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Oklahoma Senate bill would require insurance companies to cover high-tech medical screenings called biomarker tests

Biomarker testing is a tool that doctors use to get a clearer picture of a medical problem — often cancer.

By Catherine Sweeney

| Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | 6:44 pm

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How Oklahoma’s mismanagement of federal education funds could leave $18 million on the table

By Beth Wallis

| Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 5:00 am

Another pandemic relief policy is ending, making groceries even more expensive for low-income Oklahomans

In 2020, the federal government upped food aid. The increased monthly benefits end in March.

By Catherine Sweeney

| Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 10:47 am

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‘Never took a sick day in seven years’: Oklahoma teacher moms and the realities of no paid maternity leave

By Beth Wallis

| Thursday, February 9, 2023 | 1:10 am

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | 6:44 pm

Oklahoma Senate bill would require insurance companies to cover high-tech medical screenings called biomarker tests

Biomarker testing is a tool that doctors use to get a clearer picture of a medical problem — often cancer.

By Catherine Sweeney

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 | 6:06 pm

Non-binary Oklahoma representative censured, removed from all committees

By Beth Wallis

Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 5:00 am

Will Oklahomans vote to be the 22nd state to legalize recreational marijuana?

Voters are just days away from deciding whether Oklahoma will legalize recreational marijuana. But results of similar ballot initiatives in Arkansas and Missouri could help predict the fate of State Question 820.

By Xcaret Nuñez

Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 5:00 am

How Oklahoma’s mismanagement of federal education funds could leave $18 million on the table

By Beth Wallis

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Oklahoma Senate bill would require insurance companies to cover high-tech medical screenings called biomarker tests

How Oklahoma’s mismanagement of federal education funds could leave $18 million on the table

Another pandemic relief policy is ending, making groceries even more expensive for low-income Oklahomans

‘Never took a sick day in seven years’: Oklahoma teacher moms and the realities of no paid maternity leave

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Oklahoma Senate bill would require insurance companies to cover high-tech medical screenings called biomarker tests

Non-binary Oklahoma representative censured, removed from all committees

Will Oklahomans vote to be the 22nd state to legalize recreational marijuana?

How Oklahoma’s mismanagement of federal education funds could leave $18 million on the table

Oklahoma has a syphilis problem. The pandemic made it worse.

What Oil and Natural Gas Mean to Big-Energy Oklahoma

The Impact of Mining in the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer

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Oklahoma House Republicans unveil $500 million school funding increase, alternative to vouchers

Another pandemic relief policy is ending, making groceries even more expensive for low-income Oklahomans

‘Never took a sick day in seven years’: Oklahoma teacher moms and the realities of no paid maternity leave

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s education agenda: Vouchers, performance-based teacher raises, new schools

‘We’ve got to do something’: University of Oklahoma researchers aim to get more counselors, behavior analysts, social workers in rural schools

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Oklahoma has a syphilis problem. The pandemic made it worse.

What Oil and Natural Gas Mean to Big-Energy Oklahoma

The Impact of Mining in the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer

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