Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News
Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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Sandy Harris, left, and Jonnette Paddy, right, with Indigenous Women Rising talk about abortion care and reproductive health with attendees at the “Women Are Sacred” conference on June 27, 2023, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Photo by Noel Lyn Smith/News21)

Indigenous Americans unite to navigate abortion access after Roe

Noel Lyn Smith and Maddy Keyes
February 21, 2024
President Joe Biden speaks to the crowd at the 2023 White House Tribal Nations Summit before signing executive order on easier access to federal funding and investing funds for Native Americans. Gaylord News/Julia Manipella

Biden signs executive order sending U.S. toward a new era of tribal sovereignty

Maddy Keyes
December 6, 2023
Members of a Ceremonial Guard practice in front of the White House. Julia Manipella/Gaylord News

Short-term funding no solution to long-term needs of nation’s military

Maddy Keyes
November 17, 2023
Kallan McKinney 2023 Student Poet representing the Southwest region recites their poem at the White House. Julia Manipella/Gaylord News

Norman High School student honored in White House ceremony for poem on climate change

Maddy Keyes
November 13, 2023
Oklahoma Representative Frank Lucas (R, Cheyenne) is the longest-serving member of the House Committee on Agriculture and has had a hand in writing every Farm Bill since 1996. Julia Manipella/Gaylord News

Farm bill may not pass by end of year

Maddy Keyes
November 8, 2023
Photo by Elsa Olofsson. (Pexels.com)

Oklahoma cannabis businesses ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Senate banking legislation

Maddy Keyes
November 6, 2023
Representative Tom Cole (R, Moore) claps and cheers for Rep. Mike Johnson’s (R, LA) Republican Conferences nomination for Speaker of the House of Representatives Tuesday night. Julia Manipella/Gaylord News

Repairing the damage is now job one for House Republicans

Maddy Keyes
October 27, 2023
U.S. Representative Kevin Hern (R, Tulsa) of Oklahoma talks tactics of winning a majority of votes if his bid for speaker of the house is put to a vote. Julia Manipella/Gaylord News

Tulsa’s Hern jumps into speaker race after former Freedom Caucus leader Jim Jordan is dropped

Maddy Keyes
October 20, 2023
Oklahoma Representative Tom Cole (R, Moore) talks to reporters before the candidate forum on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Photo by Maddy Keyes.

Oklahoma Delegation Split on Speaker Choice

Maddy Keyes
October 13, 2023
(R-Tulsa) announces bid for House of Representatives majority leader after House GOP members nominate Steve Scalise (R-La.) for speaker. Julia Manipella/Gaylord News

Lucas, Hern backing Scalise as other delegation members remain mum

Maddy Keyes
October 11, 2023
U.S. Rep. Josh Brecheen

The Oklahoma GOP delegation votes against ousting McCarthy

Kevin Palomino and Maddy Keyes
October 3, 2023
Chad Warmington, president and Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma State Chamber, explains the importance of the Chamber's annual visit to the nation's capital to Gaylord News reporters at the Willard Hotel. Julia Manipella/Gaylord News

Nearly 150 Oklahoma business leaders attend Washington fly-in

Maddy Keyes
September 20, 2023
U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas

Lucas missing as U.S. House reconvenes

Maddy Keyes
September 12, 2023
A stream flows slowly on a fall afternoon in Oklahoma's Wichita Mountains wildlife refuge and wilderness area. (Photo by Julia Manipella/Gaylord News)

‘Congress really needs to step in’: Oklahoma farmers, others say they’re still in limbo after years of shifting Waters of the U.S. rules

Maddy Keyes
September 8, 2023
Crowd gathered at the March on Washington’s 60th Anniversary Continuation Event during the planned speeches at steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Thousands gather to rededicate their lives to an idea described 60 years ago

Maddy Keyes
August 28, 2023
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