The only hospital in Mangum was failing. They promised to help but only made it worse.

View this email in your browser TODAY AT THE FRONTIER Have ideas for other stories you'd like to see in The Frontier or want to give us feedback? Please email us. Your financial support for our investigative journalism is now tax deductible. To become a Friend of The Frontier, click here. This newsletter is edited by Brianna Bailey. Contact her at brianna@readfrontier.com. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.  The only hospital in Mangum was failing. They promised to help but only made it worse. Rural Oklahoma communities are desperate to protect their vulnerable hospitals and hand the reins to management companies that say they’re turnaround experts. Instead some companies failed the hospitals, bled them dry and expedited their demise.   Chief calls report ‘extremely flawed’ but data appears accurate in labeling OKC with second highest police killing rate Oklahoma City Police Chief Wade Gourley disputed the accuracy of a widely shared report that claims his department has one of the highest rates of police killings but a review of the data by The Frontier showed the rate to be correct.  Tulsa-based Ross Group Construction settles federal small business fraud claims case for $2.8 million “Defendants are nothing more than front companies utilized by TRG to obtain contracts set aside for legitimate small and other disadvantaged concerns and to illegally obtain payments from the Government," the whistleblower lawsuit filed against the Ross Group states. THIS WEEK: Demands for justice in Oklahoma streets Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.  Copyright © 2019 The Frontier, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive our weekly newsletter. Our mailing address is: The Frontier 302 Reconciliation Way Tulsa, OK, 74120 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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