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12/11/2025

After asking colleges and universities across the state to review their degree programs, the Oklahoma Board of Regents for Higher Education revealed which ones aren't making the cut.

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This article is sourced from KOSU and reported by Graycen Wheeler.

After asking colleges and universities across the state to review their degree programs, the Oklahoma Board of Regents for Higher Education revealed which ones aren't making the cut.

12/11/2025

The North Texas doctors are accused of illegally providing gender-affirming care to minors and falsifying records to cover it up.

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This story is sourced from KERA and written by Lucio Vasquez with The Texas Newsroom.

The North Texas doctors are accused of illegally providing gender-affirming care to minors and falsifying records to cover it up.

12/11/2025

On today’s Poets on the Plains episode, Texas poet Allison Hedge Coke reads “Taxonomy,” a moving piece about a hurried childhood and the early days of life in Amarillo.

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Welcome to Poets on the Plains. I'm Allison Hedge Coke, a poet writer born in the Texas Panhandle coming to you via cell phone from Neeksch, Montenegro. My latest book is Look at This Blue. I'm also the author of Streaming, Burn -- written during the fires at Marfa -- Blood Run, Off-season City Pipe...

12/11/2025

Many Oklahomans will see health insurance rate hikes unless Congress extends expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits. Rural residents will be hit hardest, according to a researchers from the Oklahoma Policy Institute.

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This article is from KOSU Radio reporter Anna Pope!

Many Oklahomans will see health insurance rate hikes unless Congress extends expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits. Rural residents will be hit hardest, according to a researchers from the Oklahoma Policy Institute.

12/11/2025

This week on "High Plains Morning," Jenny's spinning some of the NPR Music top 25 tracks of 2025. Thank you for supporting NEW MUSIC DISCOVERY on the High Plains. See the full list here: https://www.npr.org/2025/12/10/g-s1-99930/best-music-of-2025

12/11/2025

Thanks to Dr. Alex Hunt of the Center for the Study of the American West for stopping by "High Plains Morning" this week to talk about Zak Podmore, winner of the Bonney MacDonald Award for Outstanding Western Book and featured speaker TONIGHT at 6pm CT at West Texas A&M University (Cornette LIbrary). Stop by to hear Zak's reading, meet the author & possibly WIN A BOOK! Details, interview & coverage here. https://www.hppr.org/hppr-arts-culture-history/2025-12-08/2025-outstanding-western-book-award

12/10/2025

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pointed to bill passed earlier this year focused on unlawful tax increases.

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This story is fromKERAA reporter Penelope Rivera.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pointed to bill passed earlier this year focused on unlawful tax increases.

12/10/2025

Twenty-one Republican state lawmakers are asking the Oklahoma attorney general to investigate the state's COVID-19 response and hospital protocols during the pandemic.

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This article is sourced from KHOU 11 News and written by Jillian Taylor with StateImpact Oklahoma.

Twenty-one Republican state lawmakers are asking the Oklahoma attorney general to investigate the state's COVID-19 response and hospital protocols during the pandemic.

12/10/2025

House and Senate leaders have indicated they want to pursue redistricting in January.

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This story is written by Anna Kaminski with Kansas Reflector.

House and Senate leaders have indicated they want to pursue redistricting in January.

12/10/2025

Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.

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This article is sourced from KERA and written by Jaden Edison with The Texas Tribune

Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.

12/10/2025

In case you missed yesterday’s High Plains History episode: Host Skip Mancini explores how early settlers on the Great Plains found joy amid the hardscrabble work of daily life. From box suppers and church socials to spelling bees and barn dances, these fading traditions brought food, music, and community together. And nothing was more anticipated than the dances.

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The first settlers on the Great Plains had little time for fun amidst the hardscrabble toil that made up their daily existence. Yet out of this era came some of our most precious, and now fading, traditions. Box suppers, church socials, spelling bees, and barn dances each held the common essentials....

12/10/2025

Applying the Kansas Consumer Protection Act to residential rentals could help balance power between landlords and tenants. A lawmaker hopes it may force landlords to improve their properties so tenants don’t live in squalor.

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This story is by KCUR 89.3 reporter Dylan Lysen

Applying the Kansas Consumer Protection Act to residential rentals could help balance power between landlords and tenants. A lawmaker hopes it may force landlords to improve their properties so tenants don’t live in squalor.