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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. Federal officials are now targeting school ...

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 ...

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 ...

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,” ...