StateImpact Oklahoma

A new formula from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education positions the state’s colleges and universities to compete for a percentage of their state funding allocations.Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags

Millions of birds have flown over the state’s night skies in recent months. But finding food can be difficult in urban areas and vast agricultural land. To help Oklahoma’s wildlife, some are spending their free time repairing natural habitat.Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags

A hospital in Northwest Oklahoma is reopening its labor-and-delivery unit more than a decade after it closed, amid a new federal investment focused on rural healthcare. It hopes the model it’s building can sustain access despite looming reductions to federal Medicaid spending signed into law last year alongside the investment fueling its project.Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags

With President Donald Trump stumping in our state this evening, StateImpact’s Logan Layden talked with OU political science professor Allyson Shortle about the politics of the visit. Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags

Two Oklahoma mothers are challenging state abortion bans in a new lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights last week. The women are seeking to prevent the laws from applying to pregnant Oklahomans who receive fatal fetal diagnoses, which means a pregnancy is likely to end in miscarriage or stillbirth or, in the event of live birth, the infant will not survive with or without medical support.StateImpact’s Jillian Taylor spoke with lead plaintiff Magon Hoffman about her experience.Mentioned in this episode:Social Media tags