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Oklahoma leads the nation in executing death row inmates. Now, multiple Oklahoma-based organizations are joining the effort to end that practice.

Oklahoma’s largest trade association for the child care industry is suing the Oklahoma Department of Human Services to stop it from enforcing cuts made to child care subsidies for school-age children.

Two consumer groups asked the Corporation Commission to reopen a case they say will lead to high utility rates for customers.

StateImpact’s Jillian Taylor and OPMX’s Sarah Liese spoke with OU assistant professor June Zhao about her research, which explores a solution that could help increase and sustain IHS funding.

The Oklahoma Aerospace and Aeronautics Commission voted Wednesday to allocate $490,900 to designs for a spacecraft hangar.

A man shot by an Oklahoma City police officer in September has died.

Twenty-one Republican state lawmakers are asking the Oklahoma attorney general to investigate the state’s COVID-19 response and hospital protocols during the pandemic.

As Norman becomes a center of a free speech debate, OU students are rallying behind the instructor suspended for giving an essay a failing grade.

Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett declined to recuse himself from an OG&E case involving a preapproval application on Thursday. The company requested his removal because of comments he made in November.

A nationwide coalition of organizations advocating for the end of capital punishment announced its launch on Wednesday. Several Oklahoma-based organizations are joining the campaign.