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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It’s unclear how many family caregivers are in Oklahoma. But their unpaid work is valued in the billions. Advocates say they merit more financial support. -
Almost 70% of the 481,000 voters who chose straight-party voting in Tuesday’s election voted Republican.
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Oklahoma Watch has prepared a guide on how Oklahoma counts ballots and certifies election results.
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Candidate Kevin Stitt campaigned on making Oklahoma a top-10 state for job growth. In seeking reelection, the governor touts data showing more than 40,000 more jobs created in Oklahoma since he took office.
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Businessman Kevin Stitt campaigned on a simple theme in 2018: Hire me as the state’s CEO and let me show you how to transform state government. But a multitude of purchasing scandals and revelations of misspending during the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the hazards of running government at the speed of business.
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With just weeks weeks remaining until the Nov. 8 general election, the clock is ticking for county election officials to recruit and train an adequate number of poll workers.
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Oklahoma lawmakers will let Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes of three pandemic relief bills stand and will wait until February to take care of any funding for approved projects, legislative leaders said Monday.
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Oklahoma’s Hispanic population increased by 42% since the 2020 census, making it the state’s fastest-growing demographic. Yet 21,000 Spanish-speaking Oklahoma citizens will be required to cast ballots in a language they don’t fully understand next month.
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By the end of the week, Oklahoma lawmakers are expected to allocate nearly all of the state’s $1.87 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds when they come back for a special session.
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The reason recreational marijuana isn’t on the November ballot despite petitions being submitted a month before the deadline.
