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.
Oklahoma Standard ‘a myth’
I've always been a stickler for the truth.
As a kid, I don't remember ever believing in Santa Claus, but I do remember becoming exasperated...
Drama: Three vie to be next leader of Oklahoma Senate
(Update: eCapitol.net's Shawn Ashley reports that Sen. Mike Schulz (R-Altus) as the Oklahoma Senate's next president pro tempore.)
Republican members of the Oklahoma Senate will gather...
Filter: OK Democratic Party head sues on candidate rule
While a record number of candidates filed for Oklahoma offices this month, the Oklahoma State Election Board will hear more than two dozen contests of candidacy...
VIDEO: SQ 779 signatures to be counted starting Monday
Surrounded by cameras, Oklahoma Secretary of State Chris Benge told OU President David Boren that signatures submitted Thursday in support of State Question 779 would...
This week in FTW: Lawmakers haze frosh Sen. Dossett
It's nice to see that, on a deadline week for the third reading of bills, Oklahoma lawmakers can still find time for some legislative monkeyshines.
To...
David Boren: ‘What we’re doing to our children is a sin’
Advocates of the Oklahoma's Children — Our Future education funding proposal submitted 308,957 signatures to the Oklahoma Secretary of State on Thursday, virtually guaranteeing that...
Death and poverty: Thank God for Alabama?
Last year's landmark study, The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children, by Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren and Lawrence Katz, documented the vast disparities in...
New voter alert effort active in Will Rogers’ home county
"Everything is changing," Will Rogers said. "People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke, when it used to be vice...
High school junior: ‘Oklahoma is failing its students’
Whispers among the students and faculty of Classen School of Advanced Studies have gotten louder in recent days, but this buzz does not entail...
Millwood superintendent: ‘The level of poverty has risen’
Cecilia Robinson is the superintendent of Millwood Public Schools in Oklahoma County. She's completing her third school year at what she describes as her "dream job."
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