Oklahoma Voice

Bargain hunters are expected to hit the stores this weekend to take advantage of Oklahoma’s sales tax holiday.

About $1.5 million in private donations are being used to train literacy coaches in 10 locations across Oklahoma as part of an effort to improve students’ reading proficiency, officials announced Tuesday.

The University of Oklahoma’s president on Tuesday said he supports adding two interchanges along a planned turnpike route despite environmental concerns and local opposition.

A House lawmaker said Wednesday that a fellow Republican has blocked his efforts to hold a study at the Capitol to probe a controversial aluminum smelter that the Trump administration wants to build in his hometown.

The 210 mayors who signed a letter to Senate leaders said they are on the “front lines of a deepening food security crisis” and said the federal government should be expanding access to food.

Taxpayers will cover $132,000 in lawsuit settlements owed to two fired Oklahoma State Department of Education employees who sued former state Superintendent Ryan Walters and his senior adviser.

Despite efforts to increase immunization rates by providing free and more accessible vaccinations, experts say Oklahoma’s overall child vaccination rates are down amid skepticism about the efficacy of vaccines.

The Pardon and Parole Board on Tuesday rejected the clemency request for a man facing execution after he told the board he did not deserve nor want clemency.

An Oklahoma Supreme Court referee on Tuesday heard arguments in a case which could shape the future of the state’s initiative petition process.

State leaders and other supporters of the roadway, which spans over 2,400 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., say they’re already seeing that renewed focus on Route 66 pay off through increased tourism and economic outcomes for businesses and museums along the historic route.