Listen Frontier: Why Trump picked Markwayne Mullin for Homeland Security
NOTUS reporter Reese Gorman discusses the firing of Kristi Noem and what Markwayne Mullin’s appointment could mean for Oklahoma’s U.S. Senate seat.
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.
Kendrick Simpson executed, offers thanks to supporters but no words about the victims
Convicted of killing two men outside an Oklahoma City nightclub, Simpson thanked supporters before dying by lethal injection. A victim’s sister called the moment “the same smile that has been tormenting me for 20 years.”
Listen Frontier: Inside our investigation into Oklahoma’s lack of response to oilfield pollution
Nick Bowlin walks through the records, testing delays and injection well history that shaped his reporting on salty, oily drinking water in Oklahoma.
Power struggle roils Oklahoma Senate as Paxton sidelines Freedom Caucus leader
The Oklahoma Senate leader says the far-right Freedom Caucus is hurting the chamber. Jett responds by calling Paxton “a bully.”
‘The risk is moving too slow’: How Oklahoma’s government wants AI to reshape the state’s economy
The author of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s report on AI in Oklahoma argues the state must act quickly or risk falling behind as artificial intelligence transforms work, education and public policy.
Oklahoma lawmakers file a flurry of bills seeking to regulate AI
Proposed legislation would regulate AI in political ads, restrict chatbots for children.
Listen Frontier: Inside Oklahoma’s data center surge and the potential hidden costs
Frontier reporter Clifton Adcock unpacks how state leaders are selling the data center boom, what utilities are asking regulators to approve, and why ratepayers feel left in the dark.
