Several statewide agencies, including Oklahoma Department of Education, are struggling with unwanted visitors. This time, however, instead of teachers or parents asking for better funding and support, it’s those pests nobody seems to know if you spell as one word or two: bedbugs. (AP style rules. Sorry.) Oliver Hodge Memorial Education Building is a five-story […]
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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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Chicken-Fried News: Moldy mansion
Remember a few years ago when former Gov. Mary Fallin’s daughter Christina received criticism for living in a trailer on the governor’s mansion property? It turns out the trailer might’ve had better living conditions than the mansion itself. According to News 9, the mansion has fallen into such state of disrepair that it might not […]
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Chicken-Fried News: We pay how much?!
The Legislative Compensation board recently considered trimming lawmakers’ pay, but lawmakers weren’t too happy about it.
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State officials turn the lights off on artist Jack Fowler’s projected Woody Guthrie-themed protest
On Feb. 27, Fowler projected an image of folk legend Woody Guthrie on a large tarp covering renovations to the north end of the Oklahoma state Capitol.
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Historic Guthrie building’s future is uncertain
The State Capital Publishing Company building, formerly a museum, remains vacant as recent plans fall through.
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Task force develops plan to address teacher shortage
An education task force has come up with a plan to address teacher shortages and issues with pay.