Raynee Howell

Oklahoma's statewide naloxone vending machine program, once the largest in the nation, has been dismantled, with machines redistributed to community organizations now paying out of pocket for supplies.

Oklahoma soybean farmers are navigating a cascade of financial pressures: trade war fallout that cut China's soybean purchases by 78%, fertilizer prices driven up by tariffs and the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, and fuel costs up more than 50%. Government assistance has helped, but margins remain deeply negative.