Lionel Ramos of Oklahoma Watch

Existing inequities in Oklahoma related to housing, employment and means of accessing government assistance programs exacerbated the challenges of resettling Afghans when they began arriving in September 2021.

Oklahoma's decision to close the center with the aim of mitigating monthly half a million dollar losses, and the siphoning of funds from other veterans services provided to help cover it, means the veterans living in Talihina need to leave a place many thought would be the last stop in their life journeys of service and sacrifice.

The new Rural Emergency Hospital license is meant to rescue financially distressed rural hospitals. The arrangement comes with a sacrifice that only two Oklahoma community hospitals have been willing to make.

A bill intended to protect some tenants from being evicted for complaining about substandard living conditions faces a deadline in the Oklahoma Legislature.

House Speaker Charles McCall said the differences between the treatment of felony-indicted Republicans and Turner are a matter of time and place. Turner’s Democratic colleagues see a double standard.

The company managing Clinton Regional Hospital pulled out in December, closing the facility and local clinics. Almost 200 staff were left without a job, and the southwest Oklahoma town’s most vulnerable citizens are scrambling for health care.

Oklahoma’s Hispanic population increased by 42% since the 2020 census, making it the state’s fastest-growing demographic. Yet 21,000 Spanish-speaking Oklahoma citizens will be required to cast ballots in a language they don’t fully understand next month.

Starting Jan. 1, a law lowering taxes for employers will take effect. But critics say it comes at the expense of unemployed Oklahomans.