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In this March 8 story, Oklahoma Watch reporters contacted all 35 representatives who voted against the Step Up Oklahoma plan to ask them if the potential…
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Oklahoma lawmakers are searching for more ways to raise revenue as spring break begins and a teacher walkout looms on the horizon.Rep. Charles McCall,…
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Capitol Insider: Oklahoma House Of Representatives To Use Only One Chaplain For Remainder of SessionThe Oklahoma House of Representatives announced on Tuesday that it will choose one chaplain to lead its daily invocations for the rest of the legislative…
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The Step Up Oklahoma plan to raise taxes on cigarettes, fuel and energy failed to pass, but it highlighted a gap in state campaign finance laws that keeps…
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Lawmakers are right back where they started after a much-anticipated vote to pass one of the largest tax increases in state history fell short in the…
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Already one of the most conservative states in the nation, Oklahoma continues to grow redder.The state Election Board’s recent annual count of registered…
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A newly formed group is seeking a state constitutional change that would strip the Legislature of its power to rewrite the state’s legislative and…
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Former state Rep. Dan Kirby, R-Tulsa, was left with a sizable campaign nest egg after his fourth re-election last November.But Kirby wouldn’t have the…
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The cash crisis at the Oklahoma State Department of Health, which was years in the making, raises questions about which agencies and state officials could…
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This week, we teamed up with Rolling Stone and The Investigative Fund to explore how fake news starts, snowballs and sometimes erupts into gunfire.The…