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Fires ravage Oklahoma leading to disaster declaration in 12 counties, hundreds of homes lost
Oklahomans were left picking up the pieces across 170,000 acres of scorched earth. Gov. Kevin Stitt said one person was killed in a car crash after driving into smoke while disaster officials said an estimated 293 structures were destroyed.
Over 50 universities are under investigation as part of Trump's anti-DEI crackdown
The schools under scrutiny include dozens of state schools and two Ivy Leagues. A number of private schools are also being targeted, including Georgetown, Rice, Vanderbilt, and New York University.
High winds, dozens of wildfires wreak havoc across Oklahoma
Drought and extreme winds across Oklahoma mean perfect conditions for wildfires to start and spread. By mid-day Friday, dozens of fires were burning across the state, prompting evacuations, taking out power and making travel hazardous.
Oklahoma Ethics Commission pursuing Ryan Walters for campaign finance violations
The Oklahoma Ethics Commission will pursue an ethics complaint against state Superintendent Ryan Walters in district court and plans to settle other complaints outside the courtroom, the agency’s director said Thursday.
Oklahoma lawmakers aim to regulate 'foreign adversary' land ownership, commerce and more
China. Russia. North Korea. Iran, and depending on the bill, Syria, Cuba, and Venezuela. Those are the nations Oklahoma lawmakers are calling “foreign adversaries," and thus looking to restrict from doing certain kinds of business in the state.
3 candidates advance to fill vacant Oklahoma Supreme Court seat
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Still has until early May to pick a new Oklahoma Supreme Court justice from a list of three nominees.
Bill creating new felony for undocumented Oklahomans advances to Senate
House lawmakers on Thursday approved a measure along partisan lines that would create a new felony for being in the country illegally, despite critics calling it “un-American” and saying it would create unnecessary fear.
Coalition asks Oklahoma Supreme Court to pause Walters' Trump Bible donation plan
The group of 30 parents, teachers and faith leaders say the campaign is a new way of trying to foist Bibles onto public school classrooms after his previous attempt was paused.
Megachurch founder, former Trump spiritual advisor indicted in Oklahoma for alleged child sex abuse
A megachurch founder and former spiritual advisor to Donald Trump was indicted in Oklahoma on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child.
Tulsa mayor promises to decommission homeless camps, accelerate housing construction
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols released two executive orders to combat housing and homelessness in the city during his first months in office.
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