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A Transmission Line Built to Fix Grid Congestion Has Become Oklahoma’s Hottest Data Center Address
Does Oklahoma produce nearly three times more energy than it consumes?
Oklahoma Supreme Court Signals the Way Forward on State Farm While Denying Drummond’s Intervention
Long Story Short: Outside Political Money & Oklahoma’s Frozen AI Legislation
Oklahoma Bail Bond Scammers Are Calling Families Within Minutes of an Arrest. Nobody Can Stop Them.
Freight, Bridges, Rail and Transit: How the BUILD America 250 Act Could Reshape Oklahoma
OKC Evictions Have Doubled in a Decade - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Holding Back on AI Regulations Amid Trump’s Order for States Not to Stifle the New Technology
Trump-Backed Pastor Expected to Drop Out of Oklahoma House Race - Oklahoma Watch
Incumbency, Presidential Endorsements Beneficial in Oklahoma’s Primary Election - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Helter Smelter, Jail Visitations and Norman’s Homelessness Crisis
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Outside Money Ad Blitz Targets Oklahoma Legislative Candidates
Republican Primaries for Governor, Attorney General Drive Record Outside Spending
Candidates Weigh Hypothetical Jail Time for Insurance Executives
With Assist From Trump Administration, GRDA Sticks With Coal Power
The Quiet Supporters of Inola’s Aluminum Smelter Are Running the School District and Career Tech Center
Long Story Short: A Cannabis Crash, The Inola Smelter and A Treasurer’s Commute
Would SQ 832 make it more difficult for businesses to continue to claim tax breaks for the number of employees they have on government assistance programs?
Have 70% of casualties in the Russia-Ukraine war been caused by drones, as Rep. Tom Cole claimed?
“That’s Not a Visit”: How Pricey Video Calls Replaced Human Contact in Oklahoma Jails
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Did Oklahoma recently pass a law that requires any new data center using 75 or more megawatts to pay their own infrastructure costs and give 60 days notice before buying land? - Oklahoma Watch
Insurance Department’s Public Hearing Could Give Homeowners a Voice
As Mazzei Changes Tone on Smelter Project, Drummond Moves to Block It
Do prices for identical services by the same doctor increase by up to four times when hospitals acquire physicians’ offices, as Rep. Kevin Hern claimed?
Long Story Short: A Panhandle Tragedy, Reading Overhauls and The Cost of Play
Oklahoma Treasurer Using Unclaimed Property Office As Commuting Hub - Oklahoma Watch
Out-of-State Group Tests Oklahoma Law With Cruise for Political Donation Sweepstakes - Oklahoma Watch
“Covered Up Quick”: How a Fatal Panhandle Crash Involving a Drug Task Force Officer Was Investigated
Reading Reforms Meant to Duplicate the “Mississippi Miracle” Are Now Up to Elementary Schools to Implement
Growers Say Oklahoma’s Cannabis Bonanza is Going to Pot
The Treasurer, the Whistleblower, and the Eviction Engine
Were 150,000 – 250,000 noncitizens paroled into the United States per week under the Biden Administration?
Is it illegal to take native goose eggs?
Federal Bill Would Ban Stay-to-Play and Force Private Equity Out of Youth Sports
Automatic Expungement, Easier Medical Parole and Better Good-Time Credits: Oklahoma’s Criminal Justice Reforms
Oklahoma “Joan of Arc” Waged Prescient State Farm Battle
Election Year Politics Killed Oklahoma's Eviction Reform Bills, Advocates Say
Long Story Short: The Funding Paradox and The Soybean Squeeze
TSET Investment Consultant Partnered with Russ Allies During Bid Process
Were all 36 votes against a recently passed bill that bans child marriage cast by Republican lawmakers?
Is about 80% of the cotton and 40% of the winter wheat raised in the United States exported?
Campaign Contribution May Have Scuttled Investment Advisory Bid
Were 90% of private school tax voucher recipients already enrolled in private schools and less than 1% financially disadvantaged?
Oklahoma's Education Overhaul: What's Changing in Schools Next Year - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Abolitionists, Assets, and the Minimum Wage
Does America spend nearly double per individual with worse health outcomes when compared to similarly developed countries, as Rep. Josh Breechen claimed? - Oklahoma Watch
Record Highs, Bottom Rankings: Oklahoma’s Education Spending Gap Explained
Trade War, Fertilizer Tariffs, Strait of Hormuz: How Global Events Are Crushing Oklahoma Farm Margins
From Norman to the State GOP: How the Abolitionist Movement is Capturing Oklahoma’s Republican Party
Did a judge rule that Oklahoma’s corporations are entitled to a refund for the overturned Trump tariffs?
Drummond Blocks Contract for Governor's Former Business Partner - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Red Flags and Silent Journals
What to Know About State Question 832 and Gradually Raising Oklahoma’s Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour
Is the life expectancy for Americans 5-10 years less than that of similarly developed countries, as Rep. Breechen claimed?
Oklahoma Falling Behind 40 States in Getting College Stopouts Back to Class
Facing Financial Pressure, Rural Hospitals Adapt to Survive
Judge Moves Epic Charter Schools Embezzlement Case Forward
Is Oklahoma a stop-and-identify state?
Three Parties, One Dead Child: The Failures That Led to Locklynn McGuire's Death  - Oklahoma Watch
A Former Chief Justice Battles State Farm as Sitting Justices Weigh Insurance Giant’s Fate - Oklahoma Watch
Are 50% of teens in America obese, as Rep. Brecheen claimed?
“Don’t Believe Anything the Sheriff’s Office Tells You”: A Family’s Search for Answers
No Free Lunches: At Least 11 Republican Candidates Have Pledged to Reject Lobbyist Meals and Gifts
Are 3 in 100 immigrants granted asylum?
National Preschool Enrollment Surged Last Year; Oklahoma’s Continued to Fall
New Questions Emerge Over Oklahoma’s Invest in Oklahoma Contract After Shared Lobbyist Discovered
There’s Something Toxic in the Oklahoma Air
As Hollywood Loses Ground, Oklahoma Plays the Long Game
State Farm Told a Retired Judge His Adjuster Report Was a Corporate Secret; He Lawyered Up
Oklahoma’s Landlord-Tenant Act Has Seldom Changed In Its Nearly 50 Year History
Is the percentage of income spent on groceries per household in Oklahoma among the highest in the nation?
Oklahoma Lawmakers Move to Close Revolving Door Loophole Exposed by Former Prison Chief’s Job Switch
IRS Flags Potential Excess Benefit Transactions at Epic Charter Schools, State Criminal Trial Looms
Has the Trump Administration recovered more than 160,000 children who were trafficked or lost under the Biden Administration, as Secretary Mullin claimed?
Expert: Power-Hungry Inola Smelter With Unclear Plans Will Enable Isolationism
CompSource Conversion Plan Dealt Blow With Restraining Order - Oklahoma Watch
Did Barack Obama drop more than 26,000 bombs on six different countries without congressional approval, as Secretary Mullin claimed?
From 50 Cases Per Month to 50 Per Week: Oklahoma’s System for Child Sex Abuse Is Being Overwhelmed
“A Rat’s Nest of Fraud and Deceit”: New Lawsuit Adds to Vesta Realty CEO’s Legal Troubles
Is Oklahoma ranked among the states with the highest rates of domestic violence?
Rising from the ashes: Oklahoma families start over despite struggles with obtaining FEMA grants
Choose Your Own Voters: Republican Lawmakers Send High-Stakes Ballot Initiatives To Low-Turnout Election - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Editors Reflect on the Challenges Faced by Small-Town Newspapers
National Landlord Left Oklahoma Family in Barely Habitable Home, Then Evicted Them for Withholding Rent
Long Story Short: The Republican Future & Bicycle Busts
Homelessness Among Families with Children is Rising and It’s Expected to Get Worse
Battle Over Cryptic State Farm Documents Reaches OK Supreme Court
A Crude Ad About a Banana — and a Primary That Could Tell Us Where the Republican Party is Headed - Oklahoma Watch
Ad Blitz: Parents Targeted in Push for Early Literacy Overhaul - Oklahoma Watch
Lawmakers Eye Grand Bargain on Tobacco Taxes As Deadline Looms
Still Waiting: Oklahoma’s Mental Health System Leaves Defendants Waiting in Jail Despite Court Order to Fix Delays - Oklahoma Watch
Duncan Bicycle Stops Pit City Ordinances Against State Law
Senate Advances Mullin’s Nomination - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma School District at Center of First-in-Nation ICE Agreement Controversy Denies Signing Anything - Oklahoma Watch
Nicotine Products in Oklahoma Prisons Raise Revenue, Public Health Concerns
Sealed Records, 11-Minute Hearings, Hidden Conflicts: Inside Oklahoma’s Broken Guardianship System
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OCAST Director Resigns Suddenly After Meeting With Stitt Officials
Is Oklahoma No. 3 in the nation for law enforcement turning people over to ICE?
Is it legal to lower the minimum wage in Oklahoma?
Did tariffs cost Oklahoma families more than $1,000 in 2025?
Are Oklahoma lawmakers considering a bill that would ban churches and charities from providing food, shelter, or clothing, to unauthorized immigrants or asylum seekers?
Do 70% of immigrants deported from ICE custody have pending criminal charges or criminal convictions, as Sen. Mullin claimed?
Eviction Filings Push Oklahoma Children Into Chronic Absenteeism and Academic Failure, Data Shows
Oklahoma Could Collect $175 Million Annually From Federal Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Oklahoma Watch
Behind the Rankings: How WalletHub Determined Oklahoma is 50th in Education
Behind the Rankings: How WalletHub Determined Oklahoma is 50th in Education
Drummond Sues State Board Over Handling of Jewish Charter School Application - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Vesta Realty Rental Crisis - Oklahoma Watch
"America, Not Americans": Inola Residents Say Trump's Industrial Push Is Coming at Their Expense - Oklahoma Watch
Rep. Kevin Hern Appears to Have Tardy Stock Disclosures; His Office Disputes He’s Late
Mulready Approves CompSource Conversion Plan
Is the ICE budget for converting warehouses to detention facilities more than Oklahoma’s total annual spending?
