Jon Echols

Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signature on House Bill 4156 means Oklahoma joins the handful of other states trying to change the status quo of U.S. immigration enforcement.

House Speaker Charles McCall moved to hold the HB1934, meaning it won’t be sent to Governor Kevin Stitt yet. That gives the House some leverage to negotiate on the Senate’s newly amended version of the other big education bill — House Bill 2672.

Shannon Hanchett and Kathryn Milano were waiting for mental health evaluations in the Cleveland County jail when they died. Now, the sheriff and the Oklahoma company responsible for them are asking for more taxpayer money to expand jail health care.

Oklahoma lawmakers passed several bills on Monday to fill a budget shortfall and give Governor Kevin Stitt emergency powers during the health crisis.Three…

Oklahoma lawmakers are heading into a special session Monday. The House and Senate are taking up Governor Kevin Stitt’s emergency declaration that would…

A popular desire for reform led lawmakers to push the release of hundreds of people from Oklahoma prisons in a record commutation last year. The climactic…

People just released from prison could save themselves a lot of time and frustration if they talk to Robert Scott, the director of justice services at…

The state of Oklahoma plans to release hundreds of prisoners Monday after their sentences were reduced by the state's Pardon and Parole Board. 462 state…

Oklahoma state elected officials received nearly $2 million in campaign donations in the weeks leading up to, during and after this year’s legislative…

Tracy Smallwood says her life before she went to prison was just “dead time.”“I was always in a room just getting high,” Smallwood explained. “But there’s…