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An immigrant’s death at an Oklahoma poultry plant highlights dangerous conditions for workers
Current and former employees describe a punishing pace of work and questionable safety standards at a Heavener plant where recent immigrants fill a constant need for laborers.
Oklahoma marijuana farms pose a threat to national security, officials tell Congress
At a congressional hearing, witnesses and lawmakers called for the federal government to take stronger action against illicit marijuana farms and cited reporting by The Frontier and ProPublica.
Tulsa Mayor says budget cuts won’t derail his goal of eliminating homelessness
Mayor Monroe Nichols spoke to The Frontier about his first months in office and tough decisions on the city budget.
Before embezzlement scheme was revealed, Tulsa schools executives secretly planned departure of the man involved
A state investigator raised questions about how much school leaders knew about a scheme to defraud Tulsa Public Schools of at least $800,000 before notifying the police, documents show.
Five things to know about The Frontier’s reporting on police surveillance in Tulsa
Flock Safety’s marketing materials portray Tulsa as a national success story and “a beacon for what modern, data-driven policing can achieve.” But crime data tells a different story.
Tulsa’s surveillance gamble
Police credit Flock cameras with reducing violent crime. But after millions spent, the data tells a murkier story — and the system may violate the law.
Oklahoma’s marijuana underworld worth over $100 billion, new estimates show
State and federal officials are calling on the state Legislature to impose production limits on marijuana farms.
