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StateImpact Oklahoma reports on education, health, environment, and the intersection of government and everyday Oklahomans. StateImpact Oklahoma is a collaboration of KGOU, KOSU, KWGS and KCCU.

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StateImpact Oklahoma reports on education, health, environment, and the intersection of government and everyday Oklahomans. StateImpact Oklahoma is a collaboration of KGOU, KOSU, KWGS and KCCU.

    StateImpact breaks down Oklahoma's 2023 education budget

    StateImpact breaks down Oklahoma's 2023 education budget

    StateImpact’s Logan Layden sat down with education reporter Beth Wallis for a breakdown of what education measures Oklahomans are going to get for their money after a contentious 2023 legislative session.

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    ‘We will strive to survive the Ryan Walters time’: Oklahoma superintendents respond to Walters’ claims, rhetoric

    ‘We will strive to survive the Ryan Walters time’: Oklahoma superintendents respond to Walters’ claims, rhetoric

    Walters repeatedly emphasized his focus on open communication with superintendents around the state. But when StateImpact sent out a survey to those superintendents, a much more complex picture emerged.

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    The battle for Oklahoma education funding

    The battle for Oklahoma education funding

    The Oklahoma legislature has been deadlocked for weeks as it hashes out a plan for education funding. StateImpact’s Beth Wallis sat down with Oklahoman newspaper education reporter Nuria Martinez-Keel to talk about the events at the Capitol that led up to this moment.

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    Health secretary's ouster gives a look into "frustration" between the Senate and Gov. Stitt

    Health secretary's ouster gives a look into "frustration" between the Senate and Gov. Stitt

    The governor and the Legislature have been at odds over the state’s Medicaid agency, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. That fight came to a head last week, when the Senate booted the agency director from his Secretary of Health position. StateImpact’s Catherine Sweeney talks with Tres Savage, the editor of nonprofit outlet NonDoc, about what led lawmakers to reject Secretary Kevin Corbett's re-instatement.

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    OU’s swatting event was a hoax, but the trauma it caused was real

    OU’s swatting event was a hoax, but the trauma it caused was real

    Run. Hide. Fight.
    Those were the words that ended the first of several text updates from OU’s emergency alert system on the night of April 7. 
    The Norman Police Department had received calls that appeared to be coming from OU’s campus. The caller told police there was a shooting at the Bizzell Memorial Library and that one of the caller’s friends had been shot. And in secondary calls to Norman dispatch, gunshots can be heard. 
    But as it turns out, it was a swatting incident — that is, a big hoax.

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    Oklahoma nursing schools ramp up admissions amid worker shortage

    Oklahoma nursing schools ramp up admissions amid worker shortage

    The state ranks 46th in the nation for nurses per capita, and of course, the pandemic has only made that worse. 
    But all along, one of the major contributing factors to that shortage has been nursing school. There are a finite number of slots offered, and Oklahoma hasn’t had enough. Why? It’s complicated.

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