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.
A modest proposal for defending the cigarette fee
We’re painfully aware of the decision the U.S. Supreme Court must make in terms of the Trump administration’s ban on refugees from Muslim-majority nations....
Playing Santa, Mary Fallin hands out lumps of coal
Gov. Mary Fallin is handing out a second special session, and just in time for the holidays! What gifts will the people's elves crank...
OCC denies AG Hunter’s motion to dismiss Wind Catcher
(Correction: This story was updated at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, to remove reference to a transmission line project involving NextEra Energy and Clean...
Letter: Minorities excluded from elites’ version of U.S. ideals
To the editors:
An observation: With public pressure calling for him to resign from the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, the subsequent defeat of...
Mike Romero: OSDH process ‘tainted with multiple conflicts of interest’
The Oklahoma State Department of Health's chief financial officer, Mike Romero, has left the agency. In his resignation letter, Romero wrote that the "process...
Oklahoma Watch’s primer for state gun laws
(Editor’s note: This story was authored by Ben Botkin of Oklahoma Watch and appears here in accordance with the non-profit journalism organization’s republishing terms.)
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Senate bill would return some drilling control to towns
(Correction: This story was updated at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, to correct reference to Matt Skinner's comments. NonDoc regrets the error.)
A former mayor...
Our 10 most-read #okleg stories of 2018
While Oklahoma senators and representatives technically adjourned two or three weeks ahead of their typical schedule this year, the state's 56th Legislature actually spent...
Amid movements, more women file for the #okleg
(Editor’s note: This story was authored by Trevor Brown of Oklahoma Watch and appears here in accordance with the non-profit journalism organization’s republishing terms.)
In 2012,...
Kevin Stitt on campaign trail: ‘I have better ideas’
LAWTON — On the west edge of an oval dirt track, the tall bushy-browed Kevin Stitt — wearing boots and jeans — stood between...