Oil Tycoon and GOP Donor Harold Hamm Asked Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt for Senate Appointment - Oklahoma Watch
Tenant Problems Pile Up At Tulsa-Based Vesta Realty
Mullin to Replace Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Ranks Third in Fatal Police Encounters
Rent-To-Own Scheme Highlights Lack of Tenant Protections - Oklahoma Watch
After Years of Stalemate, Lawmakers Advance Bail Reform Proposals - Oklahoma Watch
Twin Chickasha Hearings Reveal Agents Knew of Hail Claim Practice
Native American Leaders Are Furious With Trump’s Tribal Education Shakeup
From Top Half to Near Last: How Oklahoma's Schools Lost Three Decades of Ground and What Can Be Learned from Mississippi - Oklahoma Watch
Bad Landlords, No Registry: How a 2014 Oklahoma Law Protects Problem Property Owners
Audio Stories: February 16, 2026 - Oklahoma Watch
Cigars, Bourbon and Burnt Bacon: How Two Unlikely Allies Are Getting Government Funded
TSET Investment Board Adopts Anti-ESG Policies Backed by State Treasurer
Republicans Push Back on Data Centers in Oklahoma, Other States
Kevin Stitt Is ‘Excited to Go’ to the White House Dinner He’s Been Fighting With Trump Over - Oklahoma Watch
Tulsa Roof Claim Provides Insight Into Alleged State Farm Scheme - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Federal Health Care Windfall Meets Fiscal Warnings in Oklahoma  - Oklahoma Watch
More Than 30 Oklahoma Agencies Sign Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Oklahoma Watch
Audio Stories: February 9, 2026 - Oklahoma Watch
Federal Health Care Windfall Meets Fiscal Warnings in Oklahoma
Do 13 states require fully-insured health insurance plans to cover abortion, as Sen. Lankford claimed? - Oklahoma Watch
Municipal Voters Encounter Scarce Access to Campaign Finance Records - Oklahoma Watch
Inside the ICE Detention System: How Oklahoma Facilities Use Legal Limbo to Pressure Deportations
Oklahoma Becomes ICE Arrest Hub as Federal Policy Drives Enforcement Explosion
Second Stillwater Teen Faces Rape Charges as Unequal Treatment Questions Mount
State Farm Denies Roof Claim of Agency Employee Dying of Cancer - Oklahoma Watch
From Breakfast Burritos to Living Wages: How Oklahoma Is Fixing Attorney Deserts in Child Welfare Cases
Gubernatorial Candidates Rely on Personal Money to Launch Campaigns
Bill Would Let Churches Build Affordable Housing Without Zoning Restrictions
Long Story Short: Oklahoma Farmers Face Uncertain Future as Comprehensive Farm Bill Splinters - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma’s Winter Storm Uri Lawsuits Coming Out Of Cold Storage
Lawmakers Wonder if State Farm is Writing Oklahoma Insurance Law - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Farmers Face Uncertain Future as Comprehensive Farm Bill Splinters - Oklahoma Watch
OU-Tulsa School of Community Medicine Ends Contracts, Shutters Clinic
Birth Rates, School Choice Contribute to Falling Enrollment - Oklahoma Watch
How Oklahoma’s Domestic Violence Sentencing Law is Failing in Practice - Oklahoma Watch
Native Americans Are Getting Swept Up by ICE; Republicans Say ‘There Will be Mistakes’ - Oklahoma Watch
Audio Stories: January 19th, 2026 - Oklahoma Watch
Lawmakers Eye Parole, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform
State Farm Delays Left Dying Woman in Home With Holes, Hose for Water
Are most hospitals in Tulsa controlled by the Catholic Church?
Oklahoma Legislative Leaders Keep Power Brokers in Place as They Run for Statewide Office
Poll Reveals Overwhelming Support for the Right to Sue Insurance Companies
Is Operation SAFE state-led rather than city-led?
Lawmakers Seek Balance in Oklahoma’s Landlord-Tenant Act
Oklahoma Parole Rates Drop When a Board Member is Absent
Epic Investigation Finds Poor Budgeting, But No Misappropriated Money - Oklahoma Watch
Families Speak Out in Wake of News of State Farm Hail Scheme
From Promise to Patchwork: How Oklahoma’s Domestic Violence Sentencing Law is Failing in Practice
From Surplus to Crisis: Epic Charter's Budget Collapse Prompts Forensic Investigation - Oklahoma Watch
Journalist Claims Officials are Ignoring Flood Danger on the Arkansas River
Oklahoma Ranks Third for Caregiver Burden as Families Struggle with Eldercare
Oklahoma Health Department Refuses to Share County-Level Measles Data
Attorney General: Only the DOC Director Can Refer Prisoners For Medical Parole
Judge Allows Attorney General to Intervene in State Farm Hail Lawsuit - Oklahoma Watch
Freshman GOP Lawmaker Finds Statewide Backers For Save Oklahoma Plan  - Oklahoma Watch
Too Little, Too Late, Too Weak: Critics React to Proposed Insurance Legislation - Oklahoma Watch
Are Oklahoma home insurance rates among the highest in the nation?
Oklahoma’s Prison Population Climbed in 2025
Inside a High School Project Tackling Homelessness - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma's Campaign Finance Database is Back Online - Oklahoma Watch
State Farm Dodged Billions in 2018 Settlement, Now Faces Fresh RICO Charges in Oklahoma - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Lawmakers Push Eviction Reform - Oklahoma Watch
Trailer Park Owner Hikes Rents, Forces Tenants Into Rent-to-Own Deals
Hochatown Fights for Its Own ZIP Code
Department of Corrections Refuses to Release Body Camera Footage
Stitt Calls Out Trump Over Cuts to Wind Energy Projects
Audio Stories: December 1, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Do states with fewer gun laws and more guns have higher suicide rates?
Were grocery and convenience stores in Oklahoma prohibited from selling beverages above 3.2 percent alcohol content before 2016?
Federal Benefit Cuts Push Oklahoma Families Into Eviction Crisis
State Delays Push Data Center Developers to Private Land
Counting the Invisible: Why Rural Homelessness Stays Hidden
AG Intervenes in State Farm Lawsuit - Oklahoma Watch
SNAP Cuts Contributed to Evictions Across Oklahoma
Interior Department Takes On Tribal Education
“It Made Me Feel Like a Sucker”: Long-Running Lawsuits Accuse State Farm of Billion-Dollar Hail Scheme
CompSource Flub Raises Questions About a Secretive Reorganization Plan
TSET Investors Board Puts Asset Managers On Notice In Anti-ESG Push
Domestic Violence Board Chairman Resigns in Protest
Potential Oligopoly: A Deep Dive Into Competition in Homeowners Insurance - Oklahoma Watch
Lawmakers, AG Challenge Insurance Commissioner’s Competitive Market Claims
Oklahoma Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Initiative Petition Bill
Long Story Short: Former Lawyer’s Aggressive Tactics Target Oklahoma School District Amid Assault Claims - Oklahoma Watch
Brittany Sanchez gave birth to her first child while shackled to a hospital bed. Despite another person's confession, Sanchez served multiple sentences and spent years torn from her children.
Are Oklahoma lawmakers pursuing the criminalization of parents who travel out of state seeking gender-affirming care for their children? - Oklahoma Watch
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
"Destroy to Fix": Former Lawyer's Aggressive Tactics Target Oklahoma School District Amid Assault Claims - Oklahoma Watch
Was Oklahoma’s constitution the most socialist in America when it was ratified? - Oklahoma Watch
Grimm Eviction Highlights Legal Representation Gap
Native American Tribes Are Struggling in Wake of SNAP Uncertainty
Has the Oklahoma state government been a Republican trifecta for the past fourteen years? - Oklahoma Watch
Isolation, Illness and Guns: Why More Older Oklahomans Are Dying by Suicide - Oklahoma Watch
Reduced Oklahoma Prison Phone Call Rates Aren’t Coming Back
Broken Promises and Broken Ceilings: Renters Discover Oklahoma’s Weak Tenant Protections
Long Story Short: Former Corrections Director Approved Million Dollar Deal With AI Company, Then Went to Work For Them - Oklahoma Watch
Audio Stories: October 27, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Tulsa’s Blue Team Builds Trust, Breaks Cycle of Chronic Homelessness - Oklahoma Watch
Former Corrections Director Approved Million Dollar Deal With AI Company, Then Went to Work For Them
Are rural areas more likely to be harmed by reductions to SNAP?
Head Start Programs Are Closing Down as Shutdown Funding Lapses Grow
Long Story Short: Lawmakers Get Earful As Oklahoma Home Insurance Rates Skyrocket - Oklahoma Watch
Is Tulsa among the most ozone-polluted metropolitan areas in the country?
Do One in Six Oklahomans receive SNAP food benefits?
Three Lawyers File More Than Half of Central Oklahoma’s 18,000 Annual Eviction Cases
Mullin and Cortez Mastro File Bill to Allow Marshalls to Help with MMIP
Lawmakers Get Earful As Oklahoma Home Insurance Rates Skyrocket
OKC Police Are Withholding Reports, Alarming Transparency Advocates
Republicans Will Need to Extend Their Funding Patch Deadline Soon, Cole Says - Oklahoma Watch
Families Outraged After OSU Official’s Son Spared Prison in Sexual Assault Case - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Critics Say CompSource Plan Will Hurt Policyholders - Oklahoma Watch
Does Reworld, which seeks to burn untreated medical waste at their Tulsa plant, have a history of legal issues in other states?
