Oklahoma will soon hire a private contractor to crack down on Medicaid fraud, identifying people who might no longer be eligible for the low-income health program and sending recommendations for benefits cancelation. It’s unclear how many of the nearly 800,000 Oklahomans, most of whom are children, would lose health care coverage under the new law, […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Call it improvements!
State lawmakers are focusing on more legislation to help Oklahoma citizens.
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Chicken-Fried News: Legislative Darwinism?
Oklahoma Sen. Josh Brecheen has introduced a bill that would allow teachers to teach “scientific controversies,” like creationism.
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Cover Story: Chicken-Fried News year in review and predictions for 2017
CFN looks back on 2016 and makes predictions about what Okies will get up to in 2017.
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Chicken-Fried News: Wild bills
Sen. Josh Brecheen is focused on changing Oklahoma’s gun laws by introducing new bills.
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Chicken-Fried News: Adaptive legislation
Two Oklahoma lawmakers are continuing the fight to bring biblical creationism into local schools.
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Rep. Boren’s retirement makes future hazy for state voice in Congress
Boren, 37, the state’s congressional Democrat, represents the 2nd Congressional District, which covers 24 counties in eastern Oklahoma. He attributed his decision to the demands of constant campaigning and time spent away from his family, including his wife, Andrea; and their children, Janna and Hunter. “This is not an easy decision for me,” he said […]