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Kevin Canfield

@aWorldofKC

Local government reporter for the Tulsa World.

 Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Joined July 2010
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AG says U.S. Senate race winner can take office immediately tulsaworld.com/news/state-re… via @tulsaworld
AG says U.S. Senate race winner can take office immediately

AG says U.S. Senate race winner can take office immediately

The opinion, requested by Gov. Kevin Stitt and the state Senate pro tem, stops short of saying the winner — likely current 1st District Congressman Kevin Hern — must be sworn in ASAP after certific...

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Oklahoma’s new law says you must be an Oklahoma resident and U.S. citizen to access the public voter registration list. A Virginia nonprofit says that’s unconstitutional. A judge has a pointed question about the whole dispute. ow.ly/cTjF5101VU3
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County court officials say people with addiction issues are cycling through county jails. Lawmakers are weighing solutions. ow.ly/nKlM5101z7a
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Andrea Eger tracks the push for Oklahoma’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school, Keaton Ross breaks down driver’s license suspensions over unpaid court fees. Raynee Howell talks with pastors on how legal fights over the Johnson Amendment are impacting politics at the pulpit. Catch these stories on the latest Long Story Short with Shaun Witt. ow.ly/caEB5101KL9
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Twenty-two legislative races fill Tulsa-area ballots; early voting starts tomorrow tulsaworld.com/news/state-re… via @tulsaworld
Twenty-two legislative races fill Tulsa-area ballots

Twenty-two legislative races fill Tulsa-area ballots

Election Day is Nov. 3, and early in-person voting runs Wednesday through Saturday.

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Imagine: A doctor needs to perform about 300 checkups in a day — some of the patients are healthy, a few aren’t — and every one of those patients is very, very angry. That’s what the roundup looks like each year. A fun read: tulsaworld.com/news/state-re…
Inside the roundup: How 2,000 bison get yearly checkups at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve

Inside the roundup: How 2,000 bison get yearly checkups at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve

Imagine giving 300 checkups a day to patients that weigh hundreds of pounds and don't want to be there. Welcome to the annual bison roundup in Pawhuska.

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Tulsa’s IKEA is open today. Here’s more + a story in the thread from my walkthrough a couple of days ago:
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Judge overturns denial of Wagoner County solar farm tulsaworld.com/news/local/cr… via @tulsaworld
Judge overturns denial of Wagoner County solar farm

Judge overturns denial of Wagoner County solar farm

Persica Solar LLC can now move forward with the development near Porter.

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BREAKING: OK AG Drummond issued a binding legal opinion on Thursday that prohibits the Statewide Charter School Board from holding a third vote on the fate of a twice-failed application for state sanctioning for the nations’s first religious charter school oklahomawatch.org/2026/10/22…
AG: Third Vote on Jewish Charter School Would Be Illegal - Oklahoma Watch

AG: Third Vote on Jewish Charter School Would Be Illegal - Oklahoma Watch

Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued a binding opinion Thursday barring the Statewide Charter School Board from holding a third vote on the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School application, which has...

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Was Oklahoma denied Title X funding by the Biden administration for not providing patients with abortion information?@GigafactFeed ow.ly/gAjI50ZZhN8
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Lawmakers form caucus to oversee implementation of childhood literacy legislation tulsaworld.com/news/state-re…
Lawmakers form caucus to oversee implementation of childhood literacy legislation

Lawmakers form caucus to oversee implementation of childhood literacy legislation

The group is particularly interested in the bill, influenced by Mississippi legislation, focused on improving literacy scores. The measures include strict retention requirements for third-grade...

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“The campaign unearthed it. The petitioners had been gathering this information and the campaign just added to it.” — Shar Agosto, attorney for Grand Jury Justice oklahomawatch.org/2026/10/16…
Tulsa DA Just Won Reelection. Now a Citizens’ Group Wants a Grand Jury to Investigate Him. -...

Tulsa DA Just Won Reelection. Now a Citizens’ Group Wants a Grand Jury to Investigate Him.  -...

Three months after Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler won reelection with nearly 60% of the vote, a citizens’ group called Grand Jury Justice has filed a petition seeking a grand jury...

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The 2026 general election will define the future of Oklahoma’s classrooms. What happens next? First Bell: Getting To Work For Oklahoma Students is a timely community forum and panel discussion hosted by Oklahoma Watch. We’re bringing together Oklahoma’s newly elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction and key public school leaders for a critical conversation on the road ahead. 🗓️ Date: Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM (Includes networking lunch) 📍 Where: OCCC Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater, OKC Educators, parents, business leaders, and community members: reserve your spot today! 🎟️ Register here: oklahomawatch.org/first-bell…
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Political notebook: GOP money advantage 20-1 in state congressional races tulsaworld.com/news/state-re…
Political notebook: GOP money advantage 20-1 in state congressional races

Political notebook: GOP money advantage 20-1 in state congressional races

Receipts to the GOP’s five U.S. House and one U.S. Senate nominees totaled $21,193,615. For Democrats, they were $1,174,489 — and 70% of that went to the 5th District’s Jena Nelson.

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A 2022 postal inspector general audit found Prosegur guards at 57 locations, with 35 of 115 lacking required background investigation approvals. Now the company is expanding its postal footprint. Tony Kimery has what we know about its Oklahoma presence. ow.ly/Vjwn50ZXRRl
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Update: Broken Arrow police chief put on leave; investigation expected to begin next week tulsaworld.com/news/local/cr…
Broken Arrow police chief put on leave; investigation expected to begin next week

Broken Arrow police chief put on leave; investigation expected to begin next week

City Manager Michael Spurgeon tapped Deputy Chief Scott Bennett to immediately step in as the acting chief of police.

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Democratic candidates answer questions at University of Tulsa forum (Republicans decided not to participate). tulsaworld.com/news/local/go… via @tulsaworld
Democratic candidates answer questions at University of Tulsa forum

Democratic candidates answer questions at University of Tulsa forum

Cyndi Munson and Nick Coffey spoke to voters and answered questions Tuesday night in Tulsa. Their opponents, Republican candidates for governor and attorney general, Mike Mazzei and Jon Echols, were...

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Political notebook: Insurance Department moves to bolster ACA tulsaworld.com/news/state-re… via @tulsaworld
Political notebook: Insurance Department moves to bolster ACA

Political notebook: Insurance Department moves to bolster ACA

Oklahoma’s Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollment has declined 29% since COVID-era subsides expired in December, the Oklahoma Insurance Department says.

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Mishandled executions have a long history, in Oklahoma and elsewhere tulsaworld.com/news/state-re…
Mishandled executions have a long history, in Oklahoma and elsewhere

Mishandled executions have a long history, in Oklahoma and elsewhere

Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike as again raised questions about the moral and legal justification of lethal injection and capital punishment more broadly.

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John 3:16 Mission and Project Nexus share hopes for Tulsa, but not a vision for the shelter tulsaworld.com/news/local/ar… via @tulsaworld
John 3:16 Mission and Project Nexus share hopes for Tulsa, but not a vision for the shelter

John 3:16 Mission and Project Nexus share hopes for Tulsa, but not a vision for the shelter

Developers are offering help with relocation. The CEO of John 3:16 says thanks for the conversation, but its downtown location is too important to give up for the homeless people it serves.

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