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Epic Charter Schools Continues To Collect Headlines In Wake Of State Audit

By • Oct 23, 2020
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Three weeks after an explosive state auditor’s report alleged a laundry list of illegal activity, Epic Virtual Charter Schools remains in the news.

Choctaw Nation Invests In Renewable Energy

By • Oct 23, 2020
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The Choctaw Nation is now powering some of its homes with solar energy.

COVID Hospitalizations Break Another Record, As Oklahoma Adds 13 Deaths And 1,373 New Cases

By • Oct 23, 2020

Oklahoma has yet again seen record-highs in hospitalizations and average deaths.

Video Breakdown: State Question 805

By • Oct 23, 2020

Our collaborative election project Oklahoma Engaged is not only focused on informative and in-depth radio stories. We also want to strip away extraneous information and get down to the bare bones of state questions on the November 3rd ballot.

Burns Hargis Announces Retirement From Oklahoma State University

By , , & • Oct 23, 2020
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Burns Hargis, the president of Oklahoma State University, announced his retirement Friday after more than 12 years as president.

General Election, Medicaid Privatization, ICE In Oklahoma County Jail & More

By , & • Oct 23, 2020

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the upcoming General Election and races they are watching, the Oklahoma City Fraternal Order of Police endorses GOP State Senator Stephanie Bice for Congressional District Five and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abby Broyles outraises her opponent Incumbent Republican Jim Inhofe.

 

Headlines: Record COVID-19 Cases, Epic Corrective Measures & Halloween Options

By Michael Cross • Oct 23, 2020

Local headlines for Friday, October 23, 2020:

'We Need One Set Of Rules': Gov. Stitt, Commission On Cooperative Sovereignty Deliver Report

By • Oct 22, 2020
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On Thursday, Oklahoma's Commission on Cooperative Sovereignty delivered their first report to Governor Kevin Stitt.

Oklahoma's Coronavirus Outbreak Has Never Been Worse

By • Oct 22, 2020
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Oklahoma is seeing record-highs in average new coronavirus cases, average deaths and hospitalizations. And on Thursday, it saw its largest single-day increase in new new cases.

Epic Virtual Charter Schools' Cloudy Future Leaves Families Searching For Clarity

By • Oct 22, 2020
Quinton Chandler / StateImpact Oklahoma

Turmoil has swirled around Epic Virtual Charter Schools for years. But a state audit has intensified calls to take action against the school and its for-profit management company. And that’s clouded the future for the more than 60,000 students who attend Oklahoma’s largest school district.

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