The Homer City power plant in Indiana, Pa. Reid Frazier / StateImpact Pennsylvania Reid Frazier / StateImpact Pennsylvania The Homer City power plant in Indiana, Pa. At age 20, Jeremiah Baltzer started working at the Homer City Generating S…
StateImpact Oklahoma is a collaboration of KGOU, KOSU, KWGS and KCCU. StateImpact Oklahoma is a collaboration of KGOU, KOSU, KWGS and KCCU. StateImpact Oklahoma reports on energy and the environment, education, health, criminal justice, and…
Gov. Kevin Stitt (left) and Secretary of Health Kevin Corbett discuss Medicaid funding for hospitals in December 2022. Photo credit: Office of Gov. Kevin Stitt The governor and the Legislature have been at odds over the state’s Medicaid age…
Victoria is a labor and delivery manikin at the University of Oklahoma's Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing. The computerized dummy allows students to practice their skills. A group of OU nursing students is practicing their hemovac s…
Aug. 7, 2018 | A doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File) StateImpact editor Logan Layden talks with health reporter Catherine Sweeney about the new program. State off…
An image of a biomarker test conducted on a breast cancer sample. (Photo credit: The Associated Press) After Carla Prothro quit smoking, she went in for a check up. “Doctor said, ‘Well, let’s go get one of those lung cancer screenings.'” sh…
Rep. Mauree Turner (D - Oklahoma City) Oklahoma House of Representatives Oklahoma House Republicans removed Rep. Mauree Turner (D-Oklahoma City) Tuesday from all committee assignments, alleging Turner “harbored a fugitive” in their office l…
Supporters of State Question 820 turn in signatures to the Oklahoma Secretary of State in July 2022. Oklahomans will have a decision to make next week: Should recreational marijuana be legalized? State Question 820 would make it legal for p…
A high school student at Tulsa Union Public Schools listens to a lecture on ancient cultures. Beth Wallis/StateImpact Oklahoma At the end of January, Oklahoma’s new Attorney General, Gentner Drummond, announced he would change course on a h…
Jackie Fortier / StateImpact Oklahoma The Oklahoma House of Representatives unveiled its legislative priorities for education Thursday, and it’s got two main objectives: give public schools a $500 million funding increase and give parents t…
Sticky bands around trees can stop the young lantern flies from feeding. Sticky bands around trees can stop the young lantern flies from feeding. David Paar, owner of Arborescence in Montgomery County, bands a willow tree to trap lanternfli…
Two years ago the Florida High School Athletic Association, or FHSAA, passed a wildly unpopular mandate, requiring girls lacrosse players to wear head gear. The organization said it was responding to concussion risks — but critics say polic…