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By Shaunicy Muhammad, The Oklahoma Eagle
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George Riley was sitting down eating dinner Friday night inside an office at Jack’s Memory Chapel near the corner of 36th Street North and Peoria. 

The funeral director had been keeping an eye on the news as televised weather reports and the piercing sound of warning sirens signaled that a tornado was in the area.

He felt the building start to shake. “I didn’t know it was directly over us,” Riley told The Eagle Saturday. “Hail was hitting the windows and the wind was roaring,” he said. Then the lights went out. 

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By Jillian Taylor, Oklahoma Voice
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A bill that would require the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to prevent deceased individuals from getting approved for Medicaid and ensure no payments or coverage are authorized on their behalf advanced through the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.

Sen. Jack Stewart, R-Yukon, who authored Senate Bill 1380, said he could not quantify how frequently this is occurring in Oklahoma, as he didn't review that with the state Medicaid agency. He said he would be glad to do so before the bill, which had its title stricken, moves to the Senate floor.

The legislation amends Oklahoma statute, which requires the Health Care Authority to verify the eligibility information of each applicant, to include “death record verification conducted immediately prior to approval.”

But the current statute already requires the Health Care Authority to verify death records before awarding assistance under Medicaid.

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A hand-curated list of the best journalism from across the state:

• Who will be Oklahoma’s next US Senator? Governor’s top picks. (News 9)

• Gov. Stitt surveys storm damage at Tulsa Tech's north campus (Tulsa World)*

• Beggs schools closed for a week after tornado damages middle school, buses (News On 6)

• Storm destroys home, damages several others near Bristow (News On 6)

• Temporarily banning data centers draws more interest from state, local officials (Oklahoma Voice)

• Integris Health to close childcare centers, citing financial losses (KOCO)

• Ethics Commission launches interim site for local campaign finance reporting (NonDoc)

• Despite cold, pro-science rally draws modest crowd to Capitol (Oklahoma City Free Press)

• Tenant problems pile up at Tulsa-based Vesta Realty (Oklahoma Watch)

• Oklahoma lawmakers consider changing groundwater metering requirements (KOSU)

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