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Poll results:

We received 32 votes on the Friday poll, “Who won the televised Republican gubernatorial debate Thursday night?”

• 3 said Mike Mazzei
• 22 said Gentner Drummond
• 5 said Chip Keating
• 2 said Charles McCall

📺 Watch the Republican gubernatorial debate from Thursday night (News 9)

New poll question at the bottom of today’s newsletter. (You can also suggest a poll question by emailing me at [email protected].)

By Ari Fife, The Frontier
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Khup, a refugee from Myanmar, first arrived in Oklahoma with his wife and 10-year old daughter in December 2024. Getting access to food stamp benefits and Medicaid was an enormous help for his family after they escaped a war in their home country, he said. 

The resettlement group assisting Khup asked that the Frontier only use his last name as he’s waiting for his green card application to be processed. 

The benefit programs helped him stay nourished enough to work as an assembly worker and allowed his family to go to regular doctor’s appointments. 

He recently learned that his family could be part of about 4,000 immigrants in Oklahoma, including refugees and victims of domestic violence and human trafficking, set to lose Medicaid coverage soon under new federal eligibility changes. Some immigrants, including Khup, could also lose access to food assistance. 

The new restrictions are part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law last year by President Donald Trump. The bill includes provisions that eliminate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid eligibility for refugees and immigrants with other humanitarian statuses. People in those categories will only be able to access a more limited Medicaid benefit that covers life-threatening medical emergencies and childbirth. 

Losing access to public benefits would be devastating for Khup and his family, he said in an interview translated from Zomi and Burmese by Sang Rem, a staff member at the Spero Project, a local refugee resettlement agency. Khup said he’s the only member of his household who can work now, so they have to stretch one income to cover his family’s expenses. 

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Here’s what’s happening in Oklahoma today:

• Broken Arrow to consider data center moratorium at council meeting Monday (Tulsa World)*

• Second objection filed to rejection of state question for open primaries in Oklahoma (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma attorney general Gentner Drummond asks Big 12 to sanction Texas Tech (Tulsa World)*

• Thousands of Oklahoma voters change party affiliation ahead of primary elections (KOCO)

• What’s true, false and uncertain in the Oklahoma insurance commissioner race (The Frontier)

• Tulsa church faces calls for IRS investigation over campaign support (The Oklahoman)*

• Local rescue saves horses after cocaine bust along I-40 (KFOR)

• Stillwater police sued again in civil rights suit over strip searches (The Oklahoman)*

• Former OU quarterback Jamelle Holieway to speak at OKC vigil honoring victims of violence (KOCO)

• Osage Minerals Council recount results in incumbents’ ouster (KOSU)

• Virtual forum to spotlight resources for Oklahoma family caregivers (StateImpact Oklahoma)

• Tulsa Food Not Bombs demonstrate a different kind of protest (Public Radio Tulsa)

• Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma is grappling with record fuel costs as it races to feed kids this summer (Tulsa Flyer)

• Durant teacher with unconventional classroom wins Oklahoma Teacher of the Year (Oklahoma Voice)

• Tulsa art exhibit shows role of Indigenous Americans in U.S. history (KOSU)

• Tulsa ranked in top 10 cities nationwide for pickleball courts even as sport’s growth slows (The Oklahoma Eagle)

• 5 ways to spend your weekend in Tulsa June 12-14 (Tulsa Flyer)

Friday’s Games
• West Virginia 7, Troy 5
• North Carolina 6, Ole Miss 2

Saturday’s Games
• Oklahoma vs. Alabama, 2 p.m. on ESPN
• Texas vs. Georgia, 7 p.m. on ESPN

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