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.
Two ‘no-brainers’ for fixing Oklahoma’s budget crisis
The theme of the Oklahoma Policy Institute’s third annual State Budget Summit could have been the exhortation by the institute’s outreach and advocacy specialist,...
Proposed rule would deny kids mental health access
Over the past week, I have been overwhelmed by discovering the condition of Oklahoma's mental health care system. I only investigated one aspect of...
Grady County hospital sales tax passes with 80 percent
Despite opposition from some Tea Party members, the sales tax proposed for financing emergency renovations to Grady Memorial Hospital passed with more than 80...
Making the case for school gardens as classrooms
TISHOMINGO — Gardening should be taught in schools, and not just because food is kind of important.
School gardens have been tied to higher standardized test...
Q&A: Political consultant hashes out presidential race
Pop quiz: Let's say Michael Bloomberg enters the 2016 presidential race as an independent. What happens?
In a rare moment of modesty, one political consultant admits...
News 9 embeds first TV journalist at Capitol in decades
For the first time in the 21st century, a commercial-TV news network has a reporter dedicated to full-time coverage of the Oklahoma Legislature and state...
‘I am glad Hillary Clinton has not promised the moon’
America is an exceptional nation. I don’t mean that in the sense of someone preparing to launch into a tirade about how God has chosen the United...
Luck & prayers: Musicians Ali Harter and Wink Burcham work for health care as parents
Wink Burcham has a bum knee, a woman who loves him and a daughter younger than the new year.
Ali Harter has a car that is...
OKC Chamber rep: Don’t ‘unravel’ universal pre-k
Sen. Greg Treat doesn't wake up in the morning and look for ways to upset interest groups with the legislation he proposes. But according...
Faith event offers shocking stats on criminal justice
The Rev. James Dorn's voice and demeanor conveyed the gravity of the situation faced by our fellow Oklahomans. Facing an overflow crowd at Restorative Justice Sunday on...
