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Oklahoma's Supreme Court has paused the implementation of new social studies standards in the state's schools.

A Tulsa pastor is taking the first steps to designate a new state holiday. According to an initiative petition filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State, Greenwood Remembrance and Reconciliation Day would "recognize and honor the victims and survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre."

Nearly 15 years ago, a determined Oklahoma senior class secured a piece of steel from one of New York's twin towers destroyed in the 2001 terrorist attacks. Today, the relic is on permanent display in the Johnston County courthouse to never forget what happened.

Many Oklahoma figures are mourning conservative activist Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated in Utah yesterday.

With the school year up and running across Oklahoma, many districts are starting the fall election season with a healthy dose of school bond proposals.

No one has been arrested during recent encampment sweeps in Tulsa, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrol, despite already clearing at least 30 locations.

The head of the Oklahoma Office of Enterprise Management, Rick Rose, submitted his resignation letter to Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday. The State Attorney General says the move follows a possible violation of state law Stitt signed in 2023.

Well before he canceled and skipped meetings with the state's top school board in recent weeks, state Superintendent Ryan Walters has been chronically absent from multiple state boards where he holds a seat, including one he's supposed to lead.

Mental health providers across Oklahoma are assessing the impacts of $40 million in contract line item cuts from the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services made public last week.

There could be more companies recycling wind turbine blades in Oklahoma. Two entities are working with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to get their operations properly registered.