Thursday, July 18, 2024

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.

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.
catfishing

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...
Planned Parenthood

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,...
Mesonet cattle comfort

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...
wind energy

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...
SoonerCare

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...
Dennis Hastert

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

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...
Rep. Scott Biggs

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....
vanity plates

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

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...

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