Mike Mazzei and Cyndi Munson debated. We checked the facts.
The candidates sparred over education, health care, housing, the Inola smelter and more. Here’s what the facts show.
Oklahoma cleared homeless encampments. A year later, some people are back.
The state spent more than $899,000 clearing camps in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Figures aren’t available yet for how much the state spent repeatedly clearing one camp in Norman. Providers say many people displaced by the sweeps had nowhere to go.
Oklahoma oil company plugs disposal well that posed threat to city’s drinking water
The Frontier and ProPublica revealed that state regulators had approved the well in Enid, Oklahoma, in violation of rules meant to protect municipal groundwater. Now the well is permanently shut down.
Trump rallies Oklahoma Republicans behind Mazzei in governor’s race
Hundreds waited in the rain to see Trump campaign for Republican Mike Mazzei as a debate with Democrat Cyndi Munson was prerecorded and aired during the event.
How a private Christian program for “troubled” and “depressed” girls operates with little state oversight
The school operates as a faith-based recovery program and doesn’t need a state license.
The Frontier sues for access to records related to Tulsa jail deaths
The lawsuit seeks records related to at least seven deaths at the facility, including investigation and incident reports, surveillance video, intake forms and welfare-check logs.
‘David against an army of Goliaths’: The fight over a proposed data center in Sand Springs
A small Oklahoma conservation nonprofit is taking on Google over plans for a massive data center.
This rural Oklahoma town doesn’t want a data center. It may not be able to stop the project
With the project outside city limits and little county oversight of unincorporated land, officials are considering measures to gain local control.
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Purged: Oklahoma’s Toxic Wastewater
Across Oklahoma, oilfield wastewater has continued to surface from the ground — even as regulators failed to contain it. This investigation examines how oversight fell short, how contamination spread and how families were left to navigate the consequences.
Fields of Green: A Frontier and ProPublica investigation into Oklahoma’s medical marijuana black market
Chinese criminal networks have taken over much of the illicit marijuana market in Oklahoma, stoking a wave of crime that includes violence, money laundering and human trafficking. And authorities suspect some of those involved have links to powerful forces in the Chinese state.
Shot by Shot: Tracking Oklahoma police shootings in 2024
There have been at least 25 police shootings in Oklahoma this year, at least 14 of which have been fatal.
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A small Oklahoma conservation nonprofit is taking on Google over plans for a massive data center.
