Trump’s budget bill brings stricter SNAP rules and shifts costs to states, putting 131,000 Oklahomans at risk of losing food benefits as hunger relief systems brace for the ...

The state’s review of social studies textbooks is underway for the first time since Superintendent Ryan Walters added references to Christianity, morality and election denialism to what teachers ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. A cloud of confusion, and perhaps apathy, hangs over the disappearance of ...

A tip from a former Guymon police officer offers hard evidence of police abuses characteristic of rural Oklahoma.

Since the McGirt decision, cases involving missing or murdered Native Americans have been mired in confusion and a lack of police collaboration.

Proposed cuts in NOAA’s 2026 budget eliminate Oceanic and Atmospheric Research as a line office and terminate both the NSSL in Norman and the University of Oklahoma’s Cooperative Institute for Severe ...

Here is the audio of Oklahoma Watch published stories for the week of July 14, 2025. – Full Week Playlist: Listen to all the stories back-to-back, without interruption. – Individual Stories: Select ...

The city of Norman was prepared to build an automatic flood warning system this year, the same kind of early warning system that Kerr County, Texas, could have used to help save lives during the ...

Oklahoma Watch · Oklahoma Has Nation’s Highest Average Homeowners Insurance Premiums JC Hallman explores the reasons behind soaring insurance rates, while Jake Ramsey examines the link between ...

Students in Oklahoma experience housing instability at a higher percentage than the national average. That contributes to the state’s chronic absenteeism rates, with evictions being linked to a ...