Matt Trotter
News DirectorMatt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.
He has a master's degree from Arizona State University, where he spent a semester on the first reporting staff of Cronkite News Service's Washington, D.C., bureau. As a grad student, he won awards for multimedia journalism and in-depth TV reporting.
Matt is from Southern California, so he's slowly following Route 66 across the United States. He would have made it Chicago by now, but he's not a fan of long drives.
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The Build Back Better Act sets aside $200 million for grants to help train Native language teachers."This is so important to us. We want you to know that President Biden and his administration are a partner to you," Dr. Jill Biden said.
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Monday's top stories:Tulsa city councilors begin discussing charter amendments. Some could give them more power.The seven-day average of new COVID cases tops 1,000 for the first time in six weeks.First Lady Jill Biden visits Cherokee Nation.
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A three-sentence announcement from the governor's office said Stitt reached the decision "after reviewing materials presented by all sides of the case." No other statement was included.
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The ad, paid for by a dark money group, describes a record commutation stemming from 2016 criminal justice reforms approved by voters as "the largest mass release of felons in U.S. history."
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Tulsa’s pro soccer team will sport a slightly different look next season after striking a multiyear apparel deal with Puma.
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The parole board recommended clemency for Stouffer two weeks ago not because they doubted his guilt but because they had concerns about Oklahoma’s lethal injection procedure — concerns most board members now say they no longer have.
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A directive says National Guard members who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will be barred from required training and not paid. Lankford submitted an amendment to the annual defense spending bill to cancel out Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's order.
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Without enough water meter readers to go around, the city is issuing estimated bills to some customers, but there aren't enough call center agents to field all the questions about them.
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Thursday's top stories:Oklahoma is among the states with laws on the books to completely ban abortion if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denies clemency to the second man this week.
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The group was convened in September as part of the Tulsa City Council’s response to a large apartment complex near 61st and Memorial being declared uninhabitable.