Retired police officers are questioning John Weber’s appointment to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Board, fearing it strengthens union influence. Concerns include his qualifications and ...

Oklahoma Watch · Sheridan Church’s Tax Status Holds Up, Despite Unabashed Political Influence Keaton Ross looks at the rapid ...

On a telephone town hall with constituents, the senior appropriator said lawmakers can get results by flagging issues with the Department of Government Efficiency.

Oklahoma HB 1674, approved in April 2021, protects drivers who unintentionally harm protestors with their vehicles while fleeing from a riot.

A defeated bill by Rep. Ellen Pogemiller, D-Oklahoma City, HB 1129, proposed raising the fee to $100. “The ultimate goal is ...

Two Oklahomans were recently jailed in separate cases for posting untrue statements about someone who took exception. Both used an archaic state law that makes libel a crime.

Oklahoma’s top evictors are serial filers, using repeated eviction filings to extract rent and extra fees some experts say ...

Oklahoma Watch · Walters Awarded Staff Nearly $600,000 in Bonuses Keaton Ross wrote about the Legislature’s push to add ...

Donate to Oklahoma Watch Terry McGraw, Watonga Oklahoma lawmakers considered a handful of bills that would have moved the state’s Landlord Tenant Act just a shade toward the middle, but only one of ...

Rising prison health care costs are prompting corrections officials to rethink everything from medication distribution to ...

The state with the highest median annual wage was Massachusetts. The states ranked lower than Oklahoma were Alabama, ...

The last counties to vote majority Democrat were Cherokee, Choctaw, Haskell, Hughes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, and Ottawa counties in the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Oklahoma ...