The Trump administration is moving away from housing-first homeless policy, which has been federal doctrine since 2013, toward treatment-first models and short-term transitional housing. Oklahoma City ...

State Question 847, on the November 3 ballot, would lower Oklahoma's annual property assessment growth caps — from 3% to 1.75% for homesteads and from 5% to 4% for commercial and rental properties.

After a 2023 law change to curb the practice, records indicate at least one rural county regularly jails people for unpaid court fines and fees. Lawmakers have tasked a committee with gathering more ...

Three years ago, Magon Hoffman was sitting in a New Mexico clinic, desperate for healthcare Oklahoma wouldn’t give her. She needed an abortion but, under Oklahoma’s strict ban, couldn’t receive one ...

Five years after Winter Storm Uri sent natural gas prices above $1,200 per thousand cubic feet, Oklahoma's lawsuits targeting alleged market manipulation are heading toward trial. A federal regulator ...

Many Oklahoma schools have already embraced artificial intelligence in the classroom as districts set guardrails and guide its use. “It feels a little like building the airplane while it’s flying,” ...

With less than a month until the Nov. 3 general election, the race to become Oklahoma’s next attorney general is heating up. Supporters of Jon Echols have targeted Nick Coffey over a 2024 contribution ...

Damien O’Daniel pauses for a photo at a park in Shawnee. O’Daniel received a third-degree burn in an industrial accident at a Logan County marijuana processing plant. (Rip Stell/Oklahoma Watch) When ...

The Oklahoma Department of Securities sued Vesta Realty, alleging the company failed to provide records the department subpoenaed. (Illustration by Jake Ramsey/Oklahoma Watch) Another lawsuit has been ...

Both candidates for Oklahoma insurance commissioner make a similar pitch to voters: Elect me, and you’ll pay less for homeowners insurance.  Despite its relatively low cost of living, Oklahoma ...

Oklahoma ranked No. 17 in education in Education Week’s 2011 report and has since fallen to No. 49 in its most recent report, ...