Oklahoma’s coronavirus surge is leaving rural areas struggling to find beds for critically ill patients
Rural emergency responders say hospitals in Tulsa, Lawton and Oklahoma City are filling with patients.
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After the failure of State Question 805, focus shifts back to the Legislature for reform
Efforts to shorten prison sentences and roll back the use of sentence enhancements have so far been blocked by state district attorneys.
Oklahoma voters reject both state questions
Oklahoma voters soundly defeated a measure that would have made major changes to the state’s criminal justice system. A measure that would have funded part of the state’s Medicaid expansion also fell short.
CRITICAL CONDITION
Rural communities desperate to save their hospitals are turning to for-profit companies for help, but many fail to deliver on lofty promises and leave them with more debt.
Oklahoma spends less than a dollar a meal feeding prisoners
Photographs of prison meals show lots of starches and few fresh fruits and vegetables.
‘What if something happens and he doesn’t get to come home?’
As the coronavirus spreads through state prisons, Oklahoma has few options for early release.
The head of an Oklahoma public health committee invited anti-vax doctors to talk with lawmakers about the coronavirus
One doctor claimed masks don’t work and people of color need more Vitamin D in their diets to prevent them from contracting COVID-19.
