StateImpact

Oklahoma has more than 4,700 dams. At least 30 percent of these flood control structures are at the end of their 50-year design life. With climate change…

Energized by new conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court, abortion opponents believe that the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the…

Tracy Smallwood says her life before she went to prison was just “dead time.”“I was always in a room just getting high,” Smallwood explained. “But there’s…

This is the Manager’s Minute.This time of year we give thanks for our families, friends and people who have helped us along the way.And so it is at…

The Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education is considering legal action against the legislature for underfunding education.Board member Mark Mann…

Lake Waurika was built in by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1977 to serve, primarily, as a source of drinking water for Lawton and surrounding…

The Sierra Club on Thursday said two Oklahoma Gas & Electric coal-fired power plants are releasing too much sulfur dioxide, a compound that can cause…

In the 1960s, survey teams of architects and engineers started hunting across Oklahoma for places to hunker down.They found basements and tunnels,…

It’s hard to know where President Barack Obama stands on the Keystone XL pipeline project, which still awaits his approval.Obama has rejected…

It’s a big week for the U.S. Supreme Court, with decisions coming on gay marriage, affirmative action, and voting rights. But renewable energy advocates…