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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

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A former journalist presents the biggest challenge to Sen. Jim Inhofe’s seat in over a decade.

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OKC-based LGBTQ+ webseries Scandalous Tales returns for a second season.

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Rep. Kendra Horn spent several days this month meeting with constituents in her district and discussing big issues.

Tags: State, News, Kendra Horn, Fifth Congressional District, OK-CD5, prescription drug costs, medicare part d, medicaid expansion, healthcare, immigration, impeachment, impeachment inquiry, naturalization ceremony, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, DREAM Act, Donald Trump, National Republican Congressional Committee, Federal Election Commission, FEC

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

As DACA heads to the Supreme Court, a local immigration nonprofit doubles down on its decade of work helping Oklahomans.

Tags: State, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, Supreme Court of the United States, SCOTUS, US Supreme Court, Tasneem Al-Michael, Tax Al-Michael, Angelica Villalobos, Judith Huerta Morfin, Serena Prammanasudh, Dream Action Oklahoma, DAOK, United We Dream, Amicus brief, undocumented immigrants, immigration, news, immigration news, Oklahoma Dreamers, Oklahoma immigration, Mexico, Bangladesh, Carrie Blumert, JoBeth Hamon, Nikki Nice, Amanda Sandoval, Forrest Bennett, local policy, local politics, sanctuary city, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Black Lives Matter, T. Sheri Dickerson, Oklahoma County jail, Stephanie Montelongo

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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The closure of a local hearing site along with a record-breaking backlog of cases make court proceedings costly and slow.

Tags: State, immigration court, immigration, court, Kelli J. Stump, American Immigration Lawyers Association, green card, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, TRAC, Syracuse University, Oklahoma City, Dallas, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, EOIR, hearings, ICE, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Northern Triangle of Central America, Central America, Guymon, Oklahoma Panhandle, Giovanni I. Perry, Larry E. Davis, Michelle L. Edstrom, Oklahoma Western District Court, Barbara T. Baker, Paola M. Alvarez de Bennett, trial hearings