Tara McMillen Hall
@houseofmchall.bsky.social
My 47th birthday started with a flat tire but things are looking much more positive now. I need about 15 more first time donors to give any amount so we will earn a $1,000 bonus in addition to receiving $20,500 in matching funds! nondoc.com/writers-fund/
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
My 47th birthday started with a flat tire but things are looking much more positive now. I need about 15 more first time donors to give any amount so we will earn a $1,000 bonus in addition to receiving $20,500 in matching funds! nondoc.com/writers-fund/
Ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to write commentary for NonDoc.
With donations DOUBLED through the end of 2025 thanks to #NewsMatch, our development director outlines 10 reasons to donate, which just happens to be our team's 10 employees.
Click to learn which NonDoc staff member once traveled with the circus.
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Click to learn which NonDoc staff member once traveled with the circus.
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Top 10 reasons to support NonDoc during NewsMatch
Inspired by David Letterman, Tara McMillen Hall offers her Top 10 reasons to support NonDoc — which double as funny bios about staff members.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to write commentary for NonDoc.
So if we continue to receive emails from him at TFA we will know our data was stolen?
Also, I know the other TFA is also anti-union but they have got to hate this acronym being used. This new TFA is like, anti-anti-anti-union. How will we distinguish?
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Also, I know the other TFA is also anti-union but they have got to hate this acronym being used. This new TFA is like, anti-anti-anti-union. How will we distinguish?
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Ryan Walters resigning as state superintendent to lead Teacher Freedom Alliance 'battle tank'
Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said Sept. 25, 2025, he is resigning to lead the Teacher Freedom Alliance.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
So if we continue to receive emails from him at TFA we will know our data was stolen?
Also, I know the other TFA is also anti-union but they have got to hate this acronym being used. This new TFA is like, anti-anti-anti-union. How will we distinguish?
nondoc.com/2025/09/25/r...
Also, I know the other TFA is also anti-union but they have got to hate this acronym being used. This new TFA is like, anti-anti-anti-union. How will we distinguish?
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Just this once I was glad I stayed on this mailing list. I definitely don’t have high expectations of anything good actually happening but I love every chance I get to talk about the harmful impact of standardized tests on our children in this survey.#oklaed
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June 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Just this once I was glad I stayed on this mailing list. I definitely don’t have high expectations of anything good actually happening but I love every chance I get to talk about the harmful impact of standardized tests on our children in this survey.#oklaed
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The confusing crisis within #Oklahoma's mental health department has left the agency unable to make payroll in the first week of #MentalHealth Awareness Month, #okleg Speaker Kyle Hilbert told House members Thursday evening.
'Insufficient funds': ODMHSAS faces payroll default to start Mental Health Awareness Month
Speaker Kyle Hilbert emailed House members Thursday, May 1, 2025, that ODMHSAS is unable to make payroll May 7 without supplemental funding.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The confusing crisis within #Oklahoma's mental health department has left the agency unable to make payroll in the first week of #MentalHealth Awareness Month, #okleg Speaker Kyle Hilbert told House members Thursday evening.
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"It seems like you're holding up progress, the will of the people, the state, people who elected you, all that for some personal reason." — Michael Tinney on Sen. Lisa Standridge's refusal to carry his nomination to the State Board of Education | #oklaed
'Personal grudge': Sen. Lisa Standridge blocking Michael Tinney appointment to State Board of Education
Sen. Lisa Standridge said May 1, 2025, that she is declining to carry the nomination of State Board of Education appointee Michael Tinney.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"It seems like you're holding up progress, the will of the people, the state, people who elected you, all that for some personal reason." — Michael Tinney on Sen. Lisa Standridge's refusal to carry his nomination to the State Board of Education | #oklaed
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ICYMI — #Ethics Commission approves second Ryan Walters settlement, dismisses Hiett cases and other complaints | #oklaed
Ethics Commission approves second Ryan Walters settlement, dismisses Hiett cases and other complaints
A second Ryan Walters settlement with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission was approved May 1, 2025, bringing his total fines to $23,300 this year.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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ICYMI — Hearing St. Isidore case arguments, SCOTUS ponders whether charter schools are public schools | #oklaed
Hearing St. Isidore case arguments, SCOTUS ponders whether charter schools are public schools
The U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments on the constitutionality of St. Isidore, a proposed Catholic charter school, April 30, 2025.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
ICYMI — Hearing St. Isidore case arguments, SCOTUS ponders whether charter schools are public schools | #oklaed
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Reposted by Tara McMillen Hall
ICYMI — #LOFT: ODMHSAS still has $27.4 million ‘unexplained’ from shortfall recalculation | #okleg #okhealth
LOFT: ODMHSAS still has $27.4 million 'unexplained' from shortfall recalculation
After weeks of frustration, LOFT director Regina Birchum provided a House investigative committee insight on ODMHSAS finances April 28, 2025.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Join us for an evening of celebrating Michael McNutt's 40-year career in #journalism from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 14, at Will Rogers Theatre in Oklahoma City.
Learn more about the man and the cause within!
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Learn more about the man and the cause within!
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Celebrate the career of Michael McNutt, sustain community journalism
NonDoc will celebrate the journalism career of Michael McNutt from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 14, 2025, at Will Rogers Theater.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Join us for an evening of celebrating Michael McNutt's 40-year career in #journalism from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 14, at Will Rogers Theatre in Oklahoma City.
Learn more about the man and the cause within!
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Learn more about the man and the cause within!
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Logi gets his cast off on April 1st. Please help this sweet family with a few dollars if you are able.
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March 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Logi gets his cast off on April 1st. Please help this sweet family with a few dollars if you are able.
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Thinking about this again as I search for summer camps and see the registration fees. 🙃
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Legislators renew attempt to improve child care access
Legislators on both sides of the aisle have proposed multiple bills to improve child care access in Oklahoma during the 2025 session.
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March 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Thinking about this again as I search for summer camps and see the registration fees. 🙃
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While #OKC Ward 7 candidates John Pettis Jr. and Camal Pennington largely agreed on priorities and perspectives within the #NEOKC community, a question about the local jail drew a heated exchange.
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OKC Ward 7: Pennington, Pettis clash on jail funding, housing during debate
OKC Ward 7 candidates John Pettis Jr. and Camal Pennington clashed over the city's role with the county jail in a debate March 11, 2025.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
While #OKC Ward 7 candidates John Pettis Jr. and Camal Pennington largely agreed on priorities and perspectives within the #NEOKC community, a question about the local jail drew a heated exchange.
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Flying under the radar of some State Board of Education members, OSDE’s social studies standards recently approved at the Feb. 27 meeting seem to point students towards election denialism, vastly deviating from what was proposed during the public comment period. #oklaed
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Revised OSDE social studies standards tell students to 'identify discrepancies in 2020 election results'
Significant changes to OSDE social studies standards about the first Trump administration went unnoticed prior to a Feb. 27, 2025, approval.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Flying under the radar of some State Board of Education members, OSDE’s social studies standards recently approved at the Feb. 27 meeting seem to point students towards election denialism, vastly deviating from what was proposed during the public comment period. #oklaed
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