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Despite Stitt’s hardline rhetoric, the state plans to fund housing for those swept by Operation SAFE in Oklahoma City

State officials are negotiating a deal to cover the cost of rent and other services for people experiencing homelessness in ...
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From the U.S.-Mexico border to Oklahoma’s backroads: Why deep reporting matters

The Frontier can follow stories about immigration and other important issues because of our readers’ investment in ...
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Oklahoma mental health department fined nearly $1 million for noncompliance with consent decree

The state will continue to face monthly fines unless it significantly decreases wait times for people in the criminal justice system waiting in county jails for mental health treatment.
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Watonga confronts economic need and ethical unease over housing ICE detainees

The reopening of a private prison in a small Oklahoma town will bring hundreds of jobs, even as CoreCivic faces national ...
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Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s ...
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This is ground zero in the conservative quest for more patriotic and Christian public schools

Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America ...
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Oklahoma does away with fine arts requirements to earn a high school diploma

The decision to offer fine arts curriculum will now be left up to school districts across the state. Rural districts with already limited resources could see cuts. Art teacher Glenn Howard unpacks art ...
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In Oklahoma, details about data centers are often shrouded in secrecy

A lawmaker plans to take a closer look at how data centers are using utilities in the state as the industry sees rapid growth. Gov. Kevin Stitt and Ruth Porat, president and chief investment officer ...
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Listen Frontier: ‘We’ve lost five years’: Cherokee Chief says next governor must rebuild tribal relations

Chuck Hoskin Jr. has served as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation since 2019, leading the tribe through a period of historic legal shifts, economic investment, and political tension. At the center ...
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Homelessness continues to rise in Oklahoma City, new numbers show

The number of people experiencing homelessness in Oklahoma’s largest city has grown by nearly 20% over the past five years. The crunch of boots on gravel broke the silence between shouts of “Good ...
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In Oklahoma, a growing trend of anti-homeless legislation

A bill that would have restricted the locations of homeless shelters is dormant for now. But it’s just one of a spate of recent measures penalizing service providers or people experiencing ...
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Tulsa’s surveillance gamble

Police credit Flock cameras with reducing violent crime. But after millions spent, the data tells a murkier story — and the system may violate the law. Inside the real-time information center in Tulsa ...