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Education Watch: Increasing Oklahoma’s minimum school year ‘worth a discussion’

This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. In a TV interview recently, Superintendent of ...
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Native American Tribes Are Struggling in Wake of SNAP Uncertainty

Tribal nations say they’re covering emergency food costs as federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits hang in limbo amid the shutdown. About 23% of Native American and Alaska Native ...
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Long Story Short: Reduced Oklahoma Prison Phone Call Rates Aren’t Coming Back

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Oklahoma Watch · Reduced Oklahoma Prison Phone Call Rates Aren’t Coming Back ...
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First Watch: Stuff You Should Know

Sen. James Lankford appeared on Meet the Press Sunday to discuss the ongoing government shutdown, expressing confidence it would end by Thanksgiving while outlining the Republican position on health ...
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Isolation, Illness and Guns: Why More Older Oklahomans Are Dying by Suicide

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Savannah Phillips never thought suicide would be part of her family’s story.
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Clemency Recommendation Rests With Stitt

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Gov. Kevin Stitt has until Thursday morning to decide whether to spare ...
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Is Tulsa among the most ozone-polluted metropolitan areas in the country?

Using data from the EPA, the American Lung Association’s 2025 State of the Air report ranked the Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee ...
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Audio Stories: November 3, 2025

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Reduced Oklahoma Prison Phone Call Rates Aren’t Coming Back

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Reduced prison phone call rates that benefited incarcerated Oklahomans and ...
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Tulsa’s Blue Team Builds Trust, Breaks Cycle of Chronic Homelessness

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. For nearly a decade, Staci Owens struggled to keep consistent shelter. The ...
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Are rural areas more likely to be harmed by reductions to SNAP?

A recent analysis by the Center for American Progress found that rural counties disproportionately represent the over 300 ...