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The Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board approved a raise of over $16,000 for the office's executive director, Mike Sanders, at a board meeting Tuesday.

Raise exceeding $16,000 for Oklahoma Broadband Office’s executive director approved

A raise of over $16,000 for the executive director of the Oklahoma Broadband Office was approved Tuesday.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi

Losing Confidence: A-F Grading System Dogs Oklahoma Education Dept.

A state Department of Education spokeswoman says "sniping" over the controversial A-F school grading system needs to stop because parents deserve…

Tim Gatz, executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, updates his board about budget concerns during the governing board's monthly meeting on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 in Oklahoma City.

Federal budget uncertainty complicates efforts to plan future Oklahoma road, bridge projects

The federal government shutdown is not yet impacting Oklahoma highway projects, but could prove problematic if Congress is unable to reach a long-term funding agreement, Oklahoma’s top transportation official said.

Signage at Chesapeake Energy's Oklahoma City campus.

Another Chesapeake Land Sale & Other Oklahoma City Energy Headlines

For the second time in as many weeks, Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy found a buyer for thousands of leasehold acres, and analysts are reacting…

A shelf inside the University of Central Oklahoma's Central Pantry contains chips, bagged popcorn, condiments and seasonings on Feb. 5, 2025.

Oklahoma colleges tackle food insecurity, an invisible threat facing students, employees

College students aren’t usually the first group that comes to mind when people think of hunger, but about 3.8 million experienced food insecurity in 2020, according to an analysis from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Dozens of people attend a Stillwater school board meeting on April 12, 2022.

Stillwater School Board asks Oklahoma to make bathroom rules for transgender students

Stillwater Public Schools is asking the state to intervene in a controversy surrounding transgender students using the restroom.

Democratic candidate for Governor Joy Hofmeister appears on stage with United Indian Nations of Oklahoma chairwoman Margo Gray at the "Warrior Up to Vote Rally" in Oklahoma City.

First Americans Museum hosts rally to increase Indigenous voter participation in Oklahoma

Prospective Native voters gathered at the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City last week to listen to stump speeches from candidates for federal and statewide offices

Sara Hill becomes first Indigenous woman to serve on federal bench in Oklahoma

Federal courts in Northern Oklahoma have gotten busy since 2020, when the Supreme court ruled half the state is Tribal land. Now a Cherokee woman is joining the federal bench there.

More than 23,000 people current or former producers are getting the assistance, and over 20,000 planned producers are receiving payments.

Oklahoma farmers will receive more than $100 million in compensation following discrimination

Hundreds of Oklahoma farmers and ranchers who faced discrimination in U.S. Department of Agriculture farm loan programs are getting more than $100.6 million in payments collectively.

Oklahoma school district hoped for training, almost agreed to a partnership with ICE instead

A rural Oklahoma school district caused a stir on social media recently after seemingly signing an agreement to deputize its police department as immigration enforcement officers, and then backing out of the partnership days later.

This property in Woods County, Oklahoma, was one of many in the path of the March fire that spread from Oklahoma to Kansas.

Barbed Wire Manufacturers Will Help Oklahoma Ranchers Keep Costs Down After Fires

A record-setting fire has burned about 400,000 acres in northern Oklahoma last week, and ranchers in the area may get some help with recovery.One of the…

Oklahoma Human Services reduces waitlist for disability services from 13 years to 1

The division provides services like caregivers, transportation and job coaches for Medicaid-eligible Oklahomans with developmental or intellectual disabilities.

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