Oklahoma House panel says documents are private 18 hr ago Psychological and medical records of juvenile offenders or children in state custody who are abused or killed should be confidential and not released to the public, a House committee recommended...

How much is enough? 20 hr ago | Comments 15 The Oklahoma Education Association is at it again — asking taxpayers to fund the union’s gluttonous appetite for more than the average helping. This time, it’s an $850 million...

Penalizing the uninsured in Oklahoma 22 hr ago | Comments 302 Oklahoma must take drastic steps to improve its dismal ranking in the number of residents who have no health insurance, state Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said Thursday during her...

Oklahoma officials clear Locust Grove eatery to open Yesterday LOCUST GROVE — State health officials have decided a restaurant blamed for a food-poisoning outbreak can reopen, but its owners still face an uncertain future because some customers plan to...

Locust Grove restaurant in E. coli outbreak allowed to reopen Thu, Nov 20, 2008 TULSA -- State health officials and a Locust Grove eatery at the center of this summer's deadly E. coli outbreak have signed an agreement to reopen the restaurant. The two-page document,...

Dems: Napolitano emerges for Homeland Security job Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 3 WASHINGTON -- Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, an early Barack Obama supporter from the southwestern part of the country, is a leading contender for the job of secretary of homeland security,...

In brief: Clinton to ID his donors Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Clinton to ID his donors CHICAGO — Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to disclose the names of most donors to his presidential foundation and library. The concession is aimed at...

Obama appoints Daschle to health post Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama is enlisting former Senate leader Tom Daschle as his health secretary, embracing a third Washington insider in the early stages of Cabinet-building by the...

Administration should OK insurance plan expansion Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Comments 5 MORE than two months have passed since the projected implementation date for expansion of a state health insurance premium assistance program. This is one time a state agency can’t be blamed...

Group pushes Gypsy rights Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 1 PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Roma children face severe discrimination in the Czech Republic and are still being segregated into schools for those with mental disabilities, a rights group said...

Oklahoma state insurance expansion sought Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment Expanding a state program that helps small businesses provide health care coverage to their low- and middle-income employees and encouraging Oklahomans to take more responsibility for their health...

Senator wants to overhaul health care Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — Congress and the Obama administration should end the two-year wait that people deemed too sick to work by the government face before qualifying for Medicare, lawmakers and...

Oklahoma gets "D" for premature births Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Comments 16 Citing poor maternal health and lack of insurance as risk factors, the March of Dimes graded Oklahoma a “D” in preterm births. The “Premature Birth Report Card” released Wednesday said...

OU grad selected for legal honor Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Add a comment NORMAN — Elizabeth Garrett, a native Oklahoman and graduate of the University of Oklahoma, has been elected to the American Law Institute, considered one of the highest honors in the legal...

Police: Slaying of NY immigrant was a hate crime Mon, Nov 10, 2008 YAPHANK, N.Y. (AP) - Seven high school students looking "to beat up some Mexicans" attacked an immigrant from Ecuador on a Long Island street, with one of them fatally plunging a knife into the...

Oklahoma's health task force developing recommendations Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Comments 5 Increasing the availability of health care services, improving the quality of Oklahoma's health care system and stressing disease prevention to decrease demand are among early recommendations by...

HB 1804 draws new legal challenge in Oklahoma Sat, Nov 8, 2008 DENVER — Labor unions, immigration advocates, civil rights groups and even the National Center for Lesbian Rights have joined business groups to battle parts of Oklahoma’s...

Hispanic numbers double in 6 Oklahoma counties Sat, Nov 8, 2008 | Comments 38 CLAREMORE — It's no surprise to Carol Ann Kritzmire that the Hispanic population in Rogers County is growing. She sees it in the faces of the children entering the sacrament classes at St....

Rev. Billy Graham to stop advising leaders Sat, Nov 8, 2008 | Comments 2 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Billy Graham’s work as a pastor to presidents is coming to an end, but he is praying for President-elect Barack Obama, Graham’s son said Friday on the ailing...

Administration says strides in immigration made in ’08 Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Comments 1 WASHINGTON — The U.S. government arrested and deported record numbers of illegal immigrants — nearly 350,000 — in the past year, authorities say. It also has naturalized a record...