State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced Wednesday Oklahoma will withhold certificates from teachers from "woke" states who do not pass a new ideology test developed by PragerU.

The new federal law is expected to eliminate $1 trillion in federal spending on Medicaid over the next decade. University Health in Kansas City, which counts on Medicaid for more than half of its patient revenue, expects a huge financial hit but vows that cutting services and staff will be the last resort.

On Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott released his official proclamation announcing a special legislative session. Texas lawmakers will be back in Austin starting on July 21. The session, which originally looked like it would focus on regulating THC, now includes several emergency preparedness topics.

Evergy Kansas Central customers will see bills increase about 8.6% to fund the construction of two natural gas plants and a solar plants. Evergy last received a $41 million rate hike in 2023.

More than a decade of faulty budgeting practices and mismanagement at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health contributed to the agency's recent financial crisis, according to an investigative report.

Several Kerrville Independent School District teachers and staff members drove school buses full of hundreds of campers from Camp La Junta and Camp Mystic to reunification sites on July 4.

Many expect electricity demand to double in the Kansas City region as an array of new data centers open here to support AI and related technology. But will Kansas City utility customers end up paying the cost?

Oklahoma's tax revenues are up by a fraction of a percent compared to this time last year, according to a June report by the state treasury department. It's largely attributed to a tax lawmakers want to get rid of — and that makes up much of the state's budget.

A GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency communication infrastructure.

The Oklahoma State Department of Public Safety announced it will be shifting highway patrol resources out of the state's major metros. The hope is for local police departments to take over the job, but they're unprepared.