The data offers the clearest picture yet of academic setbacks incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal officials cautioned against drawing direct correlations with remote learning.

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Oklahomans did not get an accurate picture of COVID’s toll on the state’s most vulnerable population because the state’s reporting method was unreliable.

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Billions in requests for federal money from both state agencies and the private sector are being kept secret by Oklahoma’s purchasing agency.

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Oklahoma Watch reporters Trevor Brown, Jennifer Palmer and Paul Monies analyze Gov. Kevin Stitt's 2022 State of the State speech with host Ted Streuli.

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Here is the fall 2021 enrollment for each Oklahoma school district and charter school as reported to the state Department of Education.

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Nursing homes and long-term care facilities that care for Oklahoma’s elderly and disabled residents are battling the latest wave of COVID-19. At least one worker and 16 residents have died.

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Public school enrollment increased statewide by more than 4,500 students, but has not yet returned to pre pandemic numbers.

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Host Ted Streuli talks to Jennifer Palmer about the Republican-only race for state superintendent of schools, Trevor Brown about the democracy beat and Keaton Ross about COVID in state prisons.

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Surveillance testing and vaccination campaigns could help mitigate outbreaks behind bars, experts say.

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