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.
Wed at age 15, she wants Oklahoma to ban child marriage
Lawmakers have introduced two bills this year to limit or outlaw marriage for minors. Previous efforts to pass laws that would keep young pregnant mothers from marrying have failed.
Tulsa mayoral candidates make their final pitches to voters
The two Democrats share similar policy goals and both said they are open to including Republicans in their administration.
As legal costs pile up, Oklahoma isn’t done fighting to win back federal family planning money
After the state banned abortion, it lost federal funding for family planning programs. Oklahoma is now paying for attorneys and to replace lost federal dollars. State health officials say they can’t give women pregnancy counseling that includes information on abortion, or refer them to a hotline
Game of inches: Tulsa’s mayoral runoff pits a progressive Democrat against a moderate who will now try to woo Republicans
Monroe Nichols and Karen Keith are vying to become Tulsa’s first Democratic mayor in more than a decade.
