Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Watch is a non-profit organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism on important public-policy issues facing the state. Oklahoma Watch is non-partisan and strives to be balanced, fair, accurate and comprehensive. The reporting project collaborates on occasion with other news outlets. Topics of particular interest include poverty, education, health care, the young and the old, and the disadvantaged.
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Oklahoma lawmakers called themselves into a special session on Wednesday to give them additional powers over the direction of $1.87 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds under the American Rescue Plan Act. -
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s actions regarding his appointees to the Pardon and Parole Board have been “grossly improper” and the board’s commutation process was focused on speed over public safety, according to an Oklahoma County grand jury report.
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Without access to statewide data like average jail stay or the racial makeup of detention centers, the public is largely left in the dark on how Oklahoma's justice system is operating.
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Oklahoma Watch, May 4, 2022
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Oklahoma gave a Florida company a no-bid contract to distribute $18 million in pandemic relief money as a test-run for school vouchers. Now federal investigators are eyeing the deal.
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Oklahoma’s new pandemic research center remains more of an aspiration than a reality 18 months after its announcement by Gov. Kevin Stitt.
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Hundreds of thousands of Oklahoma won’t have a say in selecting their state senator or representatives this year. Of the 125 legislative seats on the 2022 ballot, 44% have already been decided.
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Many candidates have announced plans to run for one of the many federal, state and judicial races on the ballot. They have to file for office during a three-day window that starts Wednesday.
