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Observercast Episode 9: Covid Comes To Oklahoma
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...
Observercast Episode 8: Long Inertia For Criminal Justice Reform
In the 1990s, Oklahoma went all-in on the nation’s get-tough-on-crime movement, cracking down on law-breaking whether it involved violence or not. In just one...
Observercast Episode 7: Open Meetings In The Time Of Pandemics
It's difficult enough during ordinary times for rank-and-file Oklahomans to keep up with state government. It became even trickier when lawmakers, responding to the...
Observercast Episode 6: ‘Look Around For Your Partners’
Observercast Episode 6 – 'Look Around For Your Partners' – expands on our discussion of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s standoff with Oklahoma’s sovereign tribal nations over...
Observercast Episode 5: Removing The People’s Power – HJR 1027
Two-thirds of the Oklahoma House this week took steps to neuter the People’s Power. Sixty-six reps – all Republicans – rammed through a proposal...