Oklahoma Courts

As Oklahoma teachers and students head back to school this month, they'll be working with controversial new social studies standards, after the Oklahoma Supreme Court denied a petition that would delay their implementation Monday.

Long delays in a legal process meant to ensure fairness in court are leaving vulnerable people behind.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters wants the Oklahoma Supreme Court to lift a pause in a lawsuit that opposes purchasing Bibles for classrooms and Biblical supplemental material.

Oklahoma Watch, July 2, 2025

The Oklahoma Supreme Court listened to oral arguments from both sides of a legal fight over State Question 836 on Tuesday, a constitutional amendment to "open up" the state's primary elections. The justices seemed reluctant to make a ruling.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court decided Tuesday the state's law banning certain discussions on race and sex does not apply to college and university classrooms.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit over State Superintendent Ryan Walters' controversial new social studies standards.

George John Hanson was executed in McAlester, Oklahoma Thursday morning, following his recent transfer to the state by the Trump administration.

Oklahoma prosecutors will retry former death row inmate Richard Glossip for murder but won't pursue the death penalty, Attorney General Gentner Drummond said Monday.

After nearly three hours of oral arguments Wednesday, an Oklahoma County district judge said he isn't ready to rule on a legal challenge to the state's controversial social studies standards.