Interim studies will examine whether courts are providing constitutionally required bail hearings and whether the state has enough resources to expand pretrial release programs.
Outside groups that sometimes try to hide their financial backers are spending millions on political ads.
“Are they allowed to lie?” We asked readers what they wanted to know about campaign ads.
The review comes after reporting by The Frontier found seven preventable deaths at the facility. The Tulsa Police Department previously investigated the deaths and said it found no criminal wrongdoing.
After Tulsa announced the closure of its city jail, we’re continuing to report on how police respond to mental health calls. Tell us about your experience.
The announcement comes after The Frontier uncovered seven deaths in three years at the jail, including a man detention officers left alone in a restraint device.
Justin Benner pleaded for help as detention officers wrestled him into a full-body restraint device and left him alone in a cell.
More than a year after it was due, the state’s plan to provide court-ordered treatment for Oklahoma defendants found incompetent to stand trial has been approved by the consultants overseeing a high-profile consent decree.
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.
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.
There have been at least 25 police shootings in Oklahoma this year, at least 14 of which have been fatal.
In a new Listen Frontier episode, councilors break down the moratorium, the tradeoffs and what success looks like when it ends.
