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Oklahoma Republican lawmakers call for moratorium on capital punishment as state picks up pace of...
Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion advocates in Oklahoma on Wednesday called for a...
Oklahoma and its affinity for the death penalty
Yahoo News· 2 years agoOklahoma last week began what many are viewing as a state-sanctioned onslaught on its incarcerated population — executing its first death row inmate out...
Here's how each U.S. state is benefiting from Biden's $1.2T infrastructure law
Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoPresident Biden signed the US Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law in November...
GOP states targeting diversity, equity efforts in higher ed
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoFrustrated by college diversity initiatives he says are “fomenting radical and toxic divisions,”...
Is the violent crime rate higher in Oklahoma or New York? A governor's debate raises the question
Yahoo News· 2 years agoRepublican Gov. Kevin Stitt laughed when his opponent in Oklahoma’s gubernatorial race, Democrat Joy...
Oklahoma's top education official embraces culture wars
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoWhen Oklahoma’s newly elected Republican head of public schools campaigned for the job last fall, he...
2022 saw a record number of ‘botched’ executions, report finds
Yahoo News· 2 years agoMore than a third of the country’s execution attempts this year were “botched” or deemed visibly...
Oklahoma readies for 25 executions in 2 years. But critics ask, 'Why the rush?'
Yahoo News· 2 years agoOklahoma is set to execute its first of more than two dozen death row inmates over the next 29...
UW System bans TikTok use on system devices
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoUniversity of Wisconsin System officials said Tuesday that they will ban the use of TikTok on system devices. Earlier this month, Democratic Gov. Tony...
Georgia's 'contraceptive deserts' raise concerns for women and providers ahead of midterm elections
Yahoo News· 2 years agoAdvocates for access to reproductive care say that women who live in Georgia’s “contraceptive...