Oklahoma Predator Hunters Face Felony Charges
Parole Board Seeks Binding Opinion on Medical Parole Statute
Critics Say CompSource Plan Will Hurt Policyholders
Lawmakers Aren’t Sure if Tribal Programs are Safe From OMB Shutdown Cuts
No Plans to Distribute Bibles to Public School Classrooms, New Superintendent Says
Is Oklahoma ranked among the worst states for child welfare? - Oklahoma Watch
Raising the Minimum Wage Could Reduce Eviction Rates, Data Shows
Drummond Takes Mulready to Task Over Homeowners Rates
Stitt Becomes First Republican Governor to Break With Trump on National Guard Deployments - Oklahoma Watch
Education Department Releases Student Test Scores: What the Data Show
Tulsa’s Eviction Rate Now Lower Than Oklahoma City’s - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Prisons One Step Closer to Blocking Contraband Cell Phone Signals
Dozens of Lawsuits and Hundreds of TV Appearances: A Look Back at Superintendent Walters Tenure - Oklahoma Watch
Tribe Claims Lawmaker Is Blocking It From Getting Its Land - Oklahoma Watch
Counties Await Guidance on Renewing State Question 781 Programs - Oklahoma Watch
Seized for Seizing: Lack of Training Endangers Oklahomans with Epilepsy
Withheld Evidence Emerges in Another Old Murder Case
Operation SAFE Displacements Add Barriers to Resources
Did Ryan Walters appoint the creator of the Libs of TikTok account, whose posts have led to bomb threats against Oklahoma schools, to a state library advisory committee?
Are there state requirements for homeschooling in Oklahoma?
Are Oklahoma teacher salaries among the lowest?
Audio Stories: September 15, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Full Court Press: How OSSAA’s Latest Legal Loss Extends Basketball Controversy - Oklahoma Watch
Is Edmond among the best school districts in the nation? - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Treasurer Pushes Values Test for Tobacco Endowment Managers  - Oklahoma Watch
Inside the Facebook Groups Changing Dating in Oklahoma - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: With Little Notice, Oklahoma Prison Phone Call Rates More Than Double - Oklahoma Watch
Anti-Trans Ads Already Making An Appearance In Oklahoma’s Republican Gubernatorial Primary
Land Commissioners Turn Away Projects Amid Anti-Renewable Pressures - Oklahoma Watch
With Little Notice, Oklahoma Prison Phone Call Rates More Than Double
Lack of Affordable Housing Prices Out Oklahoma Renters - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Oklahoma Unprepared for Looming Guardianship Crisis - Oklahoma Watch
Judge Attempts to Quash Press Investigation With Gag Order
Oklahoma Unprepared for Looming Guardianship Crisis
Long Story Short: As Oklahoma Prisons Embrace AI, Critics Warn of Risks - Oklahoma Watch
Education Department Forced to Release Key Card Data for Matt Langston
Are Oklahoma public schools ranked almost last in per-pupil funding?
Thousands of State Employees Still Working Remotely
Oklahoma Backs Trump’s Call to Put Disaster Response Under State Control
Have the reports of explicit images displayed on Ryan Walter’s office television during a meeting been proven impossible to have happened by OMES and the sheriff’s office, as he claimed?
Long Story Short: Oklahoma Treasurer Making Another Attempt to Change Corporate Policies - Oklahoma Watch
Walters’ Record Making Education a Key Part of Gubernatorial Race
As Oklahoma Prisons Embrace AI, Critics Warn of Risks
Oklahoma Patient Pipeline: How an Insurance Scheme Brought Hundreds to California for Drug Treatment - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: CoreCivic Advertises Jobs at Vacant Prisons in Watonga and Sayre - Oklahoma Watch
Proposed HUD Timeline Puts Working Families At Risk Of Eviction
Does Oklahoma rely on states such as California for federal tax dollars that fund education and healthcare? - Oklahoma Watch
Audio Stories: August 11, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Tulsa, OKC Resort to Hostile Architecture to Deter Homeless Encampments - Oklahoma Watch
Audio Stories: August 4, 2025
Out-of-State Landlord Buys With Tax Credits, Boots Tenants
Tulsa, OKC Resort to Hostile Architecture to Deter Homeless Encampments
Audio Stories: July 28, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Mullin Violated the STOCK Act by Failing to Disclose Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Trades
As Oklahoma Prison Transfers Slow, Jail Backlogs Grow
Former Governor George Nigh with the UCO Stampede of Sound
Predator Hunters’ Tactics Draw Fans, but Concern Police and Advocates
Constituent Presses Rep. Stephanie Bice to Hold In-Person Town Halls - Oklahoma Watch
Did President Barack Obama Oversee the Jeffrey Epstein Plea Agreement as Sen. Markwayne Mullin Claimed?
Tom Cole’s Powerful Spot on the Appropriations Committee Is Motivating Him to Stay in Congress - Oklahoma Watch
Audio Stories: July 21, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Anonymous Source Sheds Light on Panhandle Police Impunity - Oklahoma Watch
Did Ryan Walters receive $120,000 from a non-profit funded by school privatization advocates while serving as the Secretary of Education? - Oklahoma Watch
Failed Seizure of a Vulnerable Vet at Oklahoma’s Largest Hospital Hints at Crisis to Come for Aging Population - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma District Attorneys Gain Ally in Glossip Case
Did Oklahoma turn down federal money to feed low-income kids two summers in a row? - Oklahoma Watch
Historic Cuts to SNAP Put 131,000 Oklahomans at Risk of Losing Benefits  - Oklahoma Watch
Missing, Murdered Native American Cases Delayed as Police Struggle to Work Together - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Oklahoma Has Nation’s Highest Average Homeowners Insurance Premiums - Oklahoma Watch
Textbook Publishers Reveal How They Incorporated Controversial New Standards
Audio Stories: July 14, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Anonymous Source Sheds Light on Panhandle Police Impunity
Data Ties Childhood Evictions to Chronic Absenteeism in Schools
Oklahoma Has Nation's Highest Average Homeowners Insurance Premiums - Oklahoma Watch
Audio Stories: July 7, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Big Energy Companies at Forefront of State Emissions Rebates
FEMA Cuts Sink Norman’s Automated Flood Warning Plan - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Senators Weigh in on EPA’s Contrails Report
Audio Stories: June 30, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: After Two Years of Debate, Schools Get Months to Ban Phones - Oklahoma Watch
ODOC Fights to Prevent Medical Parole Hearing for Dying Prisoner - Oklahoma Watch
Do states with fewer gun laws and more guns have higher suicide rates? - Oklahoma Watch
Trump Administration Wants to Close Down Key Weather Labs Nationwide
Cell, no! After Two Years of Debate, Schools Get Months to Ban Phones - Oklahoma Watch
A Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Is Pushing to Make Healthier Food More Accessible to Tribes - Oklahoma Watch
State’s Prison Food Contract Canceled Over Nutritional Deficiencies  - Oklahoma Watch
Are rural hospitals in Oklahoma at risk of closing? - Oklahoma Watch
AG Opinion: Door Badge Swipes are Public Records
Long Story Short: RFK Jr. Brings MAHA to Oklahoma - Oklahoma Watch
Get Out! Oklahoma’s Eviction Timeline is One of the Fastest in the Nation
RFK Jr. Brings MAHA to Oklahoma
Is Oklahoma’s homicide rate among the top 20 states?
