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Rep. Cory Williams, D-Stillwater, questions Secretary of Energy and Environment Michael Teague at an interim study and hearing about earthquakes and disposal well oversight held in October 2014.

Hearing On Disposal Well Rules Exposes Gaps In Oklahoma’s Earthquake Response

Oklahoma’s earthquake surge is unrelenting. The shaking is rattling residents and cracking the foundations of homes.The quakes have also strained state…

Gay Marriage Comes To Oklahoma

http://youtu.be/BdzgWpNr6IADespite Oklahoma's ban on same-sex marriage, a gay couple will be legally married in the state thanks to one man's…

Explore The Oklahoma Tornado Damage

Monday's tornado in Moore, Okla. is one of the most destructive storms of its kind ever recorded. This interactive map of aerial imagery shows the breadth of the damage caused by the massive storm.

Oklahoma Will Carry Out Executions

Ten days after increasing the number of ways in which Oklahoma can carry out executions, lawyers for the state say they'll execute two men this month with…

Which Oklahoma community was 'America's Model City' in 1951 and how did the Shetland pony help it grow?

Which of Oklahoma's cities was designated "America's Model City" in 1951? And how did the diminutive Shetland pony help that city to grow?

Experts Say Oklahoma’s Opioid Plan Does Little to Expand Treatment

Drug overdose deaths in Oklahoma increased 91 percent over the last decade and a half, prompting the state to form a task force charged with a daunting…

2. Burnett/Oklahoma Bombing

NPR'S JOHN BURNETT REPORTS ON HOW OKLAHOMANS ARE COPING WITH THE AFTERMATH THE THE BOMBIMG ON APRIL 19TH, AND HOW THAT TRAGEDY MAY HELP CHANGE OLD OKLAHOMAN STEREOTYPES.

Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters at a State Board of Education meeting.

Oklahoma schools decline to share video of Ryan Walters praying for Trump

Oklahoma school districts are responding after State Superintendent Ryan Walters sent district superintendents across the state a video that he said must be shown in classrooms.

Oklahomans United Against 805 formed in September and believes the measure would "create a culture where crime is okay in Oklahoma by reducing penalties for career criminals," according to its website.

How Oklahoma Voted Against Criminal Justice Reform Proposed In State Question 805

A wide swath of urban and rural voters rejected State Question 805, bringing a yearlong campaign by criminal justice reform advocates to modify Oklahoma’s…

Big Bird Lives On In Oklahoma

Members of the state House defeated a measure Thursday that would eventually remove direct appropriations from the Oklahoma Educational Television…

Tulsa high school history teacher Vince Facione expected to spend at least $300 before the first day of school. He gives each of his 190 students a three-ring binder.

Teachers In Oklahoma Expected To Spend Hundreds On Classroom Supplies

Elementary music teacher Tony Flores’ entire classroom budget for the year will be expended on music for three performances. Last year, he bought new…

Long Story Short: Stitt’s second inaugural committee raised nearly $1.5 million

Oklahoma Watch, June 14, 2023

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