StateImpact Oklahoma
StateImpact Oklahoma is a collaboration of KGOU, KOSU, KWGS and KCCU. Our reporters travel the state to report on education, health, environment and science — and the intersection of government and everyday Oklahomans.
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Jacob McCleland / Oklahoma Public Media Exchange/How are Oklahoma teachers reacting to last week’s election of GOP candidates, specifically those who campaigned on culture wars? -
StateImpact Oklahoma/Unlike some other states, Oklahoma’s midterm election results are in the books. The results have big implications for education, health, and the environment in our state.
Latest Episodes
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The FDA announced a shortage of Adderall and its generics last month. Oklahomans have been jumping through hoops to get their medication. -
Oklahoma lawmakers tried to limit four-day school weeks, but they're hanging on in rural communitiesFour-day school weeks have become more common across Oklahoma over the last decade. Lawmakers have tried to limit the practice. But , the rural districts that use them are fighting to keep them.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt wants to fundamentally alter the state's Medicaid program. The gubernatorial election will determine whether he gets to.
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In the prairie grasslands of northwestern Oklahoma, the Lesser Prairie-Chicken is in a fight for survival against development interests of energy industries.
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As Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt gears up for his challenge from State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister in November, what effects will education policy have on the race?
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Over the past few months, pandemic relief efforts have been winding down. One of the first to disappear was universal free lunches for public school students. But one Oklahoma district has found a workaround.
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Where should we put our nuclear waste? A team of University of Oklahoma researchers is looking into that question to find a way to locate storage facilities across the country.
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StateImpact has gotten many questions about House Bill 1775, Oklahoma's so-called critical race theory ban. So, we decided to address the most common ones.
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Sharing Indigenous Oklahoma stories at Field Museum exhibit ‘really inspiring’ for Stilwell studentsStateImpact is on a listening tour with Oklahoma’s youth, and they've brought along their microphones. Reagan and Jimma are students at Stilwell High School. Earlier this year, the pair, along with their classmate Tyla, got to share some of the poetry they worked on at the Field Museum in Chicago as part of the Native Truths exhibit.
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Researchers at the University of Oklahoma started developing a monitoring program in 2020. Now, they're working with state health officials to scan for about a dozen pathogens.