Lawmakers Don’t Know Why Trump Keeps Denying Disaster Mitigation Grants
Oklahoma Police Continue to Seize Millions From Motorists
Audio Stories: June 16, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Parents Swallow Junk Fees to Pay for School Lunches - Oklahoma Watch
Few Shareholders Support Oklahoma Treasurer’s Anti-DEI Push - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma’s Prison Food Service Contract Voided - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Resignations and layoffs at the state’s largest online school - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Democrat Kalyn Free Pushed for New DNC Elections — And She Wants a Seat at the Table - Oklahoma Watch
Audio Stories: June 9, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Federal Lawmakers are Steering Clear of State Politics When It Comes to the Gubernatorial Race - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Christian School’s Runoff Email Sparks Debate Over Partisan Lines - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma’s Poverty Crisis Deepens as Lawmakers Clash Over Solutions - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Inks $74 Million Deal to Privatize Prison Food Service - Oklahoma Watch
Audio Stories: June 2, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Lawmakers Say Trump’s Budget Would Put Native American Health Care at Risk
Double Jeopardy: Two Levels of Justice in Rural Oklahoma - Oklahoma Watch
Did the survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre ever directly receive any legal settlement or reparations? - Oklahoma Watch
An Egregious Backlog: Interior Department Searches for Ways to Speed Up Native American Probate Court - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Enacts Fines and Fees Reform, Tougher Sentencing Laws - Oklahoma Watch
Audio Stories: May 22, 2025 - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Oklahoma’s Pending Purchase of Lawton Prison Brings Hope of Reduced Violence - Oklahoma Watch
What’s Next? Lawmakers, Policy Experts Say They Will Continue Fight To Reduce Evictions
Kidnapped Twice: Inconsistent Police Discretion Compromises Enforcement of Rapidly Changing Cannabis Laws
Republicans Say the Fight for St. Isidore Isn’t Over - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma’s Pending Purchase of Lawton Prison Brings Hope of Reduced Violence
Split Decision Halts Oklahoma’s Plan to Open Religious Charter School - Oklahoma Watch
Is Oklahoma considering a bill that would alter the validity of collected signatures in its initiative petition process? - Oklahoma Watch
Tom Cole Fights Against EPA Budget Cuts for His District - Oklahoma Watch
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These Tribes Want a Key Piece of Oklahoma Land Returned - Oklahoma Watch
Stitt Vetoes Bill That Would Have Slowed Eviction Process - Oklahoma Watch
Hail No! Hail Storms Do Not Explain Oklahoma’s Outrageous Homeowners’ Insurance Rates - Oklahoma Watch
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Long Story Short: Tom Cole’s Bipartisan Reputation Gets Put to the Test - Oklahoma Watch
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Tom Cole’s Bipartisan Reputation Gets Put to the Test in Trump’s Partisan Washington - Oklahoma Watch
Does Oklahoma's HB1217 ban drag? - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Agencies Publish Private School Tax Credit Recipients Under Transparency Law - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Mental Health Agency Warns of Payroll Issues Amid Cash Crunch - Oklahoma Watch
Can measles “reset” the immune system’s previously built immunities?  - Oklahoma Watch
Mental Health Agency Warns of Payroll Issues Amid Cash Crunch - Oklahoma Watch
Was Oklahoma recently ranked No.44 for quality of life? - Oklahoma Watch
The Supreme Court Had Classroom Culture Wars on Top of Mind in Oral Arguments - Oklahoma Watch
‘A Real Good Test For the First Amendment’ Comes to the Supreme Court - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Prisoner Perseveres in Pro Se Wrongful Detention Lawsuit - Oklahoma Watch
Republicans Split on St. Isidore - Oklahoma Watch
Walters’ New Hires Steeped in Politics, Not Education - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: OSDE Personnel Payments Raise Questions - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Treasurer’s Office Faces Scrutiny Over Use of Signal in Anti-ESG Coordination - Oklahoma Watch
Are two of Oklahoma’s members of Congress ranked among the wealthiest in the nation? - Oklahoma Watch
Did the Oklahoma State Board of Education pass a rule requiring teachers to take and pass the naturalization test? - Oklahoma Watch
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Does Oklahoma rank #1 in profit per employee among Fortune 500 companies? - Oklahoma Watch
Frank Lucas is Trying to Exempt Oklahoma’s Aviation Academy from Government Shutdowns - Oklahoma Watch
Retired Cops Sound Alarm on Pension Board Shift - Oklahoma Watch
Is Oklahoma among the states with the lowest wages? - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Sheridan Church’s Tax Status Holds Up, Despite Unabashed Political Influence - Oklahoma Watch
Rep. Tom Cole Says DOGE Is ‘Pretty Responsive’ to His Concerns - Oklahoma Watch
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Was Oklahoma once ranked as the worst state in the nation for domestic violence? - Oklahoma Watch
This Oklahoma Church is Hosting Some of the Biggest Names in Republican Politics - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Forced Housing, Hidden Kickbacks: How Stay-to-Play Squeezes Sports Parents - Oklahoma Watch
Do Native American tribal members in Oklahoma pay taxes? - Oklahoma Watch
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Competent to Die: State's Arbitrary IQ Rule Defies Scientific Recommendation - Oklahoma Watch
Court Blocks Superintendent Walters’ Bible Purchase, For Now - Oklahoma Watch
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Ponca City Settles Open Records Case - Oklahoma Watch
Is Oklahoma’s health care system ranked among the lowest in the nation? - Oklahoma Watch
Bill to Boost Rural Mental Health and Diversion Programs Advances - Oklahoma Watch
Board of Education Approves Controversial Social Studies Standards - Oklahoma Watch
Are Afghan parolees such as the one that plotted a terrorist attack in Oklahoma vetted before entering the US? - Oklahoma Watch
Neighbors Object to Youth Homeless Shelter Expansion - Oklahoma Watch
NOTUS Launches “Washington Bureau Initiative” to Serve Local Communities With Major Grant From Google News Initiative - Allbritton Journalism Institute
Senators Want to Know if DOGE’s FAA Layoffs Will Make the Skies Less Safe - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Lawmaker Sues Governor Over State Employee Return-To-Work Policy - Oklahoma Watch
Education Department Seeks to Buy Bible Lessons for Elementary Kids - Oklahoma Watch
Markwayne Mullin Has Made Trump Administration Nominees His Social Media Brand - Oklahoma Watch
Is Oklahoma ranked #4 in the nation in GDP growth? - Oklahoma Watch
Ryan Walters Is Trying to Out-MAGA His Peers and It’s Making Things Awkward in Oklahoma - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Traffic Scheme Nets Texas County DA’s Office Millions - Oklahoma Watch
Court Fines and Fees Reform Has Broad Support, But Fiscal Questions Persist  - Oklahoma Watch
HUD Funding Delays Fuel Oklahoma Housing Concerns - Oklahoma Watch
Traffic Scheme Nets Texas County DA’s Office Millions - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Looks to Privatize Prison Food Service - Oklahoma Watch
Despite Growing Homelessness, Oklahoma Lawmakers Look to Punitive Measures - Oklahoma Watch
Stuck at the Bottom: Oklahoma Reading and Math Scores Stagnate - Oklahoma Watch
Federal Funding Freeze, Payment Portal Outage Leave Oklahoma Nonprofits Confused, Concerned - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Housing Insecurity Forcing Oklahoma Seniors To Move - Oklahoma Watch
Criminal Justice Bills to Watch in This Year’s Legislature - Oklahoma Watch
Housing Insecurity Forcing Oklahoma Seniors To Move - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Oklahoma State Guard Plan Unveiled - Oklahoma Watch
Florida Couple Accuses Berry-Rock Homes of Fraud in Rent-to-Own Program - Oklahoma Watch
Education Bills to Watch in This Year’s Legislature - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Maintains Nation’s Fourth-Highest Imprisonment Rate - Oklahoma Watch
For Some Oklahomans, Eviction is a Death Sentence - Oklahoma Watch
State Housing Assessment Shows Small Homes In Demand - Oklahoma Watch
As Oklahoma Executions Continue, New Death Sentences Grow Rare - Oklahoma Watch
Proposed Rules Would Require Students to Prove Citizenship or Legal Immigration Status - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: HUD Ends Section 8 at Duncan Apartments, Residents Told To Leave - Oklahoma Watch
Are undocumented immigrants filling Oklahoma prisons? - Oklahoma Watch
HUD Ends Section 8 at Duncan Apartments, Residents Told To Leave - Oklahoma Watch
Parole Rate on the Rise - Oklahoma Watch
Berry-Rock and Beyond: How Ex-Secretary’s Investment Ties Sparked Lawsuits, Audits and Controversy - Oklahoma Watch
State’s New Mental Health Center Faces Huge Construction Cost Overrun  - Oklahoma Watch
Rent-To-Buy Company Has Big State Investment, Limited Customer Options - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: A new open primaries ballot initiative hopes for 2026 - Oklahoma Watch
Is birth control a form of abortion? - Oklahoma Watch
Open Primary Supporters Launch Ballot Initiative Effort - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Superintendent Ryan Walters’ new video message mandate - Oklahoma Watch
Straight-Party Voting Declines - Oklahoma Watch
Education Department Abruptly Cancels Search for Bible Vendor - Oklahoma Watch
2024 Newsmatch Fall Donation Campign - Oklahoma Watch
Trump, Down-Ballot Republicans Dominate in Oklahoma  - Oklahoma Watch
OKC Fails Housing Inspections, Tulsa Embraces HUD Transition - Oklahoma Watch
Political Spending Accelerates Ahead of Election Day - Oklahoma Watch
Legislative Watchdog Details Lack of Communication in Sending Funds to Schools - Oklahoma Watch
Despite Legal Challenges and Exemptions, GOP Lawmakers Remain Committed to Anti-ESG Law - Oklahoma Watch
What to Know About State Question 833 and Authorizing Public Infrastructure Districts  - Oklahoma Watch
Families and Teachers Ask Supreme Court to Stop Superintendent’s Push for Bibles in Public Schools - Oklahoma Watch
Grand Jury: State’s Handling of GEER Programs Troubling, But Not Criminal - Oklahoma Watch
What to Know About State Question 834 and Prohibiting Noncitizens From Voting in Local Elections - Oklahoma Watch
Low-income Renters Have Little Recourse Against Bad Landlords - Oklahoma Watch
Education Department Updates Bible Plan After Concerns By State Purchasing Agency - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: State Education Department Seeks Bids for 55,000 Classroom Bibles - Oklahoma Watch
