5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (511+ words) Announcer: Capitol Insider sponsored by the Oklahoma State Medical Association, cornerstone of Oklahoma medicine, with physician members who are committed to better health for all Oklahomans. Learn more at okmed.org. Dick Pryor: This is Capitol Insider - taking you inside…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (676+ words) Republican voters in the state will soon consider who is to be their candidate in the race to become Oklahoma's next lieutenant governor in the general election. One of the six candidates in the Republican primary will eventually face the…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (728+ words) An overhaul of early childhood reading laws, including a requirement that struggling readers repeat third grade, now heads to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s desk. Senate Bill 1778 cleared its final legislative hurdle Monday when the Senate approved it 43-2. The bill overwhelmingly passed…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (292+ words) The secretary of education and the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability are directed to create an Oklahoma Public Schools Revenue Report. In it will be analyses of revenue sources allocated to public education, expenditures by categories like instruction and…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1731+ words) Ryan Bellgardt doesn’t measure success in blockbuster budgets. “Don’t think of it as one $30 million movie — think of it as 30 $1 million movies,” said the Oklahoma City filmmaker and co-owner of Boiling Point Media, describing the kind of steady, small-scale production…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (611+ words) Oklahoma Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton says Senate Republicans' overarching agenda is complete. Republican priorities have revolved around balancing education and health spending with an overall agency request shortfall. Paxton says bills that are still pending represent the goals of…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (677+ words) Oklahoma law enforcement agencies’ partnerships with federal immigration forces have resulted in the arrests of over 1,800 people, the majority of whom have no criminal history, records show. Only five of those detained this year had previously been convicted of a…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1627+ words) Foreign ownership of farmland, which was once a niche concern in agricultural policy circles, has become a prominent political issue in Oklahoma. In this year’s Republican primary for governor, candidates are seizing on the issue. “Traveling across the state, this…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (383+ words) Muscogee Nation Principal Chief David Hill released a statement saying the tribe is considering multiple options, such as a remedy in a lower federal court. He argues that according to the high court, tribal citizenship is a political affiliation supported…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1191+ words) On the day Cathy Lamb got out of Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McLoud, she raised her hands toward the sky and thanked God. Her freedom seemed like a miracle. Once, she thought she would die in prison. Oklahoma has…...