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Local News to Wrap up the Week from KWGS

Friday's top stories:

  • Despite complaints it doesn't fall under the purview of special session, a state House committee passes a bill requiring intensive checks of Oklahoma's Medicaid rolls every three months.
  • Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford says Russia is part of why NFL players' protests against racial injustice have become a hot-button issue.
  • Health officials say if state lawmakers don't pass a cigarette tax increase, already suffering nursing homes will be even worse off.
Matt 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.