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Students at Tulsa Public Schools' Ready, Set, Summer! program are engaged in and out of the classroom this summer. Students at Mitchell Elementary participate in reading-themed activities and students on a field trip from Dolores Huerta Elementary look at stingrays at the Oklahoma Aquarium.

Oklahoma’s 2025 approved legislative interim studies for education

During the late summer and early fall before the next legislative session ramps up, lawmakers will explore issues in interim studies that may turn into bills.

Drug court participants line the halls on the fifth floor of the Oklahoma County Courthouse before Judge Kenneth Stoner opens the doors to his courtroom.

Dozens of Oklahoma counties aren't applying for mental health, diversion grants available to them

Thirty-six of Oklahoma’s 77 counties submitted grant applications for funds from the County Community Safety Investment Fund as of July 10, according to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The deadline to submit grant applications was June 30.

Oklahoma music star Jody Miller has died at 80

Jody Miller, a country and pop star in the 1960s and 1970s, died Thursday in her hometown of Blanchard, Okla. She was 80 years old.

Robert Franklin, chairman of the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, speaks at an April 20, 2021 meeting.

Religious charter school test case rests with an Oklahoma board lacking enough members to meet

The nation will be watching to see how an Oklahoma board appointed by the governor and legislative leaders handles a proposed Catholic online school.

Replacement for director of Oklahoma Health Care Authority appointed

Gov. Kevin Stitt on Friday appointed a member of the Oklahoma Medical Board to lead the state’s Health Care Authority.

State Election Board removes GOP members from Oklahoma county election board

The state Election Board dismissed the Republican member and a Republican alternate from the Oklahoma County Election Board after it determined they failed to certify election results, refused to approve meeting minutes and didn’t disclose conflicts of interest.

Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops calls out from the sideline in the second half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game against Auburn in New Orleans, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Oklahoma won 35-19.

Bob Stoops To Retire As Oklahoma’s Head Football Coach

The head coach of the University of Oklahoma’s football team is stepping down. Bob Stoops will retire after 18 years of leading the team, and offensive…

Students in caps and gowns sitting in rows at a graduation

Oklahoma High School Graduation Rates Drop In All Student Groups

Oklahoma’s high school graduation rate has dropped, with low-income students seeing the largest decline, according to the latest data available from the…

Capitol Insider: Economic Uncertainty Exists Despite Strong Oklahoma Financial Picture

Oklahoma's economy begins 2022 in a strong position. Dr. Robert Dauffenbach, Senior Associate Dean for Economic Development and Impact at the University of Oklahoma Price College of Business, says economic conditions are largely positive to start the year, but uncertainty over inflation, unemployment and interest rates are cause for concern.

Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon (R-Lawton) speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.

UPDATE: Oklahoma Speaker Formally Announces Senate Candidacy

Updated January 29, 2014 at 1:48 p.m.Oklahoma's Republican House Speaker T.W. Shannon officially kicked off his U.S. Senate campign at the Tulsa…

Why Oklahoma’s Cattlemen Are Worried About Pork Tariffs

The Chinese government plans to implement retaliatory tariffs on $50 billion worth of American goods next month. Although beef is on the list, Oklahoma…

Capitol Insider: Executions To Resume In Oklahoma

After a five-year hiatus, Oklahoma is preparing to resume executions using a lethal drug cocktail. KGOU's Dick Pryor and eCapitol's Shawn Ashley discuss…

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