Emma Murphy
Emma Murphy covers the statehouse for Oklahoma Voice. She is a graduate of University of Missouri - Columbia and covered Missouri's legislature for three years at the Columbia Missourian.
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After three years and $70 million of renovations, state leaders announced Wednesday that the Jim Thorpe Office Building on the Oklahoma State Capitol Complex is reopening.
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Prediction markets are infringing on the gaming exclusivity rights and revenue of Oklahoma’s tribal nations, a state gaming association said.
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A Republican state lawmaker is now being investigated for allegedly misusing his elected position to support a for-profit business and two nonprofits, the Oklahoma Ethics Commission announced Thursday.
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Nearly a dozen state lawmakers heard from operators, developers, environmental agencies, local elected officials and concerned Oklahomans Tuesday as they weigh the best way to regulate the rapidly changing data center industry.
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President Donald Trump’s unusual decision to hold a midterm rally in a rural part of Oklahoma, a state long considered a Republican stronghold, signals GOP panic that voters may sit out the election as the president’s popularity wanes.
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Oklahoma officials on Tuesday voted to potentially allocate up to $12 million to agricultural producers looking to complete drought relief projects on their properties.
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As the state’s mental health department works to privatize four mental health clinics, nearly all of the state employees affected have already been offered alternative employment.
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A federal appeals court is set to hear a case that could affect how the Oklahoma Bar Association conducts business and collects dues.
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State lawmakers on Tuesday turned their focus to policy ideas to lower the cost of building houses in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma law enforcement agencies’ partnerships with federal immigration forces have resulted in the arrests of over 1,800 people, the majority of whom have no criminal history, records show.