What To Know About Oklahoma Natural Gas’ New Storm Charges
网页2022年1月27日 · Customers of Oklahoma Natural Gas will be paying an extra $7.80 per month for the next 25 years under a plan approved Tuesday by the three-member Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The fee will go toward paying almost $1.4 billion in natural gas costs racked up by the utility last February during a winter storm.
Why 25,000-Plus Oklahomans Are Still Waiting For Rental Assistance
网页2022年3月2日 · The state and governments in Cleveland and Oklahoma counties allocated $408.9 million to Community Cares Partners, a program of the Communities Foundation of Oklahoma non-profit, to provide emergency rental and utility assistance to Oklahomans during the pandemic. The organization has distributed $174.6 million to those in need.
Oklahoma Inches Closer to Eliminating Private Prisons
网页2023年8月31日 · On July 31, 2022, Davis prisoner Gregory Thompson fatally stabbed 61-year-old corrections officer Alan Jay Hershberger. An Oklahoma Watch investigation published weeks after Hershberger’s death found that stabbings at the facility more than tripled from 2021 to 2022. In late February, a prisoner fatally attacked another man housed at …
Oklahoma Suicides Climb to Highest Point Since 2006
网页2021年8月17日 · In Oklahoma, those predictions came true. Last year, 883 Oklahomans died by suicide, according to data provided by the state medical examiner’s office. That’s nearly a 10% increase over 2019. It’s also the highest number of suicides since at least 2006 — when the agency began publishing the information online — an Oklahoma Watch ...
Many Seeking Emergency Rental Assistance Left Waiting
网页2021年9月7日 · Two separate Emergency Rental Assistance programs have been established within the last year, providing $46.5 billion in federal relief. The first program was passed under the Consolidated Appropriations Act in December 2020 and provided Oklahoma with $264 million. The second one passed in March 2021 under the American Rescue Plan Act, giving ...
How Oklahoma Lawmakers Have Loosened Gun Regulations the …
网页2022年6月3日 · As lawmakers moved to loosen gun regulations, Oklahoma’s firearms mortality rate increased 31.8% between 2014 and 2020, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Gun deaths from homicides, suicides and accidental discharges are included in the firearms mortality rate. At 20.7 deaths per …
Oklahoma Moves Toward Phasing Out Private Prisons. What A …
网页2020年7月31日 · Nevada housed just 575 inmates in private facilities in 2017. Five months later, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill barring the state’s corrections department from entering into a new contract with any private corrections company. The law will phase out all private prisons in the state by 2028. Though legislation aimed at phasing out ...
Tablets and Video Calls Are Coming To Oklahoma Prisons. But at …
网页2021年2月23日 · Securus spokesperson Jade Trombotta said in an email that inmates will receive free tablets this spring and gain access to video calls by the fall. A 20-minute video call will cost $5.95, about $2 more than a 20-minute phone call. The tablets run a modified version of Android and can only access content approved by JPay, a subsidiary of Securus.
Oklahomans Share Their Struggle for Mental Healthcare as Feds ...
网页2022年12月28日 · Low insurance reimbursement rates limit the types of insurance that Oklahoma providers can accept leaving low-income Oklahomans with the fewest options for care, a report released on Dec. 16 by Healthy Minds Policy Initiative found.. Residents in rural communities had few nearby treatment options and couldn’t afford to take off work to travel to appointments, participants said.
Inside A Potentially One-Sided Race for State Superintendent
网页2022年1月10日 · Non-members can attend by being sponsored by a member. The focus is on preparing candidates for state-level offices and school board races, as well as how to volunteer for a campaign. For more information, call OEA at (405) 523-4310. Jennifer Palmer has been a reporter with Oklahoma Watch since 2016 and covers education.