Democrat-appointed Oklahoma Supreme Court Justices Targeted In Election Ads - Oklahoma Watch
State Education Department Seeks Bids for 55,000 Classroom Bibles - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Bets on Body-Worn Cameras to Improve Prison Conditions - Oklahoma Watch
Is more than 20% of Oklahoma’s state revenue from the federal government? - Oklahoma Watch
Collaborative Financing to Fuel Tenant Right-to-Counsel - Oklahoma Watch
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Mega Landlord Debarred, Oklahoma Properties Failing - Oklahoma Watch
State Seeks to Decertify Teacher Over 5-Year-Old Instagram Family Photo - Oklahoma Watch
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Attorneys Cite Horrifying Details from Jail Video in Refiled Lawsuit Over Shannon Hanchett's Death - Oklahoma Watch
Is it true that fewer than 6 in 10 eligible voters in Oklahoma don't vote? - Oklahoma Watch
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Oklahoma’s Attempt to Restore Federal Family Planning Funds  - Oklahoma Watch
Hinton Reopened its Prison, But It's Not Paying Off - Oklahoma Watch
State Walks Away from Tens of Millions Meant for Needy Families - Oklahoma Watch
In Oklahoma Eviction Court, it’s Women with Children First - Oklahoma Watch
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Pay or Your Son Dies - Oklahoma Watch
Is Oklahoma ranked among the worst states for education? - Oklahoma Watch
Lawsuit Challenging Oklahoma’s Teen Parole Policies Inches Closer to Trial
Tax Credit Program Sparks Statewide Surge in Private School Tuition - Oklahoma Watch
Board Rescinds Contract with Catholic Charter School - Oklahoma Watch
Does 45% of Oklahoma’s energy come from renewable resources? - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Crisis Pregnancy Centers See Big State Funding Boost - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Tenant Unions Give Voice to Renters' Concerns - Oklahoma Watch
Board Could Face Contempt Charges for Ignoring Supreme Court Order - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Western District Court Among the Slowest in the Country, Data Shows - Oklahoma Watch
Sunset of Counselor Corps Leads to Budget Cuts, Staff Reductions - Oklahoma Watch
Have gun ammo vending machines been installed in Oklahoma? - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Oklahoma AG opinion could help groups working with homeless - Oklahoma Watch
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Dozens of Counties Don’t Apply for Mental Health and Diversion Grants - Oklahoma Watch
AG Opinion Opens Funding for Eviction Prevention
Long Story Short: Petitioners seek to raise Oklahoma's minimum wage - Oklahoma Watch
State Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit Alleging Inhumane Conditions at Hinton Prison - Oklahoma Watch
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Cities Addressing Emergencies with More Mental Health Professionals - Oklahoma Watch
Walters Extends PR Contract - Oklahoma Watch
As Eviction Filings Rise, Oklahoma Could Enact Right-to-Counsel Laws - Oklahoma Watch
Camping Bans Found Constitutional Despite Lack of Shelters
Companies Sued By AG Over Natural Gas Spikes Say They Followed Contracts
Corrections Board Greenlights Lawton Prison Contract Extension - Oklahoma Watch
Legal Experts Weigh in On Whether Catholic Charter School Case is Headed to U.S. Supreme Court - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Lawmakers Boost Police Pension System Benefits - Oklahoma Watch
Anti-Camping Law at Odds With Local Initiatives - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma’s Most Violent Prison to End State Contract - Oklahoma Watch
Is the Department of Justice suing Oklahoma’s immigration law for unconstitutionality? - Oklahoma Watch
Voters Oust Embattled Sheriff in McCurtain County - Oklahoma Watch
Lawmakers Boost Police Pension System Benefits  - Oklahoma Watch
Outside Spending Soars Ahead of Primary Election - Oklahoma Watch
Stitt Vetoes Legislature’s Limits on State Superintendent's Media Outreach - Oklahoma Watch
Do immigrants have constitutional rights? - Oklahoma Watch
House District 88 Candidates Push for Diversity in Legislature - Oklahoma Watch
Was inflation at 1.4% before President Biden took office? - Oklahoma Watch
State Prison Staff Face Criminal Charges, Litigation For Plotting Prisoner’s Assault - Oklahoma Watch
Lawmakers Give Energy Industry $50 Million In Budget Agreement - Oklahoma Watch
Ryan Walters’ PR Contract Should Be Banned, GOP Lawmaker Says - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Legislative Leaders Strike Budget Deal - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: House Committee Approves Most of Walters’ Controversial Rule Changes - Oklahoma Watch
Memorial Day Weekend Could See Mass Evictions - Oklahoma Watch
Are more than one-third of Oklahoma renters cost-burdened? - Oklahoma Watch
Tenant Ousted After Unexpected Guest Tests Apartment Policies - Oklahoma Watch
Does Oklahoma’s maternal mortality rate exceed the national rate? - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Millions More Go To Oklahoma Hospitals As Managed Care Begins - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Treasurer Adds Bank to Blacklist Weeks After It Sold Higher Ed Bonds - Oklahoma Watch
Key Criminal Justice Bills in Limbo as Session Winds Down - Oklahoma Watch
Millions More Go To Oklahoma Hospitals As Managed Care Begins - Oklahoma Watch
Staff Oversight Lax As Lawton Prisoner Murdered, Left Undetected in Trash Can - Oklahoma Watch
Stitt Signs Hundreds of Bills Into Law as Budget Negotiations Continue - Oklahoma Watch
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As Israel-Hamas War Sparks Campus Protests, Oklahoma Higher Education Officials Take Free Speech Training - Oklahoma Watch
Is Oklahoma ranked the most business-friendly state? - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: House Rejects Resolution to Change Oklahoma’s Judicial Selection Process - Oklahoma Watch
Last Year’s Teacher Pay Raise Hasn’t Slowed Resignations — Yet - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Prisoners Confined to Shower Stalls Sue Corrections Department - Oklahoma Watch
Prospective Teachers Get Clarity After Questions Swirl About Certification Exam - Oklahoma Watch
How They Voted: House Rejects Resolution to Change Oklahoma’s Judicial Selection Process - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Family Member’s Eviction Attempt Ends In FlamesLong Story Short: - Oklahoma Watch
Has Oklahoma introduced a bill to ban all pride flags? - Oklahoma Watch
Homeless in Oklahoma: Sacrificing healthcare for daily survival - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Attorney General Files Winter Storm Lawsuits Over Natural Gas Prices - Oklahoma Watch
Uncontested: Nearly Half of Legislative Races Have Already Been Decided - Oklahoma Watch
Family Member’s Eviction Attempt Ends In Flames - Oklahoma Watch
Campaign Finance Task Force Take Aims at Outside Spending - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Supreme Court Considers Arguments Over Catholic Charter School - Oklahoma Watch
Tenant Advocates Push for Right to Free Counsel  - Oklahoma Watch
Preliminary Hearing Starts for Epic Charter Schools Founders - Oklahoma Watch
AG to Lay Out Evidence in Epic’s Multi-Million Dollar Embezzlement Case - Oklahoma Watch
Legislature Focuses on Budget, Policy at Halfway Point  - Oklahoma Watch
Lawmakers Seek Tougher Shoplifting, Domestic Abuse Penalties - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: State Dollars Prop Walters’ National Media Blitz - Oklahoma Watch
Has Oklahoma not seen an increase to its minimum wage since 2008? - Oklahoma Watch
Winter Storm Natural Gas Price Lawsuits Languish - Oklahoma Watch
State Dollars Prop Walters’ National Media Blitz - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Stillwater Schools Settle Sexual Misconduct Suit - Oklahoma Watch
Has Oklahoma’s registered voter turnout rate been 30% in recent elections? - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Lawmakers Again Take Aim at Ballot Initiatives - Oklahoma Watch
Lawsuit Reveals New Details About Walkout Leader’s Sexting Case - Oklahoma Watch
Lawsuit Reveals New Details About Walkout Leader’s Sexting Case - Oklahoma Watch
Breaking Camp: Lawmakers Take Aim at Homeless Encampments on State Land - Oklahoma Watch
Is the Oklahoma legislature considering a bill to compile a database of women who have had abortions? - Oklahoma Watch
Subpar Care Led to Cleveland County Detainee’s Death, Federal Lawsuit Claims - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma’s Foster Family Shortage Forces Children From Their Communities - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Evicted: Thousands of Civil Filings Linger in Records Forever - Oklahoma Watch
Did an Oklahoma survey record the largest number of teacher vacancies in the 2022-23 school year since it began collecting records? - Oklahoma Watch
Medical Debt Bill Advances To House Floor - Oklahoma Watch
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Judge Sides With Defendant in Lawmakers’ Open Records Lawsuit  - Oklahoma Watch
Does Oklahoma have some of the lowest wages in the nation? - Oklahoma Watch
Was Oklahoma’s unemployment rate under 3% as of January 2024? - Oklahoma Watch
Watchdog agency to restart health and safety checks at Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics - Oklahoma Watch
State’s AG Dismisses Second ClassWallet Lawsuit - Oklahoma Watch
State Election Board Approves New GOP Members For Oklahoma County - Oklahoma Watch
Private Prison Staff Terminated Following Inmate’s Death - Oklahoma Watch
Parole Board Approves Revised Commutation Eligibility Requirements - Oklahoma Watch
Does Oklahoma have no minimum age of marriage if approved by a court? - Oklahoma Watch
Tax Cuts, Tribal Relations Dominate Stitt’s State Of The State Address - Oklahoma Watch
Lawmakers Seek Changes to Mental Health Law - Oklahoma Watch
State Election Board Removes GOP Members From Oklahoma County Election Board - Oklahoma Watch
Our Response to Ryan Walters' Accusations - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Proposed Law Could Mean More Involuntary Commitments - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Watch Sues Ponca City Seeking Arrest Details, Public Oversight - Oklahoma Watch
Pensions, Prescriptions and Pot Among Proposals Before Lawmakers - Oklahoma Watch
State Seeks Repayment of Errant Teacher Bonuses - Oklahoma Watch
Five Criminal Justice Bills to Watch in 2024 - Oklahoma Watch
State Employee Move To Telework Leads To New Corrections HQ  - Oklahoma Watch
Lawmakers File Open Records Lawsuit Against District Attorney - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Parole Rate Declines - Oklahoma Watch
What you need to know about the private school tax credits - Oklahoma Watch
Turnover, Scandals Have Some Rethinking Governor's Power Boost - Oklahoma Watch
Refugee Students Face the Same Hurdles But Get Different Levels of Support - Oklahoma Watch
Is the age of consent 16 in Oklahoma? - Oklahoma Watch
