Oklahoma’s refusal to share county-level measles data during outbreaks has sparked concerns from health experts, including Dr. George Monks, who argues the data is crucial for public safety. The state's stance contrasts with how it handles other diseases like West Nile.

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A vendor with a $2 million state contract to provide reimbursements to Oklahoma crisis pregnancy centers spent just $106,000 of the money on nonprofits that counsel against abortions.

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Oklahoma Watch has filed a lawsuit against the Office of Management and Enterprise Services over its decision to keep $18 billion in applications for federal coronavirus funding a secret.

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The state's new public health lab in Stillwater has lots of new, state-of-the-art equipment. Much of it is sitting idle.

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Lionel Ramos on legal complications faced by Afghan refugees in Oklahoma; Keaton Ross on his investigation into substandard health conditions in Oklahoma jails; Trevor Brown on bills that would make it harder to put state question on the ballot.

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Since taking office, Cindy Byrd has handled some political footballs with audits of the state’s largest virtual charter school and the state Health Department.

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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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Since 2018, only 103 Oklahomans have changed their gender on their birth certificate. An executive order has stopped those changes altogether.

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A warning from the lab’s former administrative director was prescient: the lab’s essential public health functions could be compromised by a move and staff shortages.

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