Keaton Ross

Outside groups have spent nearly $3 million on Oklahoma legislative races ahead of the June 16 primary election. Political action committees with obscure funding sources are fueling the spending.

Outside groups have reported nearly $26 million in independent expenditures ahead of the June 16 primary election, almost triple the amount spent in 2022.

Make a $50 political donation, win a $1,500 cruise? An out-of-state group is hoping to drum up support for its preferred political candidates through an unusual sweepstakes.

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Lobbyists have spent more than $414,000 on meals, beverages and gifts for Oklahoma lawmakers since January 2025, averaging $2,819 per legislator. At least 11 Republican primary challengers have vowed to reject lobbyist money entirely, targeting incumbents they say are more beholden to special interests than to constituents.

Oklahomans seeking local campaign finance reports have been kept in the dark for months following the state’s failed rollout of a revamped online filing system.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board can’t sidestep the Department of Corrections in determining medical parole eligibility, the attorney general’s office decided last month.

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.

Reduced prison phone call rates that benefited incarcerated Oklahomans and their families from February through August are unlikely to return.

Former Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Steven Harpe approved a million-dollar deal with a private vendor in early April to install AI call monitoring software in seven state prisons.