4 days ago · Support Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma needs high-quality investigative journalism. That is our mission at Oklahoma Watch. We produce stories that hold government and public officials accountable and make transparent what some prefer to keep secret. We depend on financial support from readers like you to sustain our coverage. Invest in …

2 days ago · Gov. Kevin Stitt renewed his call for an income tax cut in the budget he proposed this week. It includes a 0.5% personal income tax cut as well as a 0.5% corporate income tax cut. Stitt claimed that would cost the state a combined $240 million in revenue, but the House Appropriations and Budget Committee puts the number at about $600 million.

2 days ago · More worth reading: How Oklahoma’s DOGE Will Work Known as DOGE-OK, the state’s new “Division of Government Efficiency” will be set up within the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, with the goal to build upon past efficiency initiatives made by Stitt, such as culling the state vehicle fleet and making state workers return to work five days a …

4 days ago · The 2024 legislation that created the original laws criminalizing sleeping on state-owned property was derived directly from model legislation provided by The Cicero Institute, a conservative think tank in Austin influencing receptive states such as Oklahoma.. Expanding the scope of the camping ban aligns with The Cicero Institute’s campaign.

5 days ago · Flat-line test scores kept Oklahoma near the bottom in education. As Jennifer Palmer reported, Oklahoma students’ reading and math scores remained stagnant in 2024, remaining below the national average, according to the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress results.The assessment, known as The Nation’s Report Card, evaluates fourth and eighth graders biennially across the ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Under Seifried’s proposal, local school boards would have to adopt policies to prohibit student cellphone use throughout the school day. The policies can carve out exemptions, such as for emergencies and for students who use a cell phone to monitor a health issue.

Poverty in Oklahoma City NeighborhoodsA Mobile Video Project In Oklahoma’s capital, the voices of low-income people are like faintly heard footsteps behind the long march of an oil and gas boom, which is stumbling. Some impoverished areas seem stuck in time, struggling with blight, crime and other issues. University of Oklahoma students and Oklahoma […]

Dec 27, 2024 · The nearly 1,000-day stretch without a new death sentence is Oklahoma’s longest since at least 1974, according to data compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that does not take a position on the death penalty but describes itself as critical of how it’s administered.

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Oklahoma Watch serves Oklahomans by delivering impactful investigative journalism. Our commitment lies in holding government and public officials accountable, shedding light on issues often obscured from public view. We uncover and scrutinize critical challenges facing our state through rigorous, fact-driven reporting, fostering informed public discourse. By engaging all Oklahomans and ...