Trump’s budget bill brings stricter SNAP rules and shifts costs to states, putting 131,000 Oklahomans at risk of losing food benefits as hunger relief systems brace for the ...

The state’s review of social studies textbooks is underway for the first time since Superintendent Ryan Walters added references to Christianity, morality and election denialism to what teachers ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Jake Ramsey reported that Oklahoma data reveals a troubling link: children ...

Students in Oklahoma experience housing instability at a higher percentage than the national average. That contributes to the state’s chronic absenteeism rates, with evictions being linked to a ...

Oklahoma homeowners pay more for insurance than anyone in the country — $6,133 a year on average, according to LendingTree. That’s more than twice the national average. State Insurance Commissioner ...

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready continues to misrepresent Oklahoma’s insurance model, masking statutory quirks that fetishize free market economics and cost Oklahomans millions of ...

Here is the audio of Oklahoma Watch published stories for the week of July 7, 2025. – Full Week Playlist: Listen to all the stories back-to-back, without interruption. – Individual Stories: Select and ...

Oklahoma Watch · Walters’ School Meal Plan Draws Criticism Jennifer Palmer with reactions to a new directive from State Superintendent Ryan Walters about the cost of school meals. Paul Monies ...

The city of Norman was prepared to build an automatic flood warning system this year, the same kind of early warning system that Kerr County, Texas, could have used to help save lives during the ...

The Trump administration is looking to make sweeping cuts at the nation’s weather agencies, including the closure of all federally funded meteorology labs, like the National Severe Storms Laboratory.

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Oklahoma’s eviction laws are among the most lenient in the nation. With the ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. traveled to Oklahoma yesterday to help Gov. Kevin Stitt roll out a Make Oklahoma Healthy Again campaign. It’s the latest example of a conservative state ...