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Observercast 38: Can Community Policing Come To Sheriff’s Office?

Posted October 13, 202000:44:06

Across the nation, the Black Lives Matter movement in response to police brutality has thrust lower-profile local governments under the microscope....

Observercast Episode 37: When County Commissioners Attack!

Posted September 28, 202001:06:05

Oklahomans have been getting a government lesson like no other this year, and county-level government has been center stage. After the economy tanked...

Observercast Episode 36: ‘Putting Human Beings In Front Of Them’

Posted September 21, 202000:59:25

COVID-19 has turned Oklahoma’s prisons into human petri dishes. Seven inmates and three staff members have died of possible coronavirus-related causes....

Observercast Episode 35: How Do We Get It Across The Finish Line?

Posted September 14, 202000:37:34

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Oklahoma hard. More than 900 deaths. Nearly 167,000 fewer jobs. State revenues down in five of the last seven months when...

Observercast Episode 34: Let The People Vote

Posted August 31, 202000:53:24

Oklahoma voter participation is historically lackluster. We’re lucky if 65% of those registered turnout for the highest profile election – for president....