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

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

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 ...

Heather Warlick wrote about landlords who repeatedly file evictions against the same tenants, creating an unbreakable cycle of late rent, high fees and higher profits for the property owner.

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

The bill, authored by Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, advanced along party lines and is eligible to be considered in the House. Paxton has maintained that law enforcement and district attorneys will ...

Department of Education staff received year-end bonuses. State payroll data shows most received 2.5% but Ryan Walters’ chief policy advisor, Matt Langston, received a lot more.

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Oklahoma farmers have been fertilizing their fields with what’s politely ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. The state Department of Education paid out nearly $600,000 in bonuses in ...