Oklahoma alone produced 9% of the nation’s wind energy in 2023, and the top 5 states in wind energy generation produced 59%.

Oklahoma Watch · Parents Swallow Junk Fees to Pay for School Lunches Keaton Ross reports on the cancellation of a $74M prison food contract. Paul Monies covers Treasurer Todd Russ’ push against ...

No arrest or criminal conviction is required for Oklahoma law enforcement officers to seize funds they believe are linked to criminal activity. Gov. Kevin Stitt called for change in February 2024, but ...

Haley Parsley is a graduate student at the University of Maryland. She is a summer 2025 intern at Oklahoma Watch with support from the Nonprofit Newsroom Internship Program created by The Scripps ...

Private companies managing student lunch accounts charge families fees to make deposits. Sending money is easy and convenient ...

Aramark, a competing bidder, successfully challenged the Department of Corrections’ $74 million deal with the Trinity ...

Oklahoma Watch · Resignations and layoffs at the state’s largest online school Jennifer Palmer talks about the latest turmoil ...

While House Resolution 1, which passed the House on May 22, previously included a clause that would ban states from ...

Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ failed to gain support for shareholder proposals targeting “ideological activism” at major companies. Backed by conservative groups, his resolutions drew less than 1% of ...

Two 2024 surveys rank Oklahoma at No.37 in terms of safety, placing it lower than 75% of the states.

The horrifying story of Leroy Theodore suggests that a plague of elder guardianship cases common in other parts of the country may have arrived in Oklahoma.

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