By Barbara Hoberock | Senior reporter
“It puts a lot of misinformation and a lot of fear and doubt in parents’ minds.” - Thomas Lew of vaccine executive order
Marty Quinn, left, and Bob Sullivan, who are vying for the Republican nomination for Insurance Commissioner, are pictured. (Provided photos)
By Janelle Stecklein
The two candidates hoping to secure the Republican nomination for insurance commissioner are vowing to address Oklahoma’s soaring property insurance rates, but differ on how to approach the issue.
Marty Quinn and Bob Sullivan, who will appear on GOP voter’s Aug. 25 primary runoff ballot, both said their decades of experience in the insurance industry makes them uniquely positioned to bring Oklahomans relief.
A recent LendingTree analysis found that Oklahomans pay an average of $5,533 to insure their homes each year, the highest rate in the nation. In comparison, the average U.S. homeowner pays $2,628.
An executive order President Donald Trump signed earlier this week says the attorney general will take legal action against states that do not provide “religious and medical exemptions from childhood and adolescent immunization requirements.” (Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce for the Virginia Mercury)
By Tim Henderson
A largely overlooked part of the executive order President Donald Trump issued this week scaling back the schedule for childhood vaccines threatens legal action against the four states that don’t allow personal or religious exemptions to school vaccine requirements.
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
By Jacob Fischler
The Trump administration on Wednesday renewed its request to the U.S. Supreme Court to quickly decide a case over an executive order restricting voting, a day after a Massachusetts federal judge expanded an injunction on the order nationwide.
The White House press corps boards the former Air Force One following the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, 2026. A catering truck reportedly used to secretly transport President Donald Trump to a military plane can be seen to the left, under the plane. (White House pool photo)
By Ashley Murray
President Donald Trump covertly traveled across Europe in a military plane in July after Iran threatened his life, according to a bombshell report Monday night by The Washington Post that revealed press and White House officials remained on a decoy Air Force One.
Marchers at the Louisville No Kings protest on March 28, 2026. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)
By Caleb O. Brown and Dan Canon
Kentucky’s new license plate camera law is now in effect, and it already looks out of step with the Constitution. Just before it took effect, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the commonwealth a warning its lawmakers cannot afford to ignore.
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