Jackie Fortiér, StateImpact Oklahoma

In Tornado Alley, Storms Are Even More Dangerous For People With Disabilities

KFF Health News Original

As climate change bears down, a haphazard web of weather safeguards is a particular blow to the disabled. In Oklahoma, no state laws require homeowners or landlords to install storm shelters. If a community wants to open a storm shelter for the public, that’s up to local officials, But there’s no database that Oklahomans can consult showing where public or wheelchair-accessible shelters are located.

Oklahoma’s ‘Precedent-Setting’ Suit Puts Opioid Drugmakers On Trial

KFF Health News Original

As states struggle to respond to the national drug crisis, officials around the country are watching Oklahoma. The state’s attorney general says opioid drugmakers helped ignite a health crisis that has killed thousands of residents.