From the U.S.-Mexico border to Oklahoma’s backroads: Why deep reporting matters
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Watonga confronts economic need and ethical unease over housing ICE detainees
The reopening of a private prison in a small Oklahoma town will bring hundreds of jobs, even as CoreCivic faces national scrutiny for alleged mistreatment and isolation of immigration detainees.
Oklahoma considers a pitch from a private company to monitor parolees with artificial intelligence
A pilot program would track people on parole and probation using AI to find patterns in where they go and how often they charge their devices.
Five things to know about a new group in charge of millions in state money to help pregnant women
The nonprofits that get funding through the Oklahoma Life Foundation aren’t required to apply in a competitive process through the State Department of Health like groups the state funds directly.
An effort to expand access to a state scholarship to more Tulsa Race Massacre descendants stalls
For decades, funding for a state scholarship program memorializing the 1921 burning of Black Wall Street was limited, and students related to massacre victims weren’t prioritized in the selection process.
Meet the new group in charge of millions in state money to help pregnant women after Oklahoma banned abortion
There’s no competitive bidding process through the state for pregnancy resource centers, faith-based groups and other nonprofits to get public money if they go through an organization like the Oklahoma Life Foundation.
A bill Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed could have helped get state money to solve cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people
Oklahoma was required to create a special office to help with missing and murdered cases involving Indigenous people under a 2021 state law, but federal funding legislators planned for never materialized.
A Look Back: Tracking Oklahoma’s ill-fated purchase of hydroxychloroquine
The state rushed to stockpile pills after President Donald Trump promoted the drug as a treatment for COVID-19. But soon state leaders were asking for a refund.
