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 ARPA Community Coalition proposed a $15 million community grant fund to help small nonprofits access the federal virus relief funding.
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Sen. James Lankford said between people who are fully vaccinated and those who recovered from COVID-19, 92% of U.S. adults have some level of immunity.
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Wednesday's top stories:Doctors say Attorney General John O'Connor's questioning of COVID vaccines is misguided.O'Connor and Gov. Kevin Stitt give an update on several lawsuits against federal vaccine requirements.The State Department of Education is investigating Epic after a board member's resignation.
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While healthy growth is expected for the next three to six months, supply chain issues and the omicron variant are concerns for supply managers and economists.
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The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority intends to put together a 15-year, $5 billion plan for improving the state’s toll roads.
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Health officials advise unvaccinated Oklahomans to get their COVID shots and fully vaccinated individuals to get a booster.
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Tuesday's top stories:Some Tulsa County Sheriff's deputies will get raises paid for with federal virus relief funds.Oklahoma's top transportation official cautions the $1 billion infrastructure package is not exactly the boon some may have heard.A judge grants a temporary stay of execution to allow time for a death row inmate to have a competency hearing.
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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act included a five-year highway funding reauthorization, not $5 billion more for transportation in Oklahoma.
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The 50-year-old was a Sooners assistant for 13 years with Bob Stoops and spent the last 10 years as Clemson’s defensive coordinator. Venables has coached in eight national title games.
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Councilors are discussing several ideas, some of which would give them greater power. Charter amendments proposed by the Tulsa City Council are placed on a general election ballot.