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After winning the battle against Stage IV ovarian cancer, Tarah Warren found a way to pay it forward to those still fighting.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Oklahoma Gazette, Citizen Spotlight, OKC Citizens, Tenaciously Teal

Tags: Best Of Intro & Extras, Oklahoma Gazette, Best of OKC, reader's poll, 36th year, food, drink, arts, culture, entertainment, life, wellness, goods, services, cannabis, covid

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An Oklahoma judge blocked a law that presents medical abortion as an option. But is this backed by science?

Tags: State, Big If True, Oklahoma Gazette, factchecking Oklahoma, factchecking, abortion, medical abortion, Oklahoma County Judge Don Andrews, temporary injunction, Assistant Solicitor General Bryan Cleveland, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, progesterone, pregnancy, Contraception, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, abortion pill reversal, Dr. George Delgado, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, control group, Issues in Law and Medicine, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Past editors look back on Oklahoma Gazette’s 40 years and reflect on its success.

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Historian Bob Blackburn reflects on Oklahoma City’s major changes throughout the past 40 years.

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A year after buying Oklahoma Gazette, its publisher reflects on its impact on his life and sees a bright future.

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Local organizations are helping register high school students to vote while creating avenues of education for further civic engagement.

Tags: Education, News, Amy Curran, Oklahoma City Public Schools, Generation Citizen, Generation Citizen Oklahoma, League of Women Voters, Rebecca Greenhaw, Civics Day, HerFlag, Let’s Fix This, National High School Voter Registration Week, OKCPS, civic engagement, OKC Equip, PAR, participatory action research, action civics, voter registration, young voters, high school voters, elections, The Oklahoman, media literacy, social media advocacy, civics education, Brown Center on Education Policy, Brookings Institution, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Washington D.C., March for Our Lives, K-12 education, Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, CIRCLE, midterm cycle, local civics, school board, bills, action plans

The upper section of Scissortail Park opens late this month with a major concert and plenty of family-friendly activities.

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Tags: Best Of Intro & Extras, Oklahoma Gazette, Best of OKC, reader's poll, 35th year, food, drink, arts, culture, entertainment, life, wellness, goods, services, cannabis

Tags: Chicken-Fried News, Chicken-Fried News, cannabis, medical cannabis, advertising, billboards, Paul Chabot, The Oklahoman, Texas, Conservative Move

The Oklahoman faces diminishing returns and logistical nightmares after its purchase by GateHouse Media.

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University of Oklahoma’s weaknesses are highlighted amid staff reductions, low donations, racist scandals and poor responses from the top.

Tags: Education, University of Oklahoma, OU, James Gallogly, Gallogly, David Boren, Alan Velie, Suzette Grillot, Judy Gibbs Robinson, Jamelia Reed, Black Student Association, BSA, BERT, Black Emergency Response Team, blackface, racist scandals, low donations, layoffs, staff departures, Nick Hathaway, OU board of regents, board of regents, The Oklahoma Daily, OU Daily, Lauren Brookey, college of international studies, OU College Republicans, Kyle Harper, Jones Day

Oklahoma could expand Medicaid, but interest groups are fighting to make health care a privilege.

Tags: Commentary, Affordable Care Act, ACA, Medicaid, Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma Policy Institute, The Oklahoman, John Tidwell, John Kasich, Americans for Prosperity, David Koch, Charles Koch, Tim Phillips, Koch Industries