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Groups that serve victims of crime in Oklahoma face shrinking funding

Oklahoma organizations serving abused children and domestic violence survivors have lost up to 80% of their federal support, ...
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As data centers boom in Oklahoma, so does water demand

From Pryor to Stillwater and Muskogee, local officials say supplies are sufficient, even as Google alone used more than 1.1 billion gallons in a single year. Cooling towers at Google’s data center in ...
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Outcry over 73-day prison stay spurs push to tighten Oklahoma early release program

Norman resident Sara Polston was released a few months into her eight-year prison sentence for a crash that left Micaela Borrego with a traumatic brain injury. The case is fueling a legislative effort ...
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Salty, oily drinking water left sores in their mouths. Oklahoma refused to find out why.

State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to ...
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Listen Frontier: Inside our investigation into Oklahoma’s lack of response to oilfield pollution

In our latest investigation, reporter Nick Bowlin digs into a troubling question: What happens when families report salty, oily drinking water that leaves sores in their mouths — and the state ...
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Power struggle roils Oklahoma Senate as Paxton sidelines Freedom Caucus leader

The Oklahoma Senate leader says the far-right Freedom Caucus is hurting the chamber. Jett responds by calling Paxton “a bully.” As the 2026 legislative session begins, Senate President Pro Tempore ...
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‘The risk is moving too slow’: How Oklahoma’s government wants AI to reshape the state’s economy

This is a partial recap of The Frontier’s interview with Hart Brown. For the full interview, listen to our podcast below. Frontier: Hey everyone. Welcome to another episode of listen frontier today. I ...
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Oklahoma bill would make it easier to prosecute fentanyl overdose deaths

House Bill 2941 would require first responders to alert police, a move critics say could deter 911 calls. The bill would make any detectable amount of fentanyl a cause of death in overdoses, ...
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Purged: Oklahoma’s Toxic Wastewater

Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it. Wastewater from oil and gas drilling has surfaced in “purges” across Oklahoma, damaging land ...
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Kendrick Simpson executed, offers thanks to supporters but no words about the victims

Convicted of killing two men outside an Oklahoma City nightclub, Simpson thanked supporters before dying by lethal injection. A victim’s sister called the moment “the same smile that has been ...
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Fact check: What Stitt got right — and wrong — in his final State of the State address

We rate Gov. Kevin Stitt’s statements on personal income, Medicaid, marijuana and Ronald Reagan from his State of the State address. Gov. Kevin Stitt delivers his final State of the State Address on ...
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From limiting tax breaks to moratoriums, Oklahoma legislators eye new rules for data centers

A slew of bills at the Legislature this year would pause new developments, limit nondisclosure agreements and require companies to shoulder infrastructure costs as opposition grows. Fans funnel hot ...