By Janelle Stecklein | Editor
“In general, you don’t want to be changing things right before the election. So in a lot of ways, it is already too late. Part of the rule relates to the absentee ballot envelopes themselves. And … almost universally, those have already been designed and printed.” - Katy Owens Hubler of a U.S. Postal Service plan that would affect mail-in voting
New federal work requirements could affect eligibility for a quarter of a million Oklahomans on SoonerCare. (Photo via Getty Images)
By Emma Murphy
Over 250,000 Oklahomans have been sent letters warning that new federal work requirements may put them at risk of losing their Medicaid health coverage.
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority on Wednesday said yellow letters were sent last week and any Oklahoman who receives one should follow the enclosed instructions to ensure they maintain their eligibility.
The letters were sent to only people who received coverage as part of Oklahoma’s voter-approved Medicaid expansion, an agency spokesperson said.
House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, gives a farewell speech on the House floor to recognize his final days in the state Legislature on May 22, 2024, at the state Capitol. McCall is term-limited after 12 years in office. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)
OPINION
By J.H. Snider
Oklahoma’s Constitution requires that lawmakers give voters the right to consider calling a constitutional convention at least once every 20 years. Yet lawmakers last placed the referendum on the ballot in 1970 — 56 years ago.
A Utah County election worker picks up mailed ballots from the United States Postal Service office on Oct. 26, 2020 in Provo, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
By Jacob Fischler
President Donald Trump’s executive order placing new restrictions on mail-in voting would assign state officials a Herculean task to reach compliance before the crucial midterm elections.
A U.S. Postal Service whistleblower in a report published Sept. 1, 2026, alleged that USPS rushed the development of electronic tools to comply with a Trump administration policy placing new restrictions on mail-in voting. (Photo by Simone Hogan/Getty Images)
By Jacob Fischler
The U.S. Postal Service rushed the development of electronic tools to comply with a Trump administration policy placing new restrictions on mail-in voting, and defied a court order to stop work on the system, according to an explosive whistleblower complaint published Tuesday by Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
A veteran waves from a housing unit built exclusively for veterans by a Utah-based nonprofit. Despite national veteran homelessness reaching a record-low in 2025, half the states recorded increases during the January 2025 point-in-time count. (Photo Courtesy of USA Project Valor)
By Robbie Sequeira
Veteran homelessness dipped slightly from 2024 to 2025, according to the latest results from the January 2025 point-in-time count.
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