Oklahoma’s Children First partners with first-time, low-income moms and families to build safe, stable, healthy homes for children.
Laura Eastes
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Local impact: Proposed federal budget cuts threaten to reduce or eliminate social services and humanities agencies
Oklahoma Humanities, AmeriCorps and Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma will most likely be affected if federal program budgets are cut.
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Play ball
“The line I use and nobody has ever contested it is, ‘No city in America has come as far as fast as Oklahoma City,’” said Mayor Mick Cornett. “The ballpark was the beginning.”
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Oklahoma’s college students spend over $22 million more to learn what they didn’t master in high school
In Oklahoma, remediation costs $22.2 million annually in extra tuition, according to a Center for American Progress report.
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Classen Ten Penn neighborhood, Plaza District, local artists rally to return art to Eugene Field Elementary
“We wanted to come up with a model that could potentially be replicable in other schools as well as something that is sustainable for the long-term,” Karper said. “It is an opportunity for artists, but it also benefits students.”
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Oklahomans face an uncertain health care future
While Congress debates the future of the Affordable Care Act, many citizens fear they will lose coverage.
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Wheeler District development moves forward
District leaders prepare for phase one of the expansive development plans.
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Tough decisions
“We are looking at more systemic changes because we’ve run out of easy things to cut,” Lora said last week. “Now, we have to look at changes in grade configurations and school closures for small schools.”
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Crime victims, domestic violence groups, others advocate for Marsy’s Law
“Victims can be taken to court over and over, sometimes over a period of years,” Peery said. “The right to a speedy trial doesn’t happen for victims. … The process of the court just re-traumatizes victims.”
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Cover Story: Altered Barbie: Nobody’s Fool confronts cultural norms, ignites debate at April 1 exhibition
“Whether you think Barbie is bad or good, she didn’t fool me,” Miller said. “The concept of Barbie didn’t fool me as a child, but what will the other artists say?”