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OOurur High Temp: 91 deadline will be FFriday,riday, High Temp: 85 High Temp: 87 High Temp: 87 High Temp: 87 High Temp: 87 High Temp: 87 Scattered AM AM Partly Cloudy Scattered Scattered Scattered JJulyuly 2, at 3:00 p.m. ThunderstormsTheThunderstorms MadillShowers RecordThunderstorms Thunderstorms Thunderstorms ‘In the Arms of Lake TTexoma’exoma’ Vol. 127 — Number 1 MMadill,adill, MMarshallarshall CCounty,ounty, OOKK 7734463446 — TThursday,hursday, JJuluulu 01,01, 22021021 1166 PagesPages iinn 2 SSectionsections — $$11 Citizen’s Primer on Oklahoma Criminal Procedure By Michael Haggerty This article will try to give a about a theft, neighbors stance, domestic abuse and probable cause (a reason- prosecutor will review it and rundown of Oklahoma crimi- report a domestic dispute, driving under the infl uence able belief that a person has decide what charges, if any, You’ve seen it on the news; nal procedure to help sort or police discover a crime are misdemeanors for the probably committed a crime) are to be fi led. The prosecutor a crime is reported, the police out these confusing issues. during a routine traffi c stop. fi rst offense, while they are to believe a felony has been can return the report back to have made an arrest and the It should be noted that this What happens next often felonies on the second and all committed, then he can arrest the police offi cer for further court system takes over. On is limited to Oklahoma, as depends on whether the subsequent offenses; for most the suspect if he fi nds him. investigation, can decline your average police proce- there are signifi cant varia- crime involved is a felony or theft offenses, if the amount On the other hand, even if he to fi le charges, or can fi le dural that’s all she wrote - tions from state to state, and a misdemeanor. Felonies are stolen is below a certain has probable cause to believe charges, either the charges the criminal goes to jail and from jurisdiction to jurisdic- serious crimes, often involv- amount (fi xed individually a misdemeanor has been recommended by the offi cer everyone else goes on with tion. Thus, an explanation of ing violence, such as murder, for that crime), then it is a committed, a police offi cer or different charges. These their lives. In the real world, Oklahoma procedure would rape, kidnapping, robbery misdemeanor, but theft of can generally only arrest a charges are most commonly however, it’s never that tidy. be of limited application to or burglary. Misdemeanors something above the desig- suspect for a misdemeanor fi led as a document called All too often, news reports Texas, or a federal court, or are less serious crimes, such nated value is a felony. committed in his presence. an Information, because the - written by reporters who even a tribal court. as traffi c offenses, public in- Determination of what Whether or not the suspect document is the means by aren’t acquainted with the All criminal prosecutions toxication and so forth. Some the proper charge is, at least is immediately arrested, the which the prosecutor informs criminal justice system - do start with some sort of re- crimes can be misdemeanors initially, helps a police offi cer police offi cer will submit a the court that he believes more to muddle the issues port by law enforcement. A or felonies, depending on determine what happens report to the local District the suspect, now called the than to inform the public. citizen calls in a complaint the circumstances. For in- next. If a police offi cer has Attorney’s Offi ce, where a (See PRIMER page 5A) The Long, Winding Road to Medicaid Expansion in Oklahoma – or easy – journey to reach to use Medicaid fund dollars to begin implementing the this point. to buy private insurance expansion this July and then When voters approved for low-income adults who follow that up by seeking a a state question to expand would otherwise be eligible federal waiver to move to a Medicaid last year, it capped under traditional expansion block-grant model, add work a long-running and high- programs. requirements and require stakes dispute in the State But although it gained many enrollees to pay up to Capitol over whether Okla- some support from Repub- $120 in premiums per year. homa should join the 36 other lican leaders, lawmakers Lawmakers backed Stitt’s states that have accepted the killed the proposal without proposal as they passed a pair expansion. even voting on it. of bills this year that would Democrats long argued for Stitt then seemed to be have increased hospital pro- the