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Barbara Hoberock

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Barbara Hoberock

    Health department can’t change Oklahoma gender designations on birth certificate, court rules (opens the original)

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    State law has never allowed changes to the sex designation on Oklahoman’s birth certificates, the state’s high court ruled. The Oklahoma Supreme Court issued the 6-3 ruling on Tuesday following questions from a federal appellate court stemming from a lawsuit filed by three transgender individuals who sought to change the sex designation on their birth certificates. The three requested the Oklahoma State Department of Health make changes to their sex designations after obtaining state court order

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Barbara Hoberock

    Oklahoma’s current drought is bad, but residents lived through worse, climatologist says (opens the original)

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    While nearly the entire state is in a drought, the state climatologist doesn’t expect it to break many records. “It is not even as bad as the one we had in the fall of 2022,” said Gary McManus, state climatologist. “We’ve had many bad droughts. This is just the latest of those bad droughts.” About 52% of the state falls into the extreme or exceptional drought category, which are the two most severe or intense categories on the U.S. Drought Monitor, he said. “There’s just a little tiny area in Te

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Barbara Hoberock, OklahomaVoice, CityNewsOKC

    Some Oklahoma airport visitors will be able to greet family, friends at airport gates again (opens the original)

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    OKLAHOMA CITY – For the first time in more than two decades, some non-ticketed airport visitors will be able to greet and say good-bye to airplane passengers at the gate. The Transportation Security Administration will now allow PreCheck members to accompany family members and loved ones to the gate, greet arriving passengers and use airport facilities and restaurants without taking a flight at 13 airports, including Will Rogers International Airport in Oklahoma City. The program is called Gat

  4. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice, CityNewsOKC

    Community, scientist disputes Oklahoma water agency finding that dams not to blame (opens the original)

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    OKLAHOMA CITY – There is no link between the construction of two dams and declining water levels at a lake west of Oklahoma City, according to the findings of a report released by a state agency tasked with managing water. The reduction in water levels at Cedar Lake is more likely caused by a drop in aquifer levels related to homeowners’ domestic wells, according to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board’s 69-page report, which was distributed to some lawmakers and others. But residents of th

  5. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice, CityNewsOKC

    Lawsuit filed to stop Oklahoma Constitutional Convention vote (opens the original)

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    OKLAHOMA CITY – A former Republican lawmaker has challenged Gov. Kevin Stitt’s power to call a constitutional convention. Former Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, on Tuesday asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to rule that only the Legislature can submit a referendum to the people for a constitutional convention. Stitt last month issued an executive proclamation and called a special statewide election for April 6, 2027, to consider State Question 848. Stitt’s state question asks voters to determin

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