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.
Pledges, paroles and pistols: Bills pass in three-day week
Despite having only a three-day work week, both chambers of the Legislature managed to pass some pretty significant bills. At the same time, more lurid...
Ralph Shortey’s Senate suspension is latest lurid drama
(Update: As of the morning of Thursday, March 16, Sen. Ralph Shortey has been charged with three prostitution-related counts.)
The Oklahoma Senate passed a resolution...
Editorial: Shortey scandal highlights need for help
When a sitting state senator's secret and sordid sex life implodes on him, an American public already fed up with its political process gnashes...
Indivisible Oklahoma forum responds to ‘Trumpism’
Following the election of President Donald Trump, Oklahoma's U.S. Senators James Lankford and Jim Inhofe earlier this year refused to hold traditional town hall meetings...
Comey hearing: Five answers for WaPo’s five questions
A day before the U.S. House Intelligence Committee began hearing testimony from national intelligence officials about Russian interference in the 2016 election, the Washington Post...
Letter: Calling all Trump voters for thoughts on budget
To the editors:
The Trump budget includes $52.3 BILLION more for defense, even though the U.S. already spends much more than other countries on defense.
Get...
‘Love God, and your neighbor’ (including LGBTQ ones)
Here we go again, Oklahoma.
As the popular meme says, it’s been zero days since our last national embarrassment. Oklahoma Sen. Ralph Shortey (R-OKC) has made...
Rep. Kevin McDugle on sexual abuse: ‘I thought I might have been the only one’
If it feels like you've heard Virginia Lewis' story on NonDoc before, it's because you have. What you may not have heard is Rep....
Abortion bill, justice reform highlight deadline week
When Monday dawned at 23rd and Lincoln, it marked the beginning of a deadline week. Each chamber of the 56th Legislature faced more than...
HB 2216 seeks elusive price transparency in health care
The trend for health care cost transparency seems to be growing as fast as health costs themselves.
HB 2216, introduced by Rep. Sean Roberts (R-Tulsa)...
