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Nov 16, 2022

Just did a really phenomenal mis-click, deleting my pinned tweet that had hundreds of very kind replies from you all and which introduced a thread of Oklahoma clips I'm proud of from my several years at KWGS and contributions to NPR. Here they are again!

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Mar 29, 2022

The governor was withholding White House COVID data intended for local governments, and those local governments were not very happy about it. publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional

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The single most beautiful scene in Oklahoma is in the Panhandle.

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Julie

@JuliePeters1185

May 25

Replying to @ChrisKPolansky

What was your favorite stop?

Striking Connecticut

workers will demonstrate outside

@GovNedLamont

’s Hartford residence early tomorrow morning, setting up a “Lamont-ade stand” (a bit strained but I’ll allow the pun). The union says Lamont is the main obstacle to getting the funding they need.

A Black 11-year-old called 911. Police arrived and shot him, his mom says.

Eric Umansky

@ericuman

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A 11-year-old boy, who’s Black, called 911 Police came to his house & shot him. “His words were, ‘Why did he shoot me? What did I do?’” his mom said. There’s body-worn camera footage But police won’t release it. They won’t even show it to the family.

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The family of Aderrien Murry and the community in Indianola, Miss., are calling for the officer who shot the 11-year-old to be fired.

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I’ve yet to encounter anything like the dozens of Okla flacks who collect gov’t salaries to do nothing but troll the press on Twitter all day and blackball media orgs for critical reporting on their bosses, which only demonstrates the contempt they have for their own constituents

I’ve only been covering CT two months & I’ve had some ~minor~ hassles with just one or two flacks, but it does wonders for both my personal mental health & the functioning of democracy to now be in a state with by-and-large large professional public servants staffing comms roles

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Jason P.

@Jalapa918

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Replying to @ChrisKPolansky

I can only imagine the whiplash you must be feeling from your last press team.

Laugh at this lineup all you want (and I will) but they had a better win percentage on this date than what they’re trotting out there now

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Mets'd Up Podcast

@MetsdUp

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Two years feels like a very long time

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Yesssssss

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How To with John Wilson

@howtojohnwilson

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Get wowed by the other side of New York. The final season of #HowTowithJohnWilson premieres July 28 on @StreamOnMax.

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Oklahoma House overrides governor's OETA veto

Anne Nelson

@anelsona

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Governor of Oklahoma objected to PBS programming that “acknowledges the existence of LGBTQ people.”

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Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed OETA's reauthorization, citing concerns about the broadcaster's value to the state and the content it shows on TV.

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The Ned Lamont press team having a little pre-Memorial Day weekend fun in their media advisories

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Now I’m not a fan of a lot of what the Post does but a reporter knocking on someone’s door is not “stalking” and if a reporter knocks on your door and you come out and put a machete to their neck and chase them onto the street with the machete, yeah you’re gonna get arrested

May 25

“We are not able to get to $200 million,” Speaker

@MattRitterCT

told reporters. 1199 Prez Rob Baril scoffed. "They’ve got to get us something and they haven’t gotten us shit, they haven't committed to shit, so there's nothing to talk about."

Group home workers strike, as union leaders are ‘not encouraged’ by state budget talks

SEIU 1199 caregivers vow to continue the work stoppage until state leaders meet demands for a budget that provides for higher wages and improved benefits.

group home workers remain on strike. "The strike continues and the strike is going to continue... until the governor finally recognizes that these workers are important."

@GovNedLamont

's office hasn't returned requests for comment.

Group home workers strike, as union leaders are ‘not encouraged’ by state budget talks

SEIU 1199 caregivers vow to continue the work stoppage until state leaders meet demands for a budget that provides for higher wages and improved benefits.

Three years ago today I started a two-week furlough at KWGS, so I threw the dog and a stack of books in the van, turned my phone completely off, and spent the whole time driving to every corner of Oklahoma. Weird circumstances but pretty tranquil.

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Cassandra Basler

@CassBasler

From the ferry to the front lines of the SEIU 1199 New England strike h/t 🎙️📝

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Subject-matter beats are great but for me you can’t beat general assignment. Today I got to ride a ferry a bunch, meet striking group home workers on multiple picket lines, then get told politely but firmly to leave an elected’s office at the Capitol. A real ~melange~

Keith Hernandez on the SNY Mets broadcast just accurately quoted the market price of an ounce of gold with no prep and truly startling speed

Speaker

’s staff has welcomed

@SEIU1199_NE

leadership and workers who live in his district into his office for a meeting. Closed press, per union.