National Guard Deployment To Texas Border Paid For By Disaster Response Funds - Oklahoma Watch
Transgender Student Sues to Stop State Dept. of Education Gender-Change Rule - Oklahoma Watch
Did Oklahoma implement new voter photo ID requirements in 2023? - Oklahoma Watch
Can a woman be sentenced to six years in jail and fined $100,000 for having an abortion in Oklahoma after six weeks? - Oklahoma Watch
These Oklahomans Needed Mental Health Care. Instead, They Died in Jail. - Oklahoma Watch
Outside Groups Spent $2.3 Million on Oklahoma Elections in 2023 - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Latinos Are Least Engaged in Politics; New PAC Wants to Change That - Oklahoma Watch
On Leave Over Harassment Complaints, Two OSSM Teachers Allowed to Retire - Oklahoma Watch
Parole Board Seeks Stiffer Commutation Requirements - Oklahoma Watch
After Slow Start, Opioid Settlement Money Expected To Flow To Cities and Counties - Oklahoma Watch
Plan Set to Engage More Latinos in Oklahoma Politics - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Department of Education Looks to Add Academic Standards - Oklahoma Watch
Does Oklahoma have one of the highest COVID-19 death tolls in the nation as of November 4, 2023? - Oklahoma Watch
Is Oklahoma ranked the best state to work? - Oklahoma Watch
Enrollment Verification Problems Delay Start of Private School Tax Credit - Oklahoma Watch
Report Shows Uptick in Oklahoma’s Prison Population - Oklahoma Watch
State Monitoring of Tulsa Schools Ratcheted Up With New Expectations - Oklahoma Watch
Treasurer Criticizes Pension System For Taking Exemption His Office Exercised - Oklahoma Watch
Fewer Than 1 in 4 Oklahoma High Schools Meet New AP Requirement - Oklahoma Watch
Lawmaker Seeks Outside Investigation, Legislation After Hinton Shower Stalls Confinement - Oklahoma Watch
Sprawling Superagency Tasked With Technology and Services Needs Overhaul, Report Finds   - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Lawton inmate suffered and died after prison refused medical care. - Oklahoma Watch
Private-Public Court Debt Collection Scheme Continues to Profit - Oklahoma Watch
Lawton Inmate Dies After Private Prison Staff Refused Care, Lawsuit Claims - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Walters Administration Wants to Hire Someone to Get More National Media Exposure - Oklahoma Watch
State Spending $4 Million To Set Up Private School Tax Credit Program - Oklahoma Watch
Walters Administration Wants to Hire Someone to Get More National Media Exposure - Oklahoma Watch
Asylum Relief Elusive for Two Afghan Scholars-at-Risk - Oklahoma Watch
How One Researcher Raised the Bar For Disadvantaged High School Students - Oklahoma Watch
Pottawatomie Jail Investigator Promoted Amid Cover-Up Allegations - Oklahoma Watch
AG Drummond Sues Over State Sponsored Religious Charter School - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Chairman Won't Sign Catholic Charter School Contract - Oklahoma Watch
Trump Dominates Early Presidential Fundraising in Oklahoma - Oklahoma Watch
$17.7 Million in GEER 2 Money Went to Six Projects - Oklahoma Watch
Politics, Policy Clash Over Energy Boycott Law - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Prison Held Inmates in Shower Stalls for Days - Oklahoma Watch
In Oklahoma, School Educators Hit Native, Black and Students with Disabilities the Most - Oklahoma Watch
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Proposed Education Budget Has More Bonuses for Teachers and Tutors - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Elite High School Ignored Harassment, Bullying - Oklahoma Watch
Lack of Rules Let Elite School Ignore Sexual Harassment and Bullying of Students - Oklahoma Watch
Her pregnancy was non-viable and her life was at risk but Oklahoma Law Prevented an Abortion - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Lawmakers Weigh Restrictions on Ranked-choice Voting - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Dept. of Ed Endorses PragerU - Oklahoma Watch
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Cover-up Alleged in Pottawatomie County Jail Deaths - Oklahoma Watch
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Tulsa Schools Avoid State Takeover, Improve Accreditation Status - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Public Employees Pension System Takes Exemption to Banking Law - Oklahoma Watch
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Long Story Short: Sexual Harassment Complaints Plague Elite Oklahoma High School - Oklahoma Watch
Afghan Refugee Resettlement Highlights Inequities for All Vulnerable Oklahomans - Oklahoma Watch
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As Restricted Banking List Narrows, Oklahoma Pension Systems Eye Exemptions - Oklahoma Watch
What a State Business Decision Means For Veterans in Talihina - Oklahoma Watch
Broadband Providers Raise Coverage Concerns Over Millions In Relief Funding  - Oklahoma Watch
Homeless Youth Walk a Hidden Path in Rural Oklahoma - Oklahoma Watch
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State Education Board Delays Tulsa’s Accreditation Citing Its DEI Report - Oklahoma Watch
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Why Most Oklahoma Rural Hospitals Haven’t Accepted Congress’ Offer to Save Them - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma AG Wants Law Firms To Investigate Winter Storm Natural Gas Costs  - Oklahoma Watch
OKC Police Abandoned Man in Mental Health Crisis on Roadside Before Fatal Crash
Auditor: Oklahoma Spent Millions of Federal Dollars Incorrectly - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Lobbyist Spending Rebounds From Pandemic-Era Decline - Oklahoma Watch
Walters’ Faith Committee Wants Ten Commandments in Every Public Classroom - Oklahoma Watch
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Legislature's Funding Scheme Handcuffs Ethics Commission Enforcement - Oklahoma Watch
Could Oklahoma’s Law on Anti-Oil and Gas Investments Hurt Pensioners? - Oklahoma Watch
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Law Meant to Protect Indian Children - Oklahoma Watch
Lawmakers Criticize Land Office Officials' Investment Scheme - Oklahoma Watch
Tulsa Police Defy Department Policy By Hiding Internal Investigation - Oklahoma Watch
Stitt's Second Inaugural Committee Raised Nearly $1.5 Million - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Board Approves First Religious Charter School - Oklahoma Watch
What Lawmakers Did and Didn’t Do for Voters and Election Officials - Oklahoma Watch
Interactive: See How Oklahoma’s 2024 Budget Proposal is Allocated - Oklahoma Watch
Superintendent Ryan Walters’ Video Escalates Attacks on Teacher Unions - Oklahoma Watch
Education Watch: Criminal Case Against Epic Co-Founders, CFO Set For Court - Oklahoma Watch
Budget Deal, Policy Decisions Expected in Final Week of Regular Legislative Session - Oklahoma Watch
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Governor, Legislative Leaders Strike ‘Monumental’ Public Education Funding Deal - Oklahoma Watch
Will GOP Lawmakers Strike an Education Deal This Week? - Oklahoma Watch
Education Watch: Catholic Charter School Decision Anticipated This Summer - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Pulls Back From Joining Interstate Voter List Maintenance Group - Oklahoma Watch
Why Oklahoma Isn’t Joining An Interstate Effort to Counter Voter Fraud - Oklahoma Watch
What it’s Like to Teach Civics Amid Political Polarization, Intense Scrutiny - Oklahoma Watch
Another Relief Program’s End Returns Some Oklahomans to Food Insecurity - Oklahoma Watch
Jail Death Investigation Highlights Fatal Flaws in State's Mental Health Response - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: How Texas Crossed the Line With a Texoma Pump Station - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma and Texas Seek Solution To Red River Water Dispute - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: Guess How Many State Purchases Bypass a Corruption-Prevention Rule - Oklahoma Watch
Stitt Names New Secretary of Education, Replacing Walters - Oklahoma Watch
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Pivotal Catholic Charter School Decision Expected Today - Oklahoma Watch
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As Voting Turnout Dips, Young Oklahomans Risk Losing Political Influence - Oklahoma Watch
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In the Wake of School Choice Financial Scandals, Legislature Pursues Tax Credits Over Vouchers - Oklahoma Watch
After a Decade of Waiting, Oklahomans With Disabilities Still Aren't Receiving Care They Need - Oklahoma Watch
Education Department Moves to Revoke Credentials of Teacher Who Shared QR Code
These Oklahoma Communities Need Childcare. City Rules Could Make It Harder to Find  - Oklahoma Watch
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Why Oklahoma is Still Sitting On COVID-19 Relief Funds - Oklahoma Watch
Proposal to Boost Poll Worker Pay Clears Senate - Oklahoma Watch
When Are Voting Rights Restored in Oklahoma? Legislature Considers Clearing Up Confusion - Oklahoma Watch
Interactive: Precinct Map Shows Rural, Suburban Opposition to Recreational Marijuana - Oklahoma Watch
After SQ 820 Loss, Marijuana-Related Justice Reform Shifts to Legislature - Oklahoma Watch
Cleveland Co. Commissioner: Jail Health Care Expansion Unrelated to Recent Deaths - Oklahoma Watch
Long Story Short: State School Board Shuffle Continues - Oklahoma Watch
Education Watch: Board Appointee's Absences Draw Questions - Oklahoma Watch
Energy Trader Sued By Kansas AG Also Sold to Oklahoma Utilities - Oklahoma Watch
Mexican Consulate in OKC Expected to Be Taking Appointments as Soon as May - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahomans Languish in Jail Awaiting Mental Health Care, Federal Lawsuit Claims - Oklahoma Watch
What To Know About SQ 820 and Legalizing Recreational Marijuana in Oklahoma - Oklahoma Watch
Voter Turnout a Question Mark Leading Up to Recreational Marijuana Vote - Oklahoma Watch
Sheriff, Jail Health Care Provider Seek Public Money to Increase Staff After Two Women Died - Oklahoma Watch
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Previously Withheld Video Shows Man’s Fatal Struggle With Pottawatomie County Jailers - Oklahoma Watch
Education Watch: State to Consider Religious Charter School This Week - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Lawmakers File 40 Anti-LGBTQ Bills - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahomans Debunk False Claims of a Violent Protest at the State Capitol  - Oklahoma Watch
How to Stay Informed and Engaged This Legislative Session  - Oklahoma Watch
Behind Stitt's 'Democracy is Doomed' Remark and Other Election Issues Raised Monday - Oklahoma Watch
Stitt's State of the State: 'Everything is Possible, Right Here From Oklahoma' - Oklahoma Watch
Stitt Emphasizes Private School Vouchers as Top Education Priority - Oklahoma Watch
How a Southwest Oklahoma Town Lost its Hospital, and is Scrambling to Get it Back - Oklahoma Watch
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Oklahoma Attorney General: Vendor Not To Blame for Misspent Education Relief Funds - Oklahoma Watch
