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The Oklahoma Senate Education Committee approved three members to the state Board of Education on Tuesday who were appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt.

The veto means the state's funeral industry could be left without oversight or regulation, according to the executive director of Oklahoma's Funeral Board.

Oklahoma continues to grow in population, primarily in metropolitan areas.

Oklahoma's mental health agency needs an extra $2 million to maintain services until July, according to a report requested by Gov. Kevin Stitt.

A bill requiring manufactured-protein food products to be labeled differently from meat has been signed into law.

Gov. Kevin Stitt announced that a $4 billion aluminum smelting facility is coming to the Port of Inola in Northeast Oklahoma. The governor penned a deal with Emirates Global Aluminium as part of a larger slate of deals with the United Arab Emirates announced by the Trump Administration on Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled a couple of programs providing tribal governments, states, schools and food banks money to buy locally produced food. Some farmers involved in the projects are looking to pivot their operations.

Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed 39 bills so far during the 2025 legislative session – a record for his six years in office.

Detections of new world screwworms, a flesh-eating maggot, have grown in recent years in South America. As the federal government works to prevent the pests' spread, Oklahoma officials are rolling out a response.

Indigenous health experts and providers say despite their outreach, people can fall through the cracks for several reasons.