Keaton Ross

A boon to low-income workers or a burden on small businesses? Here’s what to know about State Question 832.

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.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections might soon have a long-forbidden security tool at its disposal.

A June 30 FCC order cleared the way for phone call rates, and commission payments to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, to increase.

State officials envision drones, call monitoring and AI technologies as the future of Oklahoma prisons, but advocates worry the tools create risks that extend beyond incarceration.