When D’Metryus Lacopo, 24, got an apartment with his husband in December, it was a major triumph. Not only would they have a space to make their own, but also they were ending a struggle of sleeping on the streets, in parking garages and in their car. “As a married couple, it’s really hard to […]
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Cover: Paper cuts
The sound of folded copies of The Oklahoman slapping concrete in the pre-dawn hours was once familiar, but repeated cuts to the size, coverage, advertising and distribution have left many wondering not only if they will receive their newspaper that day but whether there soon will no longer be a daily newspaper at all. Mary […]
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Factchecking Oklahoma: What caused the migrant children crisis?
Back in 2014, the Obama administration housed 2,000 unaccompanied migrant children in Fort Sill, an Army base near Lawton, Oklahoma. This decision followed a surge of people fleeing violence in Central America’s northern triangle: El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Now, an exponentially larger migration surge from the same countries has left border shelters bursting at […]
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Factchecking Oklahoma: Is state ed funding up $2 billion?
To say that taxes are unpopular among Oklahoma conservatives is an understatement. If the past decade is any indication, Republicans here are willing to hold the line on this issue, even when it comes to educating the state’s children. Earlier this month, former Gov. Frank Keating and Larry Parman, former secretary of the commerce and […]
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Factchecking Oklahoma: Is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau driving up banking costs for Oklahomans?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau might have the driest name in federal government since Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, but drama surrounding the agency that regulates financial services like payday loans is anything but boring. The CFPB was created in 2011 in response to financial institutions’ actions connected to the Great Recession. The bureau […]