Beth Wallace
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Apple News Today
A brain-dead pregnant woman is being kept alive, raising ethical questions
Things like looking at bellwether county trends, looking at, you know, quote-unquote batch dumps of ballots, the sudden halting of ballot counting.
Apple News Today
A brain-dead pregnant woman is being kept alive, raising ethical questions
Those board members actually only had hours to look at these new standards that had been put in at the last minute. Many of the new members didn't even know about these additions.
Apple News Today
A brain-dead pregnant woman is being kept alive, raising ethical questions
He has a state committee to specifically implement Trump policies in Oklahoma schools. There's a video that came out a few months ago that he required schools to show students of him praying for President Trump. So this is just kind of the next thing in a long line of overtures to President Trump that Ryan Walters has made.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-16-2025 8AM EDT
The standards have been championed by Ryan Walters, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction and a conservative firebrand.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-16-2025 8AM EDT
While Republican leadership raised concerns about a rushed procedure to get the standards through the State Board of Education, the content of the standards has gotten little pushback from the majority party. A lawsuit filed by a former GOP Oklahoma attorney general could stall the implementation of the standards, which are set to take effect next school year.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-16-2025 8AM EDT
But like other Republican criticisms, the lawsuit takes issue with how the standards were approved, not the standards themselves. For NPR News, I'm Beth Wallace.