StateImpact Oklahoma

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StateImpact Oklahoma

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.

  1. 3D AGO

    Off-campus religious education courses expand to growing number of Oklahoma schools

    Thanks to a new law, schools across the state are now required to allow off-campus religious instruction during elective courses. Those courses are currently operational or in the final stages of development in at least six Oklahoma schools. Mentioned in this episode: Social Media tags

    5 min

  2. MAR 28

    Oklahoma birders report seeing fewer migrating species as extreme weather, development expands

    A report released this month states at least a third of the nation’s birds are in peril. Local community scientists are contributing information critical to understanding the decline.Mentioned in this episode: Social Media tags

    5 min

  3. MAR 20

    The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away:’ Historic Kiowa church to be rebuilt after Oklahoma wildfire

    Last week, wildfires raged across Oklahoma, claiming thousands of acres of land and hundreds of buildings. KOSU’s Sarah Liese reports for StateImpact that the flames also destroyed a historic church in Kiowa County, leaving a congregation to rebuild. Mentioned in this episode: Social Media tags

    5 min

  4. MAR 13

    New rules, rising costs putting some Oklahoma child care providers in peril

    New Oklahoma Human Services rules approved this year require non-accredited five-star child care programs to provide proof of an accreditation application submission by April 10 and get nationally accredited by Sept. 1 — or face a star reduction tied to their reimbursements. Providers said the timeframe to comply with a process that typically takes one to two years is too short and could cost them thousands. Mentioned in this episode: Social Media tags

    5 min

  5. MAR 6

    New book details ‘untold story’ of lethal injection, chronicling its Oklahoma roots

    A book coming out next month argues the way states perform executions is inhumane. KOSU's Sierra Pfeifer talks to University of Richmond Professor Corinna Barrett Lain about her new book Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection, and Oklahoma's role in how the condemned are executed for StateImpact. Mentioned in this episode: Social Media tags

    5 min

  6. FEB 27

    An Oklahoma wildlife refuge has widespread abandoned oil, gas wells. This group is cleaning them up

    Over the next four years, the Well Done Foundation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife will plug more than 100 orphan wells on public land.Mentioned in this episode: Social Media tags

    5 min

  7. FEB 27

    Trump’s agenda complicates Oklahoma’s plan to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells

    The state expected millions of dollars to plug wells abandoned by their owners. But the funds are in limbo under a new federal administration.Mentioned in this episode: Social Media tags

    5 min

  8. FEB 13

    Rural administrators flock to East Central University’s new rural education doctoral program

    ECU debuted its first-ever doctoral program this January, which focuses on administrative issues in rural education. Mentioned in this episode: Social Media tags

    5 min
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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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  • Channel
    KOSU
  • Creator
    OPMX
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    200
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 OPMX
  • Show Website
    StateImpact Oklahoma

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