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Is Oklahoma considering a bill that would alter the validity of collected signatures in its initiative petition process? @factbriefs ow.ly/9KlM50VX6g3

Oklahomans who sought to stop taxpayer funding of religious charter schools celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court’s tie. #oklaed ow.ly/FFSc50VXhQK

Murders, assaults and allegations of subpar medical care have plagued the prison for years. The state hopes to change that. ow.ly/j1bs50VXoju

A deadlocked Supreme Court blocked the creation of the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, but some lawmakers said this isn’t where the fight ends. ow.ly/huem50VYeTg

Is Oklahoma the only state with a constitutionally protected public health trust from tobacco settlement payments? @factbriefs ow.ly/iJro50VYQlO

“Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude.” — Harry S. Truman

Inconsistent discretion in the enforcement of rapidly changing cannabis laws leaves law-abiding Oklahomans suffering in big ways and small. ow.ly/kiKJ50VYPWy

Keaton Ross on the state’s pending purchase of the Lawton Correctional Facility. Jennifer Palmer dives into the public school enrollment numbers. Paul Monies updates Gov. Kevin Stitt’s executive order mandating that state employees return to the office. ow.ly/CzL950VZph3

Though Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of Senate Bill 128 – which would have updated Oklahoma’s Landlord Tenant Act – stalled the effort this year, supporters of the idea said they’re not done. ow.ly/Nk4s50VZfIw

Oklahoma Watch and reporter Jennifer Palmer sued Ryan Walters and the Department of Education over the department’s refusal to provide requested records. #FOIA #OKLAED ow.ly/k5JQ50W08cN

Are Oklahoma schools including misinformation about the 2020 election in new standards? Fact Briefs #OKLAED ow.ly/qiEA50VZhsv

JUST IN: The House has joined the Senate in adopting SCR12, which removes Allie Friesen as commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. #okleg

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Most criminal justice reform conversations at the Capitol focused on making the reintegration process easier as a strategy to reduce recidivism. ow.ly/shXU50W1Qqu

A backlog in probate court at the Bureau of Indian Affairs has some Native Americans waiting months, years or generations for their cases to be decided. ow.ly/Y1py50W2sVj

Weather radio stations in Ardmore, Atoka, Chickasha, Clinton, Enid, Lawton, Altus, Oklahoma City, Ponca City, Wichita Falls, Wewoka, Stillwater and Woodward will be off the air through Thursday June 5th while our main computer system gets a required scheduled update.

The Frontier is suing for the release of records after a reported uptick in violence at one state prison. readfrontier.org/stories/oklaho…

Paul Monies talks about a lawsuit Oklahoma Watch filed against OSDE. Keaton Ross breaks down several criminal justice measures that passed this session. JC Hallman discusses a woman who was being held on an old warrant in the Tulsa County Jail. ow.ly/aBjX50W3CKf