The Trump administration is moving away from housing-first homeless policy, which has been federal doctrine since 2013, toward treatment-first models and short-term transitional housing. Oklahoma City ...

State Question 847, on the November 3 ballot, would lower Oklahoma's annual property assessment growth caps — from 3% to 1.75% for homesteads and from 5% to 4% for commercial and rental properties.

After a 2023 law change to curb the practice, records indicate at least one rural county regularly jails people for unpaid court fines and fees. Lawmakers have tasked a committee with gathering more ...

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Damien O’Daniel pauses for a photo at a park in Shawnee. O’Daniel received a third-degree burn in an industrial accident at a Logan County marijuana processing plant. (Rip Stell/Oklahoma Watch) When ...

Oklahoma ranked No. 17 in education in Education Week’s 2011 report and has since fallen to No. 49 in its most recent report, 2021. The rankings include other metrics, such as success odds and ...

Both candidates for Oklahoma insurance commissioner make a similar pitch to voters: Elect me, and you’ll pay less for homeowners insurance. Despite its relatively low cost of living, Oklahoma ...

With less than a month until the Nov. 3 general election, the race to become Oklahoma’s next attorney general is heating up. Supporters of Jon Echols have targeted Nick Coffey over a 2024 contribution ...

Oklahoma Sen. Julia Kirt speaks to the media at the Oklahoma Capitol on April 24, 2025. (Jake Ramsey/Oklahoma Watch) Land banks are back in the conversation at the state Capitol. After a bill Sen.