Workers from nine

picket sites around the state have gathered at the Capitol Complex in Hartford. At his 11:30 pre-session briefing,

@MattRitterCT

indicated the union’s $200 million funding demand won’t be met in the biennial budget.

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Just popped over to the

@SEIU1199_NE

picket line at Oak Hill in Hartford. I asked one striking caregiver what she’s asking for. “A living fucking wage,” she said.

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Addressing @GovNedLamont directly, Bishop said: “Please put us in this budget. We’re going on strike tomorrow because we know that we deserve more than what you guys are giving us right now.” CT group home caregivers rally ahead of Wednesday strike @wnpr ctpublic.org/news/2023-05-2

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Good hazy morning from Rocky Hill, Connecticut. The Glastonbury ferry — the oldest continuously running ferry in the US — got up and running for the season earlier this month. I’ll be riding along with the captain and talking to passengers for the first trips of the day.

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@Steve_Perrault

One of the funniest slo-mo’s of all time

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From birth to death | An AP series

FROM BIRTH TO DEATH: I spent the past year exploring how the legacy of racism in America has laid the foundation for the health inequities Black people face from their first breath to their final moments. Five stories. Five families and communities.

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The AP spent the past year exploring how the legacy of racism in America has laid the foundation for the health inequities that Black people face.

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The dog was in the kitchen when it happened. Whoever did this was BOLD

Trying to get Trout to sniff out a suspect

Crowdsourcing some help here: Anyone know how the steak I’d been marinating ended up on the floor? I popped out of the kitchen for, like, 20 seconds. How could this have happened? Who did this

Prez Rob Baril: “There is an enormous gulf between what is needed and what the elected leadership is currently committing to put in the budget. I’m hopeful that they will hear the plea of this workforce.”

CT group home caregivers rally ahead of Wednesday strike

Care providers at six agencies set to take to picket lines Wednesday morning, demanding higher wages and better benefits.

Asked for comment on the strike and current status of negotiations, Lamont’s office instead directed

@ct_dds

, who provided the same statement they provided when asked on May 17, the day after the strike was first called.

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directly, Bishop said: “Please put us in this budget. We’re going on strike tomorrow because we know that we deserve more than what you guys are giving us right now.” CT group home caregivers rally ahead of Wednesday strike

CT group home caregivers rally ahead of Wednesday strike

Care providers at six agencies set to take to picket lines Wednesday morning, demanding higher wages and better benefits.

prez: Electeds like

praised front-line workers during COVID, so why won’t he budget for a living wage for them? “You can’t eat praise. A ‘thank you’ won’t pay medical bills.” Says Lamont and General Assembly are forcing this strike.

Sylvia Grant provides care for six non-verbal women who require 24/7 care at Oak Hill in Hartford. They have Down syndrome, Parkinson’s, some have tracheotomies. She considers them family. Grant makes $17.25/hour & says she sometimes can’t afford food and her own medical care.

Another

guy at KWGS! We’re simply irresistible to Tulsans.

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Ben Abrams

@BenHAbrams

May 22

Wrapped up my first day with @KWGSNEWS! So excited to join Public Radio Tulsa as a reporter and local All Things Considered host. Honored to be part of the greater @utulsa community. Tune in every weekday 4-7pm central time online or here in Tulsa on 89.5 FM!

Out here at the

union hall in Hartford ahead of a strike called for tomorrow by 1,700+ care providers at group homes for the developmentally disabled. Pres. Rob Baril says the state of CT should be ashamed & embarrassed that the workers make “poverty-level wages.”

Politics is extraordinarily weird

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Olivia Beavers

@Olivia_Beavers

NEW: During GOP conference today, House Rs did about a 15-min fundraising auction for chapstick used by Speaker McCarthy. The winner: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), whose winning bid was $100,000, her Spox confirms to me.

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Spent too many years (3) without a working turntable. Christening the new one with Kevin Rowland

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CT Baby Bonds program: Here's what to know

Connecticut Mirror

@CTMirror

May 22

CT's Baby Bonds program is a first-of-its kind statewide policy that would set aside funds for kids born into poverty to access as adults.

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CT's Baby Bonds program is a first-of-its kind statewide policy that would set aside funds for kids born into poverty to access as adults.

Connecticut Public

May 22

Hartford’s City Council has approved $1 million for a Renter’s Emergency Fund to help Hartford residents avoid eviction and secure better housing. The payments may be used toward security deposits, first and last months' rent payments,” among other costs.