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Julie Evans, a registered nurse, holds baby Miracle's hand after wrapping up a home visit. Evans is a provider for the Oklahoma City-County Health Department’s Children First program, one of the state’s three home-visiting services funded under the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.

Boost in federal dollars could strengthen prenatal, early childhood Oklahoma home visiting services

The federal government is increasing funding for a program that offers families free, voluntary home visits by health professionals from pregnancy to kindergarten. The state hopes to use those dollars to fill maternal and infant health care gaps.

A poster reads, "bell to bell, no cell" at the Jenks Public Schools Math and Science Center, where students are prohibited from using cellphones during class time. Oklahoma lawmakers are considering multiple bills that would restrict student cellphone use during the school day.

Oklahoma lawmakers to pursue permanent school cellphone ban

Bills have been filed that would permanently ban student cellphone use during the school day.

Oklahoma To Pay Student-Teachers In Effort To Combat Teacher Shortage

An estimated 1,300 Oklahoma college students working as student teachers will be paid for their work.

Interim study will examine the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority's inner workings

After a contentious battle this legislative session over the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s ACCESS Oklahoma project, the state House of Representatives and Senate have approved interim studies focused on the OTA.

Ohio's Miami University collaborates with Miami Tribe of Oklahoma

The Western Hemisphere has more distinctly different native languages than any other part of the world. Language is an important part of cultural…

Long Story Short: Who’s calling?

Oklahoma Watch, Sept. 2, 2026

Bristow residents packed the public library during a January 2014 town-hall meeting, where officials from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency explained the Superfund cleanup process and answered questi

EPA And Oklahoma Mark Cleanup Phase At Superfund Site

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state officials will commemorate the end of major cleanup efforts of some 3,000 yards, parks, driveways and…

Markwayne Mullin in Claremore, Okla., in October 2012 (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin On Ethics And Repealing Obamacare

Mullin joins Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti to discuss his party's failed efforts this week to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Brogdon Faces New Challenges In Oklahoma Governor's Race

A conservative Republican state senator who rode a tea party wave four years ago that nearly landed him in a primary runoff with Gov. Mary Fallin will…

Oklahoma Congressmen Support Plan To Delay Health Act

Oklahoma's five members of the U.S. House of Representatives each voted for a resolution to temporarily fund the federal government while delaying…

Oklahoma Lawmakers Say More Pension Changes Needed

Changes to Oklahoma's public pension systems in recent years have reduced their unfunded liability, but a state lawmaker says more changes are needed to…

President Obama concludes his final State of the Union address on January 12, 2016.

VIDEO: Oklahoma Lawmakers React To State Of The Union

Oklahoma's Congressional delegation roundly criticized President Obama's final State of the Union address last night.Both U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe and James…

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