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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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