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.
Parties fight to finish Uncommon Ground Sculpture Park agreements by June 10 deadline
When news broke that the Edmond City Council had approved the site plan, preliminary plat, final plat and eight variances for the Uncommon Ground...
FY 2025 state budget deal: Slew of capital projects, sheriff funding, $25 million for #oklaed
Two days after negotiations blew up for the second time in a row, leaders of the Oklahoma Legislature struck an FY 2025 state budget...
Tribal roundup: Tahdooahnippah new Comanche Nation chairman; Cherokee, Seneca-Cayuga, Iowa elections loom
Across Oklahoma, tribal governments are holding their 2024 election cycles, with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes and the Peoria Tribe and the Apache Tribe...
Back to the drawing board? OKC Council denies new county jail site
The long saga of efforts to replace the troubled Oklahoma County Jail with a new facility has hit yet another snag, as the OKC...
Senate, House have decisions to make on bills expanding religious options in schools
As the Oklahoma Legislature negotiates the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, a number of policy bills are currently sitting on various rungs of the long...
‘Slap in the face’: Legislative fight over DPS training center roils commissioner
A suggestion by the Oklahoma State Senate's floor leader to pull back funding on a training center long sought by the Department of Public...
As trailer bill lifts sales tax election restriction, OKC metro’s commuter rail votes could speed up
Cities and counties looking to hold sales tax elections between now and June 2025 were impeded by language within this year's legislation that eliminated...
‘Is that a typo?’: Budget summit breakdown leaves legislative leaders bickering
As the sixth public "budget summit" of the Oklahoma Legislature rolled into its fifth hour Friday, a Senate staffer handed out a paper containing...
In last years of life, Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday lost land near where ‘creation was begun’
MOUNTAIN VIEW — N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and scholar, had a special place in his heart for Kiowa County. He spent his...
‘Can’t tell you what to do in 10 years’: Horse Racing Commission rejects Stitt resolution
Heeding the advice of Attorney General Gentner Drummond, the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission today trampled a resolution proposed by Gov. Kevin Stitt that would...