How Oklahoma Lawmakers Seek to Change Elections and Ballot Initiatives - Oklahoma Watch
How A Small Business Owner Who Votes Conservative and Served Her Country Became a Culture War Target
Previously Withheld Video Shows Man’s Fatal Struggle With Pottawatomie County Jailers - Oklahoma Watch
An Early Look at the Legislature's Voucher Proposals - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Lawmakers Complete Pre-Session Bill Filing - Oklahoma Watch
A Formerly Homeless Man’s Journey from Shelters, Hotels and Cars to Housing  - Oklahoma Watch
Why Oklahoma is Paying its Education Superintendent More Than the Governor - Oklahoma Watch
Relief is Coming for Families of the Incarcerated, but Will Oklahomans Feel It? - Oklahoma Watch
Religious Charter School Test Case Rests With an Oklahoma Board Lacking Enough Members to Meet - Oklahoma Watch
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Democracy Watch: Corporations, Individuals Fund Inaugural Festivities - Oklahoma Watch
Lawmaker Proposes End-of-Year Deadline for Oklahoma Online Voter Registration - Oklahoma Watch
Democracy Watch: Corporations, Individuals Fund Inaugural Festivities - Oklahoma Watch
Ryan Walters Steps Down From Nonprofit Role That Drew Scrutiny - Oklahoma Watch
Governor's $18 Million for Students Unspent in 2022 - Oklahoma Watch
State Agencies Encounter Problems With Licensing Software Platform - Oklahoma Watch
OKC Develops New Approach to Homelessness: Housing Over Criminalizing - Oklahoma Watch
Looking Ahead to the 2023 Legislative Session - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahomans Share Their Struggle for Mental Healthcare as Feds Investigate Statewide Treatment - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma News Deserts: Data Shows Voting Sagged in ‘Orphan Counties’ - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Watch Sues Tulsa Seeking Details of Woman Arrested During Bipolar Episode - Oklahoma Watch
OKC Police's Crowd-Sourced Effort Exploits Accused - Oklahoma Watch
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114 Executions and Counting: An Oklahoma Priest’s Quest to Uphold the ‘Dignity of Life’
Forced Out: Skyrocketing Rent, Evictions Pushing Thousands Out of Their Homes
Why Other States Have Eliminated Straight Party Voting - Oklahoma Watch
Demand Is High, But Financial Support For Oklahoma’s Unpaid Caregivers Is Scarce
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A Lawmaker Seeks to Make Oklahoma Top-10 State For Women, Omits Abortion From Study
Gubernatorial Precinct Map Shows Rural, Suburban Dominance For GOP
Analysis: Voters Signal Comfort With GOP Candidates Up and Down Ballot - Oklahoma Watch
Mapping Oklahoma Governor's Races Since 2010 - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma City Charter School Leader Opposes District Bond, But Quietly Obtained a Bond For His School - Oklahoma Watch
Five Election Day Tips and Reminders - Oklahoma Watch
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A Choctaw Nation Initiative Fizzled, But Early Voting Still Soared - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Lawmakers Use Campaign Reserves to Boost Candidates in Tight Races
Election 2022: How Oklahoma Counts and Certifies Votes  - Oklahoma Watch
Making the Grade: Has Stitt Fulfilled His Education Promises? - Oklahoma Watch
What Stitt Has and Hasn’t Done to Address Oklahoma’s Poor Health Outcomes
All States Lost Ground on Nation’s Report Card. Oklahoma Slipped More Than Most - Oklahoma Watch
Five Oklahomans Share Why They Work the Polls - Oklahoma Watch
Nursing Home Worker Shortage Puts Aging Oklahomans at Risk - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Lawmakers Let Stitt Vetoes Stand on Three Pandemic Relief Bills - Oklahoma Watch
Why 21,000 Oklahoma Citizens Face Significant Barriers to the Ballot - Oklahoma Watch
What Pandemic Relief Projects Oklahoma Lawmakers Approved, Omitted in Special Session - Oklahoma Watch
Channeling Childhood Chaos To Help Oklahomans Suffering Addiction, Mental Illness - Oklahoma Watch
Here's the reason recreational marijuana isn't on the November ballot - Oklahoma Watch
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Stabbings Soar at Southeast Oklahoma Private Prison
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Long Story Short: Democracy Day is Sept 15. Here’s Why That Matters
Pandemic Relief Committee Approves $323 Million in Projects
Whistleblowers Allege Embezzlement, Fraud at Tahlequah Nonprofit That Championed Indigenous Women
Why Some Afghan Refugees in Oklahoma Live In Squalor
Recreation Marijuana Question Unlikely to Make November Ballot
Faced With COVID, A Desperate Man’s Sobriety, Survival Fell to His Mother When Rehab Center Evicted Him
Faced With COVID, A Desperate Man’s Sobriety, Survival Fell to His Mother When Rehab Center Evicted Him
Two Districts Downgraded for Complaints Under HB1775
Schools Wait to Learn How to Police Their Bathrooms
What Legislators Did Instead of Funding Voter-Approved Criminal Justice Reforms
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Troubled Water: Public Water Operator’s Violations Keep Flowing
Federal Auditors Want Oklahoma To Return At Least $650,000 of Governor’s COVID-19 Relief Funds
New Law Reduces Taxes for Businesses, Cuts Support for Jobless Oklahomans
We Asked Voters ‘How is Oklahoma Working For You?’ Here’s What They Said
GOP Race for State Superintendent Is Heading For A Runoff
In Many Oklahoma Races, Outside Groups Are Outspending Candidates
Epic Co-Founders, Former CFO Arrested on Embezzlement, Racketeering Charges
The Effort to Build a New Oklahoma County Jail is a Decade in the Making
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Enrollment Irregularities, Unapproved Bonuses: the Latest Epic Charter Investigation
Epic Charter Schools Settles Open Records Lawsuit Brought by Oklahoma Watch
Stitt’s ‘Oklahoma Turnaround’ Ads May Violate Ethics Rules
The Misinformation Election: Lies, Conspiracy Theories Prominent in Many GOP Races
How Oklahoma Lawmakers Have Loosened Gun Regulations the Past Decade
Oklahoma Officials Release Requests For Billions In Federal Pandemic Relief Funds
Audit Questions Slowness of Oklahoma Support For Abortion Alternatives
Despite Scathing Audit, Federal Agencies Award $1.7 Million to Oklahoma Nonprofit
Legislature Sends $9.7 Billion Dollar Bill to the Governor
Billionaire Philanthropists Pushing Charter Schools and School Vouchers Also Fund Oklahoma’s Secretary of Education’s Six-Figure Salary
Protected, For Now: The Race To Provide Afghan Evacuees With Legal Services
State Officials Refuse To Release A Report On A Troubled Relief Program Where Parents Purchased TVs And Smartwatches
Long Story Short: The Latest Watchdog Journalism on Public Funds and Policing
Stitt Gave Families $8 Million For School Supplies in the Pandemic; They Bought Christmas Trees, Gaming Consoles and Hundreds of TVs
Oklahoma Watch Files Transparency Lawsuit Against State Agency Over Federal Relief Funds
Nearly Half of Oklahoma Legislative Races Already Are Decided Without a Vote
Oklahoma County Voters Will Decide on New Jail Funding
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Oklahoma Commission on Race and Equality Proposal Fails Again
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A Day In Oklahoma County Drug Court, Where a Judge Hopes All Rise
At Least 537 COVID-19 Deaths Missing From State Nursing Home Data
‘Prompt and Reasonable’: Why Oklahoma’s Public Records Standard Breeds Frustration
Oklahoma State Auditor Q&A: ‘I Believe People Own the Government’
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Why 25,000-Plus Oklahomans Are Still Waiting For Rental Assistance
Claiming Out-of-State Influences, Oklahoma Looks to Clamp Down on State Question Laws
Oklahoma Deems Billions In Federal Covid Relief Fund Applications A Secret
How A State Lawmaker’s Day Job Tiptoed into Lobbying
Oklahoma Customers Paid Billions for Natural Gas In Last Winter’s Storm. Here’s Who Cashed In
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Fourth State of the State Address, Annotated
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Education Watch: Oklahoma’s Backpack Funding Bill is One to Watch
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Governor’s Order Throws Transgender Oklahomans into Legal Limbo
What It’s Like For A Teacher Whose District Closed Temporarily for COVID-19
The Winter Gas Bill From Hell: Oklahomans Face Paying $1.4 Billion Over Snow Storm
Stitt Announces State Workers to Sub for Teachers Amid School Staffing Crisis
Why Oklahoma Watch is Launching a Democracy and Misinformation Beat
Oklahoma Public School Enrollment: New Data Shows Where Students Returned
While Active Cases Remain Low, Omicron Threat Looms in Oklahoma Prisons
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A Year After Jan. 6 Insurrection, Election Lies, Misinformation Persist For Some in Oklahoma GOP
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As Some Oklahoma Churches Push Vaccines, Others Sow Misinformation, Doubt
How Relocation, Privatization Compromised the Oklahoma Public Health Lab Mission
Balancing Safety, Resettlement As Afghan Refugees Arrive in Oklahoma
Changing the Narrative to ‘Us and We’ in North Tulsa
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Redistricting: Weighing the Impact of Splitting Oklahoma’s Largest Hispanic Community
Oklahoma Politicians, Others React to Julius Jones Commutation
Nursing Home COVID Data Renewed Following Public Pressure
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Balancing Safety, Resettlement As Afghan Refugees Arrive in Oklahoma
Ida’s Law: The Promise, Limitations of Oklahoma’s Pursuit of Justice for Indigenous People
Long Story Short: How The Counting of the Incarcerated Influences Oklahoma Politics
Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks State From Carrying Out Two Executions. What’s Next?
Health Commissioner Resigns After Stitt’s Criticism Of Non-Binary Birth Certificate Settlement
Breaking Down a Proposal to Standardize Criminal Sentencing in Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s Average ACT Score Improves, But Participation Declined
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State Seeks To Recoup Unemployment Overpayments But Doesn’t Know How Much
How You Can Make Your Voice Heard in Advance of Oklahoma’s Upcoming Redistricting Session
Oklahoma Student Learning in a Pandemic: Test Results Show Heavy Toll
As Lawmakers Prepare for Redistricting Special Session, What You Need to Know
Masked, Vaccinated and COVID-19 Positive: Why Some Teachers Say This Year’s Precautions Are Still Not Enough
Oklahoma Domestic Violence Reports Reach Highest Level in 20 Years
‘Long Story Short’ Podcast: Oklahoma’s Approach to Rental Assistance, Masks in Schools, Refugee Resettlement
How Oklahoma Is Preparing For Arrival of Afghan Refugees
Many Seeking Emergency Rental Assistance Left Waiting
Oklahoma Watch Debuts Podcast ‘Long Story Short’
State Officials Are Ready to Resume Executions. Here’s What You Need To Know.