expansion, which would on the cusp of accepting the vider fees and used savings extend Medicaid eligibility expansion earlier this year. to adults making up to 138 His two-phase SoonerCare (See EXPANSION, page 5A) percent of the federal pov- 2.0 plan called for the state erty level ($17,236 for an individual or $35,534 for a family of four). Wreck turns to fatality But the proposal has faced widespread skepticism By Shalene White His wife Barbara was by Oklahoma Republicans, taken to Mercy Ardmore who warned the state’s cost A fatality accident claimed and was released with mi- would still be too much, the the life of a Enos woman on nor injuries. McLaughlin is federal government would June 22. Gala Ainsworth, expected to recover, as well. eventually shift more of the a 66-year-old female, was Law offi cials said they cost to states and the state travelling westbound from suspect a medical incident would have to respond by the Roosevelt Bridge in her to be the cause of the ac- raising taxes or cutting costs Supriya Sridhar • Oklahoma Watch 2005 Dodge Neon. cident. Kingston Assistant elsewhere. Lawn signs promoting State Question 802, shown here in this fi le photo, were part of the The Kingston Police De- Police Chief Major Steve Many in the state’s Repub- campaign to expand Medicaid in Oklahoma. partment worked the ac- Miller said they suspect that lican party, however, would cident and said while Ain- because of what they saw at come around to supporting sworth was heading west- the wreckage. By Trevor Brown Starting July 1, Medicaid in trying to bring down the a version of the expansion, bound, she went left of center “There were no skid Oklahoma Watch expansion will take effect in state’s uninsured rate — as long as they could make and hit Larry McLaughlin marks,” Miller said. “They the state. Estimates show which is the second highest Oklahoma-specifi c tweaks to head on. McLaughlin was were both doing the speed More than a decade after more than 200,0000 previ- in the country — improving the program. driving a 2011 Ford F150. limit at 60 miles per hour. President Barack Obama ously ineligible adults will health outcomes and bolster- In 2016, then-Gov. Mary Ainsworth was pronounced That means you have a 120 signed the Affordable Care be able to enroll in the state’s ing the state’s hospitals since Fallin, along with former at the scene. McLaughlin mile per hour impact.” Act into law, low-income Medicaid program, known as they will be less dependent Health Care Authority Ex- had to be cut out of his That type of impact did Oklahomans are about to SoonerCare. on free care they provide to ecutive Director Nico Gomez, vehicle and was fl own to major damage. Ainsworth’s benefi t for the fi rst time from Healthcare leaders and residents with no or little endorsed what they called the Medical City Denton with body was transported to one of the health-care re- patient advocates say this insurance. “Medicaid rebalancing act.” possible internal injuries. Watt’s Funeral Home. form’s signature provisions. could be a game-changer But it hasn’t been a quick This ill-fated plan proposed Deadlines Contact Us A Section B Section • News: 12 noon, Monday • News: 580-795-3355 Education 2A Sports 1B • Display Ads: 12 noon, Monday [email protected] Community 3A Classifi eds 4B • Classifi eds: 12 noon, Monday • Advertising: 580-795-3355 or Opinion 4A Legals 5B • Legal Ads: 12 noon, Monday [email protected] Obits 5A Marshall County’s News Source for More than 120 Years Page 2A – The Madill Record – Thursday, July 01, 2021 The Madill Record EDUCATION Oklahoma Spent $31M On Private School Vouchers Program, said he wanted to disabilities and many are ates each student’s growth improve transparency since medically fragile, requiring based on an individual- it’s funded by public tax dol- care that’s very expensive to ized plan, and while some lars. “We wanted to make provide. students take the ACT or sure there’s no disparities “(Lindsey Nicole Henry) benchmark tests, for other and it’s fair,” he said. helps us because we’re a students, it wouldn’t make More than a decade after nonprofit and we have to sense to require them to test. President Barack Obama fundraise to pay for highly- signed the Affordable Care trained staff, therapists and Opportunity Scholar- Act into law, low-income equipment,” Newby said. ship Program Reporting Oklahomans are about to “Most of our parents can’t benefit for the first time from afford private school tuition The new data reporting one of the health-care re- at all.” requirements for the state’s form’s signature provisions.