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Oklahoma agency misses first benchmarks of mental health settlement
Oklahoma Voice
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June 17, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma mental health department missed its first series of deadlines to provide improved competency restoration services. The Oklahoma Legislature approved the agency’s settling of a 2023 lawsuit that alleged the Oklahoma...
13 Popular Foods in Oklahoma Linked to Cancer
KWFS - Texas
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June 17, 2025
It seems the State of Oklahoma, the Federal Government, and Oklahomans of all political ideologies are actually sharing similar views on one common issue. Artificial dyes in our food supply. Particularly, red dye #3. It has been linked to cancer...
No new measles cases in Monroe County, health department monitoring contacts of unvaccinated child
WHEC 10 - New York
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June 17, 2025
The News10NBC Team details breaking News, Traffic and Weather. HENRIETTA, N.Y. – There are still no new positive cases of the measles in Monroe County, according to the county health department. They are tracking people who had contact with the...
Recovery operation underway for body in Oklahoma River
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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June 17, 2025
Recovery operation underway for body in Oklahoma River Police are responding to a body found near downtown Oklahoma City on Tuesday afternoon. WE’LL HAVE THAT COMING UP HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. WILLIAMS HAS BEEN HOT ALL NIGHT. FALLING AWAY. GOT IT....
Missouri among nation’s worst in children’s health
St Louis American - Missouri
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June 17, 2025
Stay Informed, Stay Empowered in STL Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Missouri ranked in the bottom third of all states for children’s health, according...
Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Oklahoma City
K95.5 Tulsa - Oklahoma
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June 17, 2025
What do we mean when we talk about computer and engineering jobs? Well, that depends. These positions encompass various roles dedicated to new technology development and maintenance. Take software developers, who create and oversee computer...
Maine to receive $26M as part of $7.4B Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
WMTW 8 - Maine
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June 17, 2025
The state of Maine is expected to receive $26 million from Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, as part of the $7.4 billion settlement that will resolve lawsuits over the company's role in creating and worsening the nationwide opioid...
GOP senators warn mega-bill’s new Medicaid cuts will hurt rural hospitals
Iowa Capital Dispatch
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June 17, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republican leaders expressed confidence Tuesday they’ll be able to tamp down opposition to various elements of the party’s “big, beautiful bill” in time to approve the measure before the Fourth of July, though they...
Georgia Joins $7.4B Big Pharma Settlement for Opioid Crisis
The Georgia Sun
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June 17, 2025
Georgia will join other states and U.S. territories in a settlement that extracts $7.4 billion from Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, as recompense for their role in the opioid crisis that ravaged the country for a generation. “For...
Long Story Short: The State Expanded Medical Parole Four Years Ago, but the Number of Medical Paroles Has Plummeted
KGOU - Oklahoma
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Imagine a criminal. Not a murderer sentenced to life without parole, but something bad: rape, assault, drug trafficking. Imagine that the criminal was sentenced to many years of incarceration, and after decades in prison his body has begun to...
Oklahoma Poison Center warns parents of outdoor dangers; here's what to know
News9 - Oklahoma
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With more kids heading outside to enjoy the summer, the Oklahoma Poison Center says it wants to remind parents of the dangers of being outdoors. Ranging from bites to accidents, the Oklahoma Poison Center said that while people are soaking up...
Georgia joins $7.4 billion opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family
Athens Banner Herald - Georgia
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Georgia will receive $126 million for opioid addiction treatment and prevention as part of a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. The settlement removes the Sackler family from control of Purdue Pharma and prevents...
Oklahoma files federal lawsuit against 23andMe
KGOU - Oklahoma
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June 17, 2025
The state of Oklahoma has filed a federal lawsuit against genetic testing company 23andMe. State Attorney General Gentner Drummond says he wants to prevent the company from selling its customers' private DNA information. 23andMe filed for...
Oklahoma misses key deadlines in court-ordered mental health reform, report finds
The Frontier - Oklahoma
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This story was produced in partnership with KOSU. Oklahoma has missed several deadlines on a plan to improve wait times to treat people with severe mental illness charged with crimes, consultants said in a new report. The consultants, who were...
Ohio is in line for $198M over 15 years after a big settlement with opioid maker Purdue Pharma
WOUB Public Media - Ohio
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June 17, 2025
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau Posted on: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 < < Back to COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio could get $198 million over 15 years from a huge settlement struck between attorneys general from 49 states, the...
In Oklahoma, Juneteenth highlights tribal slavery descendants’ fight for recognition and citizenship
Associated Press
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June 17, 2025
Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of people in Oklahoma are still fighting for full citizenship in the tribal nations that once held their ancestors in...
Victim taken to hospital after stabbing in Norman, police confirm
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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June 17, 2025
Victim taken to hospital after stabbing in Norman, police confirm A person was transported to a hospital Tuesday after a stabbing in Norman. WE’LL HAVE THAT COMING UP HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. WILLIAMS HAS BEEN HOT ALL NIGHT. FALLING AWAY. GOT IT. 40...
Milk testing plays vital role in monitoring herd health, performance
Farm Talk - Kansas
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June 17, 2025
Dairy One lab technician. (Photo by Chris Lawrence) Dairies routinely have milk tested to make sure it does not contain harmful levels of bacteria, and will retain high quality. There are also other tests that can be done, to help dairymen monitor...
More states back $7.4 billion Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
CBS - New York
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Fifty-five attorneys general around the country have now signed on to a $7.4 billion settlement with drugmaker Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, over the opioid crisis, officials said. Fifteen states initially agreed to the...
Oklahoma City and Norman will be hurt by proposed NASA budget cuts Mary Guenther
The Oklahoman
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It’s rare that Newt Gingrich and Chris Van Hollen agree, particularly on funding topics, but pigs must be flying, as there’s widespread outrage in light of the 50% cut proposed to NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in the President’s Budget...