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…...

5+ mon, 2+ 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…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (222+ words) Powerful tornadoes struck north-central Oklahoma Thursday evening, impacting Vance Air Force Base and the Enid area. Dramatic video showed a large, violent tornado moving through the base and southeast Enid. Only minor damage was reported at the base, but just…...

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…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (529+ words) Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has concluded investigations in 10 counties, covering instances of fraud and abuse by health care providers. The investigation, called Operation Sooner Shield, led to 10 arrests, two surrenders, 10 criminal cases and one civil…...

2+ day, 15+ 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   (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, 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…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (401+ words) Democrats said Thursday they expect Oklahoma’s legislative session will end early, but worry lawmakers’ rush to get home to campaign will result in the state budget and other legislation not being thoroughly considered. Republican leadership said the Legislature will continue…...