Canoo announced plans in 2022 to buy a factory site in Oklahoma City. Strapped for cash, the company is now leasing the facility.
Lawmakers said earlier this year they believed there would be momentum this session to pass bills addressing Oklahoma’s maternal health care problems and expanding family supports after the state enacted a near-total ban on abortions last year.
The Frontier found that more than half the firms on the blacklist do not meet the state law’s definition of “financial companies.”
The Frontier found the Oklahoma State Treasurer’s office applied criteria for blacklisting companies inconsistently, leaving some firms claiming they have been arbitrarily and wrongly banned from doing business with the state. The blacklist could have far-reaching effects on everything from financing for public works projects to how state payroll checks are processed.
Gov. Kevin Stitt struck down a bill aimed at clarifying the state’s sex offender registration law, claiming it would have subjected some Oklahomans to tribal authorities that have no jurisdiction over them. We went looking for the truth.
The Frontier also won first-place honors for investigative reporting and other in-depth news coverage in Oklahoma.
The Frontier, Oklahoma Watch awarded First Amendment Award for investigative reporting.
Oklahoma has scheduled Glossip for death nine times since 2015. With just weeks remaining before his scheduled execution, he’s relying on an unlikely ally to save his life – Attorney General Gentner Drummond.
