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6 days ago | oudaily.com | Nuria Martinez-Keel

OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican lawmakers have suggested rejecting a controversial proposal to have Oklahoma public schools ask for proof of U.S. citizenship during enrollment. The rule has drawn opposition from Gov. Kevin Stitt, advocates within Oklahoma’s Latino community and residents who spoke up against requiring schools to check students’ immigration status.

6 days ago | oudaily.com | Peggy Dodd

Well, it’s officially my turn to say goodbye. I walked into the Daily four days after moving into my Walker Tower dorm in August 2021. I had gone to the university because of the Daily, knowing I just had to work for the campus paper. I’ve watched three editors-in-chief say goodbye and move on to do terrific things in my four years in Copeland Hall. I remember being terrified walking into the newsroom, having little to no idea what I was doing. I never thought I would be editor-in-chief at the time.

1 week ago | oudaily.com | Nuria Martinez-Keel

OKLAHOMA CITY — A group of Oklahoma parents, grandparents and teachers represented by a former Republican attorney general have asked a judge to nullify the state’s controversial new academic standards for social studies. Former Attorney General Mike Hunter filed the group’s lawsuit Wednesday morning in Oklahoma County District Court, alleging the adoption process was so flawed that the standards might not have been legal by the time they came before the state Legislature.

1 week ago | oudaily.com | Nuria Martinez-Keel

OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed into law a yearlong ban on student cellphone use in all Oklahoma public schools. Oklahoma will join 11 other states that have implemented similar statewide restrictions. Some school districts in the state enforce a similar policy already. Stitt signed Senate Bill 139 on Monday to implement the “bell to bell” ban for the 2025-26 school year. The restriction becomes optional for districts in the 2026-27 school year and thereafter.

1 week ago | oudaily.com | Brianna Bailey

The medical contractor at the center of a joint investigation by The Frontier and The Marshall Project is exiting the Cleveland County Detention Center after almost two decades. TK Health, formerly known as Turn Key Health Clinics, said in a letter dated March 6 that it would not renew its contract with Cleveland County. The company said it would leave the jail on June 30.