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An Oklahoma tribe may finally be compensated for ancestral land hundreds of miles away, and using otherwise fraught thrift shop finds to spark meaningful dialogue.

This is the KGOU PM News Brief for Thursday, September 17th.

I'm Keith Merks.

Oklahoma Medicaid recipients can now access a long-acting medication to treat opioid use disorder with fewer barriers.

[music] The continuing fight over constructing an aluminum smelter in Inola, an update in the dispute over water resources in Cedar Lake, and remembering a former chief of the Muscogee tribe.

This is the KGOU PM news brief for Wednesday, September 16th.

I'm Hannah France.

The town of Inola may have extended a moratorium and set a vote on a permanent ban, but as we hear from Dan Potter, the fight over construction of a $4 billion aluminum smelter is far from over.

The pastor of a historic Tulsa church pleads guilty to embezzlement, and a new chief for the Eastern Shawnee Tribe.

This is the KGOU PM News Brief for Tuesday, September 15th.

I'm Hannah France.

Last week in Oklahoma City federal court, the US Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against Not Your Average Joe, a nonprofit coffee chain known for its commitment to hiring people with disabilities.

[upbeat music] The lack of heat safety standards for Oklahoma construction workers, the rejection of pay raises for Comanche tribe leaders, and an update on the funding of the state's only passenger rail service.

This is the KGOU PM News Brief for Monday, September 14th.

I'm Hannah France.

Oklahoma just saw its third-hottest August on record.

regulations for AI in political ads, proposed changes to Medicaid reimbursement rates, and monarch butterflies migrating across Oklahoma.

This is the KGOU PM News Brief for Friday, September 11th.

I'm Hannah France.

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission is inching closer to rules regulating the use of AI-generated political messaging.

And a historic designation for a schoolhouse in southwest Oklahoma.

This is the KGOU PM News Brief for Thursday, September 10th.

I'm Hannah France.

The path is clearing for full implementation of House Bill 1775, Oklahoma's law banning certain classroom conversations on race and gender.

[instrumental music] A lawsuit filed over the governor's call for a constitutional convention, highlights from the Choctaw State of the Nation address, and a new Edmond program to help caregivers make connections.

This is the KGOU PM news brief for Wednesday, September 9th.

I'm Hannah France.

A former state lawmaker is suing Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt for calling a vote of the people to decide the fate of a potential constitutional convention.

the impact of federal funding changes on local teen pregnancy prevention efforts, a grant to aid participation in adaptive activities, and information on game day parking in Norman.

This is the KGOU PM News Brief for Tuesday, September 8th.

I'm Hannah France.

Oklahoma County's teen pregnancy prevention efforts are in flux following the Trump administration's overhaul of a federal program funding their work.

Speaking of doing things for the people, our next topic is political prison labor.

This week, we learned from reporting by KGOU and Oklahoma Watch that inmates at four Oklahoma prisons, Mom, this is your state, James Crabtree, Mabel Bassett, Lexington Correctional, and Joseph Harp, worked in prison call centers, placing political telemarketing calls in support of Republican candidates at the behest of Make Liberty Win, a Virginia-based conservative super PAC.

Some inmates said the scripts went beyond polling into outright campaigning with demeaning references to opposing candidates.

The very thing, mom, that you're saying we shouldn't do.

The impacts of new federal Medicaid work requirements on Oklahomans, a Republican congresswoman's comments on voter apathy in the GOP, and bond revoked for a man charged in connection to a deadly explosion in Sand Springs.

This is the KGOU PM News Brief for Friday, September 4th.

I'm Hannah France.

The health care authority sent more than 250,000 letters informing Oklahomans of new federal Medicaid work requirements, which will go into effect at the beginning of next year.

Basham is currently being held without bond in Creek County Jail.

In Tulsa, I'm Angel Ford.

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