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Covers:  Oklahoma state government, health care, juvenile justice, higher education and career technical schools
Health care and higher education for @oklahoma_voice @statesnewsroom | Formerly @comissourian | @mujschool alum | emurphy@oklahomavoice.com
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Oklahoma lawmakers hire LOFT director

Oklahoma lawmakers hire LOFT director

House and Senate lawmakers on Thursday named a new director to run the nonpartisan agency that provides them …

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U.S. Attorney General’s Office agrees to transfer prisoner from Louisiana for Oklahoma execution

U.S. Attorney General’s Office agrees to transfer prisoner from Louisiana for Oklahoma execution

An inmate facing execution in Oklahoma will be transferred back to the state from a federal prison in Louisia…

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Lawmakers advance bill to increase payments to Oklahoma foster families

Lawmakers advance bill to increase payments to Oklahoma foster families

House lawmakers pushed forward Monday an effort to increase reimbursement payments to foster families by at l…

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OSU president’s resignation letter provides few answers, indicates she expects to remain on faculty

OSU president’s resignation letter provides few answers, indicates she expects to remain on faculty

A letter of resignation for a former Oklahoma State University president shed no new light on the reasons beh…

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Oklahoma House advances mental health settlement agreement to Senate

Oklahoma House advances mental health settlement agreement to Senate

House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a landmark settlement agreement that would give mental health officials…

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David Boren, among Oklahoma’s last leading Democrats before the state’s turn to the right, has died

David Boren, among Oklahoma’s last leading Democrats before the state’s turn to the right, has died

David Boren, a former governor, fierce public education advocate and prominent Democrat in Oklahoma politics …

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State leaders honor former Gov. David Boren’s decades-long dedication to serving Oklahoma

State leaders honor former Gov. David Boren’s decades-long dedication to serving Oklahoma

Tributes poured in Thursday from Oklahoma state officials following the death of former governor and U.S. sen…

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Oklahoma lawmaker sues governor over executive order ending remote work

Oklahoma lawmaker sues governor over executive order ending remote work

A lawsuit filed against Gov. Kevin Stitt Friday claims he does not have the power to order all full-time stat…

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Lawmakers unsure how to fund Oklahoma’s 988 mental health lines as federal funding expected to end

Lawmakers unsure how to fund Oklahoma’s 988 mental health lines as federal funding expected to end

With federal funding that covers the cost of a critical mental health crisis line set to expire next year, Ok…

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Bill would repeal controversial immigration law, create new felony for undocumented Oklahomans

Bill would repeal controversial immigration law, create new felony for undocumented Oklahomans

As immigration remains a priority of Republicans statewide and nationally, a bill headed to the floor of the …

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Oklahoma state leaders renew pledge for budget transparency, but may end public negotiations

Oklahoma state leaders renew pledge for budget transparency, but may end public negotiations

Leaders of the Oklahoma House and Senate made renewed vows Thursday for transparency in determining the state…

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Despite physician opposition, lawmakers OK bill allowing denial of care for ‘moral’ reasons

Despite physician opposition, lawmakers OK bill allowing denial of care for ‘moral’ reasons

Amid concerns that it could harm patients, lawmakers narrowly advanced a bill that would allow health care pr…

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Judge dismisses lawmaker’s lawsuit against Oklahoma governor

Judge dismisses lawmaker’s lawsuit against Oklahoma governor

An Oklahoma County judge dismissed a lawsuit against Gov. Kevin Stitt over his executive order returning all …

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Oklahoma City Federal Building could be sold as Trump administration works to cut ‘non-core’ assets

Oklahoma City Federal Building could be sold as Trump administration works to cut ‘non-core’ assets

With about a month left before the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building,…

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House panel advances legislation to establish Oklahoma residential wind turbine setbacks

House panel advances legislation to establish Oklahoma residential wind turbine setbacks

Lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill that would create the first residential setbacks for wind turbines ami…

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Oklahoma State University leaders pledge ‘transparency’ after scathing audit finds misappropriation

Oklahoma State University leaders pledge ‘transparency’ after scathing audit finds misappropriation

A day after a critical audit of Oklahoma State University was made public, the university refused to answer q…

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Without launching search for next president, OSU governing board discusses scathing audit

Without launching search for next president, OSU governing board discusses scathing audit

Following the release of a scathing audit, Oklahoma State University leaders on Friday said they were confide…

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Bill seeking to chemically castrate child sex offenders advances to Oklahoma Senate

Bill seeking to chemically castrate child sex offenders advances to Oklahoma Senate

Registered child sex offenders in Oklahoma would have to be “chemically castrated” in order to be released on…

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First measles cases reported in Oklahoma, but public health officials remain mum on details

First measles cases reported in Oklahoma, but public health officials remain mum on details

State health officials on Tuesday said they’ve confirmed the first two cases of measles in Oklahoma amid an o…

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New chief financial officer named at OSU

New chief financial officer named at OSU

A week after the release of a scathing audit that found millions of dollars of misappropriated funds, Oklahom…

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School leaders celebrate ‘success’ of private school tax credits, governor pushes for expansion

School leaders celebrate ‘success’ of private school tax credits, governor pushes for expansion

Oklahoma’s governor called for the expansion of the state’s private school tax credit program at a rally Wedn…

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Bill heads to Senate seeks to clarify penalties for stealing Oklahoma shopping carts

Bill heads to Senate seeks to clarify penalties for stealing Oklahoma shopping carts

House lawmakers on Wednesday advanced legislation that would specifically criminalize the removal of shopping…

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House committee moves forward bill expanding child care subsidies for industry employees

House committee moves forward bill expanding child care subsidies for industry employees

Lawmakers pushed forward with an initiative that would give more child care workers the opportunity to have c…

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