Two Democrats, one chance at flipping Oklahoma’s 5th District
Jena Nelson and Trey Martin both think they can win in an area reshaped by redistricting and Republican control.
Oklahoma boots just 10 people from SoonerCare as part of Trump Administration immigration review
The state’s Medicaid agency has checked the immigration status of thousands of enrollees flagged by the Trump Administration, finding few eligibility issues.
From limiting tax breaks to moratoriums, Oklahoma legislators eye new rules for data centers
A slew of bills at the Legislature this year would pause new developments, limit nondisclosure agreements and require companies to shoulder infrastructure costs as opposition grows.
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.”
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.
A Tulsa political operative used his grandmother’s name to set up political action committees
The grandmother was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a candidate who was criticized in campaign mailers from one of the groups during the Democratic primary for Tulsa County Commissioner in 2024. Her name surfaced in campaign filings for a shadowy network of political groups.
‘I’m not a big fan of tariffs:’ James Lankford discusses economy, taxes and immigration with Tulsa crowd
Oklahoma’s senior U.S. Senator told attendees at the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Congressional Forum that “hard conversations have to take place” as the U.S. is set to “overspend our budget by $2 trillion.”
After efforts to address historic discrimination, future federal programs to help Oklahoma Black farmers are in question
Thousands of Oklahomans got payments from a Biden-era program to help address generations of farm lending discrimination. Now the Trump Administration wants to end programs that could be labeled as DEI. Some Oklahoma programs have already seen funding freezes.
