LeighAnne Manwarren

As the Oklahoma Corporate Commission’s telecommunications staff debates over the draft of a new toll-free policy, rural telephone companies are arguing to keep the proposal alive. Many others are in opposition to whole idea of the proposal. “Earlier this year, staff asked the commissioners for permission to look into developing rules, with an eye looking […]

Kelly Damphousse, a sociology professor at the University of Oklahoma and associate dean for the OU College of Arts and Sciences, said it’s well known that Oklahoma locks up more women than any other state. But he said there are no good statistics on why that is. “The sense is, the majority of women incarcerated […]

Looking back nine years after MAPS for Kids, the Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools found the school district still needs improvement. This morning at the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library, Foundation Executive Director Lori Dickinson and President Dave Lopez released the organization’s 2009 assessment of MAPS for Kids and asked the Oklahoma City community […]

With the fate of a federal health care plan up in the air, Oklahoma legislators are anticipating and drafting legislation opting out of any federal health care plan. Both the House Rules Committee and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee have cleared four pieces of legislation earlier this month to be heard by the […]

After last year’s Oklahoma House Bill 1595 received a setback, state legislators are reintroducing parts of the bill individually. Because HB 1595 had many different parts, the Oklahoma courts deemed it in violation of the state’s single-subject rule. Senate legislationHouse legislation Senate legislationThree bills modeled after parts of the original HB 1595 were approved by […]