Oklahoma Watch

America's opioid epidemic has been a prolonged public health crisis, resulting in countless overdose deaths and billions in settlement funds from opioid manufacturers, distributors and retailers.

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.

This comes amid new leadership at the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA), with Director Clay Bullard taking the place of former agency CEO Ellen Buettner, who departed to assume the role of CEO at the Regional University System of Oklahoma.

Following the resignation of Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters, Gov. Kevin Stitt appointed Lindel Fields as interim superintendent, announced a "turnaround" team and renewed calls to make the position appointed rather than elected.

Social media brings a new way of building community - for very specific reasons

A plaintiff in the case called Thursday's decision a "powerful step" toward protecting early education access.

Scheme led to millions in wrongful payments

Texan Matt Langston has kept his campaign business running while collecting a six-figure salary as the Department of Education's chief policy advisor, though he rarely comes into the office.

More Oklahoma children are entering kindergarten with exemptions from vaccines.