Oklahoma

While a new state law partly limits data center groundwater use, in reality, data centers avoid water permits entirely by buying water from utilities. Residents are demanding answers in communities like Luther and Yukon.

Despite efforts to increase immunization rates by providing free and more accessible vaccinations, experts say Oklahoma's overall child vaccination rates are down amid skepticism about the efficacy of vaccines.

The investigation comes after the state Medicaid agency announced it recently uncovered an international crime ring believed to have fraudulently enrolled thousands of Oklahomans in Medicaid.

Oklahoma has reached a new settlement with all six remaining poultry companies in a decades-long pollution lawsuit. The new plan could replace a federal judge's order and earlier settlements.

The Texas-based nonprofit Human Coalition lobbies for anti-abortion programs and gets millions of dollars in funding from other states.

The majority of tornadoes this year have blasted through states in the Midwest and Southeast, including Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Iowa. Tornado activity has been increasing east of the Great Plains in recent decades.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library delivers free, age-appropriate books monthly to families with children ages 0-5.

Oklahoma political candidates and outside groups are increasingly using texting, with its cheap cost and high open rate, as a campaign strategy.

Heat indices could reach 105 degrees in Oklahoma City, 109 in Tulsa this weekend.

Earlier this year, Oklahoma launched a new initiative to improve foster care through centering the voices of youth who have gone through the system.