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Observercast Episode 13: A Priority Of Compassion And Service

Posted May 4, 202000:45:03

The Oklahoma Legislature’s No. 1 job – crafting the annual state budget – is typically the stuff of palace intrigue: A small group of elected...

Observercast Episode 12: Where Are The Voices Of Public Health?

Posted April 27, 202000:37:14

Last week, Gov. Kevin Stitt took steps to begin reopening Oklahoma, confident the state can manage the coronavirus that already has infected 3,280 Sooners...

Observercast Episode 11: Medicaid Meets The Ballot Box

Posted April 20, 202001:00:04

Oklahoma is at a pivotal moment. A global pandemic has claimed the lives of 143 Sooners in little more than a month. Oil prices plunged into negative...

Observercast Episode 10: Public Education In A Pandemic

Posted April 13, 202001:01:36

Last month, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Oklahoma shuttered its public schools for the rest of the academic year. Suddenly, State Superintendent...

Observercast Episode 9: Covid Comes To Oklahoma

Posted April 6, 202001:07:54

When it comes to state services, you get what you pay for. That reality came into sharp focus in recent days as the coronavirus tightened its deadly...