Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma Watch is a non-profit organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism on important public-policy issues facing the state. Oklahoma Watch is non-partisan and strives to be balanced, fair, accurate and comprehensive. The reporting project collaborates on occasion with other news outlets. Topics of particular interest include poverty, education, health care, the young and the old, and the disadvantaged.
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A variety of factors have caused some folks to take their own lives. -
Former Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Steven Harpe approved a million-dollar deal with a private vendor in early April to install AI call monitoring software in seven state prisons. -
The medical condition can cause symptoms that confuse first-responders and others, leading to arrests and possible violence during specific types of seizures. -
Social media brings a new way of building community - for very specific reasons -
Amid a political climate increasingly hostile to renewable energy, Oklahoma's public schools could be losing out on a crucial revenue source. -
Scheme led to millions in wrongful payments -
Conflicts of interest and high bond amounts can lead to increased self-representation -
President Donald Trump’s budget bill brings stricter rules to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal food assistance program, and shifts costs to states -
Oklahoma's eviction laws are among the most lenient in the nation. -
