Recent violent events in Charlottesville have spurred Oklahoma City Public School board members to consider the significance of school names like Lee, Jackson, Stand Watie, and Wheeler. The four schools are named after Confederate Civil War officers, and board members have expressed interest in changing the school names.
A bill that adds steep criminal penalties for trespassing on sites containing “critical infrastructure” cleared its final legislative hurdle Wednesday and now awaits Gov. Mary Fallin’s signature. For more on House Bill 1123, here’s our story from March 2017. Oklahoma Bill To Protect ‘Critical Infrastructure’ Could Curb Public Protest, Critics Say Oklahoma legislators are advancing [...]
StateImpact racked up thousands of miles traveling across the state this year, filing more than 40 radio stories
While a growing chorus of scientific research has linked Oklahoma’s recent spike in earthquake activity to oil and gas industry disposal wells, a new study suggests such artificial earthquakes are less intense than naturally occurring temblors. The peer-reviewed paper appears in the October 2014 edition of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America and [...]
Norman is the only city in Oklahoma where water rate increases require a vote of the public.
How Climate Change Affects Oklahoma: Public forum 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 at the Picasso Cafe in Oklahoma City.
The Society of Professional Journalists on Wednesday honored reporters at StateImpact Oklahoma, KGOU and KOSU radio with its national Sigma Delta Chi award for collaborative breaking news coverage of the May 20, 2013 tornado.
The Society of Professional Journalists Oklahoma Professional Chapter hosted the 2013 version of its annual awards event on Saturday. StateImpact Oklahoma came away with a nice haul of plaques and certificates for our website and radio stories, including a sweep of the online writing category.
Tulsa’s water system is one of the largest in the state, and as StateImpact has reported, serves rural water districts and communities well beyond the city limits. And it’s been lucky. The recent drought hasn’t been as severe for the Tulsa area, and it’s in the eastern half of the state, where most of the [...]
OKC Water Utilities Trust says it’s getting more serious about enforcing conservation measures, and will propose some tough changes at a public hearing on Tuesday.
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