Housing-first, a model rooted in the belief that people need a stable place to live before addressing other problems, has been central to federal government housing policy for more than a decade. That ...

Construction workers frame a duplex in Tuttle. Proponents of State Question 847 say it would help property owners dealing with inflationary pressures, but critics are concerned about budget shortfalls ...

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 ...

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Craig and Elizabeth Gutierrez stand outside their Edmond home, which has been a construction site for the better part of a year. (Brent Fuchs/Oklahoma Watch) Craig and Elizabeth Gutierrez, whose roof ...

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,” ...

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 ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., are seen after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, September 3, 2025. (Tom ...