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Oklahoma Watch

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Oklahoma Watch

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Non-profit, non-partisan investigative journalism that holds the powerful accountable. Get our free newsletters at oklahomawatch.org/newsletters/

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Joined December 2010

Oklahoma Watch
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Jul 1, 2020
BREAKING: With 100% precincts reporting in, #SQ802 has passed and Oklahoma will become the 37th state to pass Medicaid expansion. State officials project 215,00 low-income adults will become newly eligible for health coverage when the expansion takes effect by July 1, 2021
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Jul 12, 2022
Federal auditors are now investigating how the Stitt administration awarded the ClassWallet contract and distributed relief money. #ICYMI buff.ly/3AOAfM7
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Apr 4, 2018
The Oklahoma Capitol is at capacity once again — troopers even limiting access to some parts of the building because of crowd-size limitations — as student-led protests join in on the third day of the #oklahomateacherswalkout #okleg #oklaed #oklaedwalkout
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May 18, 2022
Financial disclosures shine a light on potential conflicts of interest, but aren’t required of members of the governor’s cabinet. What the public would have learned about Sec. of Education Ryan Walters, coming Thursday in collaboration with @readfrontier
Oklahoma Watch
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May 2, 2022
New: Millions of federal dollars. A no-bid contract to a for-profit, out of state company. A choice to forgo guardrails against fraud in order to empower parents. What could go wrong? New story from @OklahomaWatch and @readfrontier buff.ly/3MKP8BT
Oklahoma Watch
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Jul 10, 2016
Another look at the size of the #blacklivesmatterokc rally
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Nov 17, 2021
“@GovStitt claims that he is the most pro-life governor in the United States, and there is nothing more pro-life that you can do than to save an innocent life, especially one that has been falsely accused and in prison for 22 years.” buff.ly/3HpEuih
Oklahoma Watch
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Jan 25, 2024
Imagine receiving a big bonus. You pay off debt or use it as a down payment on a house or a car. Months later, you’re told you have to pay it back, including thousands of dollars in taxes you never even had. These teachers are living that nightmare. ow.ly/YJuN50QumQX
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Oklahoma Watch
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Nov 18, 2021
Tweet from the governor:
Governor Kevin Stitt
@GovStitt
Nov 18, 2021
After prayerful consideration and reviewing materials presented by all sides of this case, I have determined to commute Julius Jones’ sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. oklahoma.gov/governor/newsr…
Oklahoma Watch
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Oct 24, 2022
“In a move that appears to have been done in secret, Stitt has retained Washington D.C. based law firms Sullivan and Cromwell, and Troutman, Pepper, Hamilton and Sanders.” buff.ly/3F76Q1X
Oklahoma Watch
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Oct 4, 2024
King James version? Leather binding? Walters seeks 55,000 classroom Bibles with founding documents only available in Trump-endorsed versions. @jpalmerOKC @Okwatchheather @pmonies #OKLAED ow.ly/EvGI50TCSr3
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Oklahoma Watch
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Feb 5, 2018
Drama at the end of Fallin’s State of the State as a protestor unravels a banner reading “State of Despair” with a drawing of the governor’s face #okleg
Oklahoma Watch
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Nov 18, 2021
Just uploaded: @GovStitt's executive order commuting Julius Jones death sentence to life without the possibility of parole #juliusjones
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May 17, 2022
Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed HB3501, which received an overwhelming majority of support — 96% — from Oklahoma legislators. The bill would have coordinated state agencies and tribal judicial systems. buff.ly/3yFpJWB