Oklahoma’s Ban on School Mask Mandates is on Hold. Here’s What You Need to Know
Oklahoma Starts Year With Its Most Emergency Teachers On Record
Oklahoma Doctors, Tired But Not Deterred, Push to Get Patients Vaccinated
Seeking to Reduce, Treat Effects of Childhood Trauma
Only Half of Oklahoma’s Nursing Home Workers Are Vaccinated. Now Biden Is Mandating It.
Oklahoma Offering Free ACT, SAT to Students This Fall
Oklahoma Suicides Climb to Highest Point Since 2006
As COVID Cases Rise, Oklahoma Sees Increased Insurance Signups
Masks are Optional. COVID Cases are Surging. And it’s Time for Back-to-School.
As Other Governors Pull Out Vaccine Media Blitz, Oklahoma’s Stitt Largely Silent
With Its Private Prison Empty, Western Oklahoma Town Faces An Uncertain Future
FCC Order Could Help Curb Contraband Cell Phone Use in Oklahoma Prisons
Corrections Director Blames Press Leak For Abrupt Prison Closure Announcement
Oklahoma Sees Early Summer Spike In Coronavirus Cases
As State Prison Staffing Shortage Persists, Advocates Fear Violence
State Prison in Northwest Oklahoma Will Close By Year’s End
Epic’s New Board Chair Founded a Charter School. Its Start Has Been Rocky
Tulsa Race Massacre: Elected Officials On When They Learned About It And How It Influences Them
Tulsa Race Massacre Prayer Room Highlights Churches’ 1921 Sins, Seeks Healing
Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial: ‘The Blood Is Still Speaking’
Examining the Impact: How Oklahoma’s New Laws Will Affect You
Outgoing AG Mike Hunter Dismisses Attempted Bribery Charges Against Stitt Cabinet Member
‘Megacenters’ Coming to OKC, Tulsa for Real ID Delays
Oklahoma’s Legislature Fast-Tracks Multi-Billion Budget Bill, Again
Prisoner’s Mother: ‘You Never Know When It Could Be Your Family Member’
How Four Oklahoma School Leaders View Federal Relief Funds
Sen. Inhofe Wants to Give Police $7.5 million For Mental Health Training
Breaking Down A State Budget Featuring Personal And Corporate Income Tax Cuts
Visitors, Volunteers Return to Oklahoma Prisons as Cases Drop, Vaccine Access Widens
Grand Jury: Epic Charter School ‘system ripe for fraud’
OKC Proposes $300K to Reduce Police Response to Mental Health Crises
Update: Where $63 Million in Federal Relief Aid For Private Schools Went In Oklahoma
Oklahoma COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Mapped by ZIP Code
Activists, ACLU Vow to Challenge Bill Protecting Motorists Who Hurt or Kill Rioters
In Remembering OKC Bombing Victims, Experts See Lessons for Grieving COVID Losses
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Settlement Gives Epic Charter Schools Fresh Start on Shrouded Learning Fund
Illinois Dramatically Cut the Cost of Prison Phone Calls. Oklahoma Could Do The Same
Inside Oklahoma’s Police Training For Mental Health 911 Calls
Oklahoma’s Hydroxychloroquine Shipment Took A Detour to a Pryor Pharmacy
How Epic Seeks to Resolve Contract Dispute with Statewide Virtual Charter School Board
Population Reduction Could Help Improve Oklahoma County Jail Conditions
A Closer Look at Oklahoma’s Move to Alter Education Funding and Make Student Transfers Easier
Oklahoma Watch to Moderate OKC School Board Candidate Forum
How the State Board Abruptly Settled Charter School Lawsuit Against Legal Advice
Congress Gives Oklahoma Cash Infusion for Expanding Medicaid
Contact Tracing Investment Yielded No COVID-19 Insights, Report Finds
Vaccine Hesitancy Among Guards and Inmates Could Threaten State Prisons
‘Tilting at Windmills’: What Happens When the Public Fights For Open Records
No Letter Grade: Evaluating Oklahoma Public Schools Without A-F
What You Don’t Know and Should About Nursing Home Care
No Comment: In Oklahoma’s Legislature, Public Rarely Given Chance to Weigh In
Vaccinations, Drops in COVID-19 Cases Create Optimism in Oklahoma
Oklahoma, Tulsa County Health Departments Could See Erosion of Independence
Pardon and Parole Board Advances Julius Jones’ Commutation Application. What’s Next?
As Vaccine Supplies Increase, Oklahoma Opens Next Groups for COVID-19 Shots
State Lawmakers Push Bills That Would Roll Back State Question 780
Gauging A Plan To Alter Education Funding in Oklahoma
COVID-19 Vaccinations Accelerate in Oklahoma, Which Ranks 7th Nationally
Tablets and Video Calls Are Coming To Oklahoma Prisons. But at What Cost?
Lawmakers: Gov. Stitt’s Managed Care Plan Complicates Medicaid Expansion Funding Plan
Temperatures Freeze Vaccine Rollout in Oklahoma as COVID-19 Cases Show Decline
Amid Extreme Winter Weather, Some Oklahoma Prisons Lose Heat
How Much Federal Relief Funds Have Oklahoma Private Schools Received?
Active Coronavirus Cases See Steep Drop in Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s Jail Mortality Rate Ranks Second in Nation
Oklahoma Lawmakers Report Large Campaign Reserves After 2020 Races
Oklahoma Follows National Trend of Lower COVID-19 Cases
Five Education Bills to Watch This Session
Vaccines Reach Nearly All Oklahoma Long-Term Care Facilities
Report: Pandemic Federal Funds Were Used On Oklahoma Technology Needs
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s State of the State Address, Annotated
Oklahoma Seniors Slow to Apply for College in Wake of Pandemic
How Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds Were Allocated To Oklahoma School Districts
Five Criminal Justice and Corrections Bills To Watch This Session
Hospitalizations Decline in Oklahoma But Deaths Mount
How Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds Were Allocated To Oklahoma School Districts
Arms Race: Why 62,000 Doses of COVID Vaccine Sit Frozen in Oklahoma
Active COVID-19 Cases Fall in Oklahoma, Death Reports Remain High
Stitt Pushes For Schools to Open Amid Worsening Pandemic As Teachers Wait For Vaccine
Calculating the Fundraising Backlash Against Oklahoma Congressional Delegation
CVS Delays Prompt Oklahoma To Step In With Vaccinations For Veteran Centers
Oklahoma On Track for Worst Month of Pandemic
Inmates, Corrections Staff Express Reluctance to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine
Virus Spread Continues As Vaccine Roll Out Gains Pace in Oklahoma
Unstable Enrollment Complicates Oklahoma Public School Funding Picture
‘God, Please Keep Us Safe’: Amid COVID, an Oklahoma Nursing Home Faces Impossible Decisions
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Superintendent Joy Hofmeister Didn’t Want To Know About Federal Epic Investigation, Records Show
As Vaccine Rolls Out to First Oklahomans, Coronavirus Cases Remain High Statewide
Oklahoma Advises Those Infected With COVID-19 To Do Their Own Contact Tracing As It Shutters Center
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As COVID-19 Spreads In State Prisons, Inmate Families Protest Poor Conditions
Oklahoma On Pace to Break Affordable Care Act Enrollment Record
COVID-19 Deaths in Oklahoma Surpass 2,000 After Increases in Cases, Hospitalizations
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COVID-19 Response, Budget Among Top Priorities for Legislative Leaders
High Prices Still a Concern After An Oasis Fills Northeast OKC’s Food Desert
Stitt’s New Board of Education Pick Spread Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories
Epic Charter Schools Settles Teachers’ 2019 Legal Claims
How the Biden Administration Could Influence Criminal Justice in Oklahoma
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Oklahoma Obamacare Premiums Are Lowest in Years, But Will COVID-19 Impact Sign-ups?
State Auditor Concerned Epic Funding ‘Not Getting to Students’
Despite Fear in Oklahoma, Biden Likely Won’t Be ‘Banning’ Fracking
Mental Health CEO: Winter Could Bring ‘Desperate, Dramatic Increase to Homelessness’
School Funding Outlook Distressing in an Already Difficult Year
After 1,600 Deaths and Counting, Mask Mandate Remains Flashpoint in Oklahoma
Who Will Get Vaccinated First in Oklahoma?
Active Coronavirus Cases Pop Up In Prison Towns, Suburbs
‘It Was Hell’: Inside an Oklahoma Prison Coronavirus Outbreak
Where Dark Money Flowed in Oklahoma’s Legislative Races
Coronavirus Continues March Across Oklahoma as Hospitalizations Set Record
State Senator-Elect Jo Anna Dossett: ‘2021 is Not the Time for Cuts’
Where Trump Gained and Lost Support in Oklahoma
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Stillwater, Claremore Latest Hotspots for Coronavirus in Oklahoma
As Biden Nears Victory, Oklahoma Republicans Push Falsehoods, Unfounded Claims
Last Voter: How This Oklahoman Cast Her First Ballot With Seconds to Spare
How Stephanie Bice Beat Kendra Horn To Flip Seat Back to GOP
How Oklahoma Voted Against Criminal Justice Reform Proposed In State Question 805
As Nation Awaits Presidential Returns, Oklahoma Goes Solidly for Republicans
In ‘Purple’ Precinct, Voters Split On President, Find Consensus On Other Issues
Where Support For Trump Is Unwavering
Election 2020 Live Updates: Will These Precincts Look The Same This Time?
Before Election, GOP Gets Boost in Registered Voters
In Oklahoma Legislative Races, GOP Rakes in PAC Cash
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Oklahoma Restores Voting Rights For Felons, But Not So Fast
‘I’m a Terrorist?’ Prosecutors, Lawmakers Seek Harsh Penalties For Those Who Destroy Property in Protests
Oklahoma Closes Deadliest COVID-19 Month With Hotspots in Shawnee, Edmond and OKC
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