Rachel Hubbard, KGOU

Rachel Hubbard

KGOU

Oklahoma, United States

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  • KGOU
  • NPR
  • KOSU

Past articles by Rachel:

Kevin Stitt wins reelection for Oklahoma Governor, Ryan Walters becomes State Superintendent

Oklahoma voters made their voices known on Tuesday. Here are the results. → Read More

NPR

How COVID-19 Is Making The Holiday Season Not So Jolly For Santa Clauses

People who work as Santa are making tough choices due to the coronavirus. How close should they get to children? Are Zoom meetings best? For one Santa and Mrs. Claus in Oklahoma, it's not easy at all. → Read More

Gov. Stitt Implements 'Safer At Home' Policy

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt took a tougher stance on social distancing amid the spread of COVID-19 in the state during a press conference Tuesday → Read More

COVID-19 In Oklahoma: Everything We Know

Updated 8:45 a.m. This post will be updated as we learn more information about COVID-19 in Oklahoma. The first person to test positive for the coronavirus → Read More

KOSU Announces Rachel Hubbard As New Executive Director

KOSU and Oklahoma State University have named 20-year news veteran Rachel Hubbard as the station’s executive director, effective Feb. 24. Hubbard will lead → Read More

Kevin Stitt Wins Oklahoma Governor's Race; Kendra Horn Flips The 5th

Update: 11:18 p.m. Republican Kevin Stitt has defeated Democrat Drew Edmondson and Libertarian Chris Powell to become Oklahoma's next governor. The → Read More

New Research On Sound Could Make Tornado Warnings More Accurate

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit . AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Sometimes the sky turns an eerie shade of green and blue, it starts → Read More

New Research On Sound Could Make Tornado Warnings More Accurate

The science behind tornado warnings has come a long way since the first one was issued 70 years ago. But typically about three-quarters of the time, when → Read More

NPR

New Research On Sound Could Make Tornado Warnings More Accurate

Forecasters have gotten better giving advance notice of when tornadoes might strike. Now, there's a new technology that may help researchers even more: listening for the sounds of a tornado that humans can't hear. → Read More

More States Say Religious Agencies Can Turn Down Same-Sex Couples For Adoptions

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit . ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The foster care system in this country has been home to about half a → Read More

NPR

More States Say Religious Agencies Can Turn Down Same-Sex Couples For Adoptions

Oklahoma and Kansas recently passed laws that religious adoption agencies do not have to work with same-sex couples if they don't want to. That's a law that's already on the books in seven other state → Read More

Oklahoma Lawmakers Could Use These Bills To End Teacher Walkout

After passing teacher pay raises and providing revenue to fund them, some lawmakers thought the teacher walkout would be short lived. However, as the → Read More

Third Day of Oklahoma Teacher Walkout Brings Legislative Movement

Updated 7:11 p.m. As House members were preparing to adjourn, Republican Majority Floor Leader Jon Echols announced that he had just been notified by the → Read More

Senate Passes Largest Teacher Pay Raise In Oklahoma History, But Walkout Still Planned

Updated 8:58 p.m. After more than three hours of discussions behind closed doors, the Oklahoma Senate made quick work of three bills that would help fund a → Read More

Oklahoma Prisons Hope Card Games Will Lead To Clues In Unsolved Cases

Oklahoma is replacing the decks of playing cards they sell in the prison canteens with new custom decks featuring the faces of victims from 52 unsolved → Read More

NPR

U.S. Prisons Hope Card Games Will Lead To Clues In Unsolved Cases

Oklahoma is replacing the playing cards sold in the prison canteens with new decks featuring the faces of victims from unsolved homicides. Other states have similar programs and the idea is working. → Read More

Cherokee Freedmen Win Citizenship

A case that helps determine whether or not the descendants of Cherokee slaves have the full citizenship rights of native Cherokees was decided in United → Read More

NPR

State Lawmakers Confront Series Of Sexual Harassment Scandals

A series of high-profile sexual harassment scandals in state legislatures has state lawmakers wondering how to best police themselves. → Read More

Oklahoma Lawmakers Locked In Stalemate As They Scramble To Fill Budget Hole

It was a wild day at the state capitol as lawmakers tried to find new sources of revenue to fill the nearly $900 million budget shortfall and fund teacher → Read More

NPR

Oklahoma Lawmakers File Bills To Repeal Criminal Justice Reforms

Voters in Oklahoma approved a whole series of initiatives to reclassify drug offenses as misdemeanors. But when Oklahoma's Legislature met Monday, there were several bills filed to repeal the reforms. → Read More