David Chasanov

2 weeks ago | okcfox.com | David Chasanov

As a measles outbreak continues to impact Oklahoma, healthcare providers say they're launching a program to help schools fight the spread. Doctors created an informative toolkit to explain the importance of all vaccines during the measles outbreak. "A further widespread outbreak will likely occur unless we take action now," Dr. Steven Crawford with the Oklahoma Alliance for Healthy Families said.

2 weeks ago | okcfox.com | David Chasanov

A new article from Oklahoma Watch challenges our state insurance commissioner. According to a Wall Street Journal story from March, Glen Mulready said hail is to blame for high homeowners' insurance rates. "The argument that Oklahoma rates are high because of hail just didn't add up when you looked at the data," Oklahoma Watch reporter JC Hallman said. Hallman found several examples proving that theory wrong, like a chart from Gallagher Re. It reveals Oklahoma gets less hail than Texas and Kansas.

3 weeks ago | okcfox.com | David Chasanov

Governor Kevin Stitt says Oklahoma lawmakers have agreed on a $12.59 billion state budget for fiscal year 2026. Part of this plan: cutting the state income tax. Stitt says lawmakers agreed to cut the state income tax by a quarter-point, which is something he says will give Oklahomans some relief. "It's not a governor's budget," Governor Stitt said. "It's not a House budget. It's not a Senate budget.

3 weeks ago | okcfox.com | David Chasanov

From lawmakers to people across the state, access to preventative care is on top of many Oklahomans' minds this legislative session. For starters, a bill that intends to give people more access to breast cancer screenings was just vetoed. There's also a piece of legislation created with the goal of making genetic testing more accessible. "Putting more government mandates involved just continues to make the price go up for everyone in Oklahoma," Governor Kevin Stitt said on X on May 6, 2025.

3 weeks ago | okcfox.com | David Chasanov

A bill aiming to improve public transit safety is one step away from heading to Governor Kevin Stitt's desk. State Rep. Nicole Miller (R-Edmond) says she wants to protect transit drivers and workers. "We just want to make sure that Oklahomans are safe and protected no matter how they're traveling," State Rep. Miller said. "We needed to address the transit situation as well."Miller helped write Senate Bill 562, which addresses violence on public transit.