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Barbara Hoberock/Oklahoma VoiceThe state will have about $692 million less to spend in crafting a budget for the next fiscal year, a state panel was told Friday. -
Stephen R. Ausmus/U.S. Department of AgricultureOn Friday, a federal judge ordered poultry companies to pay cleanup costs for the Illinois River Watershed in the latest ruling in the State of Oklahoma's decades-long poultry lawsuit. The order also tells the companies to pay penalties to the state and immediately limits the amount of poultry litter used as fertilizer in the area.
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Attorney General Gentner Drummond says tribal wildlife plans in Oklahoma supersede the state's on their reservations. -
Lawton Economic Development Authority officials voted to approve a joint resolution between their agency, the City of Lawton and Comanche County Industrial Development Authority (CCIDA), acknowledging Westwin Elements' decision not to move forward with a large-scale commercial refinery in Lawton at this time. -
Bill filing for Oklahoma's 2026 legislative session began in earnest early this month, and more than 100 new laws have already been proposed. -
In an effort to revitalize and protect the Choctaw language, the tribal nation and Rosetta Stone announced a new partnership. Interested language learners will be able to access Level One of the new resource this June, which also integrates Choctaw culture. -
Controversial academic standards for social studies are unenforceable because Oklahoma’s top school board violated state open meeting laws when approving them, the state Supreme Court decided Tuesday. -
About an hour's drive outside Oklahoma City is one of the first active foreign trade zones in Indian Country — an economic tool for tribes and companies seeking stability amid fluctuating tariffs. Meet Citizen Potawatomi Nation's Iron Horse Industrial Park. -
The Friends of the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum received $71,505 in a grant to restore the Glancy Motor Hotel's original sign in Clinton — about 80 miles west of Oklahoma City. -
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has spent millions on body cameras with the stated goal of increasing transparency, but is refusing to release recordings to the public. -
The director of Black Lives Matter's Oklahoma City chapter is accused of stealing millions of dollars in donations meant to pay bail for people arrested while advocating for social justice. -
Western Heights Public Schools spent millions on misguided expenses, overpaid and underpaid employees, and committed a litany of other financial mistakes, according to a state audit released Thursday, four years after outraged district residents and state officials requested it. -
A state board tasked with investigating free speech violations on Oklahoma university campuses must have increased enforcement power to properly protect people’s constitutional rights, one advocate said. -
While speaking to news outlet Semafor, Gov. Kevin Stitt criticized the Trump Administration's efforts to block wind energy development.
