robust and informative summary of Oklahoma's complex tax-credit debate in 80 seconds? No?
A KOCO story by Mecca Rayne couldn't either.
Rayne's piece Tuesday evening included...
Rally highlights human cost of cutting SoonerCare
Hundreds gathered on the south lawn of the Oklahoma State Capitol on Tuesday to protest legislative cuts for SoonerCare, Oklahoma’s Medicaid program.
Because SoonerCare provides coverage for...
Filter: Pederast Dennis Hastert avoids full media storm
Last week, a former U.S. Speaker of the House was sentenced to 15 months in jail for covering up sex crimes related to his time...
Reward-and-punish mentality unworthy of democracy
Last week, I wrote about a discouraging study led by Raj Chetty about the association between income and life expectancy in America. The study finds that...
WTF v. FTW: Of sodomy law and civil asset forfeiture
If there's a silver lining to the ongoing budget crisis facing Oklahoma, it's that, almost certainly, change for the better will come.
To wit, Gov....
In vain: Legislature created 3 unordered vanity plates
Three vanity license plates authorized by the Oklahoma Legislature in 2015 have received zero orders with only four days before their production deadline.
Plates intended to...
Hostility punctuates OKCPS community meetings
Teaching in the inner city is tough, and it can be as exasperating as it is joyous. Nobody is perfect, and I could recount...