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State Superintendent Ryan Walters asks questions of attorney Brad Clark from the State Attorney General's Office about his role during the Oct. 24, 2024 State Board of Education meeting.

Walters says agency would let ICE into schools to collect children whose parents are being deported

State Superintendent Ryan Walters made comments Thursday to an Oklahoma City news station offering support to President Donald Trump to enforce immigration policies and then doubled down in a press release Friday afternoon.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond announcing his candidacy for governor of Oklahoma.

Drummond calls extreme Republicans fascists, Mazzei responds

Oklahoma Attorney General and Republican candidate for Governor Gentner Drummond's comments calling some members of his party fascists at the Tulsa Press Club's Candidate Forum this week are causing a stir.

Two Teacher Pay Raise Bills Survive Major State Legislative Deadline

Bills in the Oklahoma legislature faced a major deadline Thursday: they had to pass in their chamber of origin to continue through the legislative…

The sun glistens off a cross at a makeshift memorial outside Plaza Towers Elementary School which was destroyed by a tornado nearly a week ago Sunday, May 26, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Monday's huge tornado destroyed the school killing seven students.

ENCORE: Holly Bailey's Book Tells The Story Of 'Merciless' May 2013 Tornadoes

A week ago more than half-a-dozen tornadoes struck Oklahoma. Two people were killed in southern Oklahoma, and the EF4 tornado in Wynnewood near Interstate…

Brandon Hobson shares insights on his new book, 'The Devil is a Southpaw'

"The Devil Is a Southpaw" is a novel within a novel, set at juvenile detention facility in Oklahoma in 1988. NPR's Scott Simon talks to author Brandon Hobson.

Shown is an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident, in Glenside, Pa., Thursday, March 19, 2020.

Census Awareness Raised In Immigrant Communities Despite Bureau Troubles

Oklahoma may have been spared missing thousands of immigrants in the 2020 census when a federal judge temporarily stopped the Trump administration from…

Superintendent of Blanchard Public Schools, Jim Beckham, says if schools used property taxes for teacher pay, there’d be big inequities from district to district.

Educators Say Legislation On Spending Flexibility Could Increase School Inequality

Oklahoma lawmakers have butted heads for years over how to increase funding for education, but one recurring idea has been to give schools more…

Capitol Insider: Is It A Tax? A Fee? Some Historical Perspective

Following the 2017 Oklahoma Legislative Session, several lawsuits have emerged challenging the constitutionality of revenue raising measures. Laws in…

Smoke from wildfires in Colorado hangs over the Denver skyline at sunrise on Monday.

At Least 6 People Have Died In Plains Wildfires

Wildfires are still burning out of control in Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Florida. The governor of Oklahoma has declared a state of emergency.

McNellie's Pub Raises $28K For Tornado Relief, Motivated By Community Involvement

Six months after a series of devastating tornados touched down in Central Oklahoma, we’re taking a look back this week at the recovery effort. In the…

Entertaining The Hours Of Your Week With Beer, Burgers And A Walk In The Park

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma and its patron organization, the Understudies, host the second annual Broadway & Brew at the Myriad Botanical Gardens on Friday,…

State Agencies Preparing Budgets For Next Fiscal Year

State agencies and departments are starting the process of developing operating plans for next fiscal year based on the budget appropriations passed by…

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