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Outside Groups Have Spent $5.5 Million on Oklahoma’s Midterm Races. Almost Half Has No Traceable Donor.
Outside groups have poured more than $5.5 million into Oklahoma midterm races, nearly matching what candidates have spent themselves. The governor’s race dominates, but state legislative candidates are also facing AI-generated attack ads and dark money mailers from groups that…
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Oklahoma’s Two-Track DUI System Can Take Your License Even When Prosecutors Drop the Charges
Gaylene Ricketts refused a BAC test after a DUI stop in El Reno, was later found to be suffering a stroke, and had criminal charges dropped — but still paid more than $2,000 in fees, attended drug counseling and continues to use an ignition interlock device. Oklahoma’s implied…
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Are absentee ballots mailed to the deceased a frequent form of voting fraud?
The post Are absentee ballots mailed to the deceased a frequent form of voting fraud? appeared first on Oklahoma Watch .
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Oklahoma Voter Data Law Faces Federal Challenge Over Access Limits
Oklahoma settled the Trump administration’s voter data lawsuit — the only state to do so. Now a legal nonprofit is suing, saying Oklahoma’s new voter data restrictions violate federal law. Paul Monies explains the tangle. Oklahoma’s new law says you must be an Oklahoma resident…
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Eye on Oklahoma: Youth Violence & Program Cuts
In November 2023, Bob Holbrook was in his home office when his wife called him across the house to a window overlooking 10th Street in Wewoka. Brenna Witchey and Jake Ramsey’s story, A String of Violence Rocked a Small Town Three Years Ago. Now, Funding Cuts May Cause More…
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Taxpayer-Funded Faith, Court Debt, and Preaching Politics
Oklahoma Watch · Taxpayer-Funded Faith, Court Debt, and Preaching Politics Andrea Eger tracks the push for Oklahoma’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school, while Keaton Ross breaks down driver’s license suspensions over unpaid court fees. Plus, Raynee Howell talks with…
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A String of Violence Rocked a Small Town Three Years Ago. Now, Funding Cuts May Cause More Problems In Wewoka.
Three years after a wave of shootings and gang violence put Wewoka in state headlines, the juvenile diversion program that helped calm the town has lost its funding, 781 funds are frozen amid an ethics inquiry involving a local legislator and the police department is…
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Rural Counties Face Hurdles in Tapping State Question 781 Money
Ten years after voters approved State Question 781 to send prison savings to county diversion programs, only 43 of 77 counties are taking part, as of Oct. 20. At an interim study, lawmakers, judges and advocates discussed hurdles for rural counties and ideas to speed approvals…
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Is America’s violent crime rate at a multi-decade low, as Sen. Lankford claimed?
The post Is America’s violent crime rate at a multi-decade low, as Sen. Lankford claimed? appeared first on Oklahoma Watch .
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Oklahoma Charter Board Votes to Appeal a Court Order It Asked For and Won
Oklahoma’s Statewide Charter School Board voted 7-0 Friday to appeal a federal court order it had originally requested and won — the only move left after Attorney General Drummond issued a binding opinion barring a third vote on the Ben Gamla Jewish charter school application.…
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AG: Third Vote on Jewish Charter School Would Be Illegal
Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued a binding opinion Thursday barring the Statewide Charter School Board from holding a third vote on the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School application, which has now failed twice. The opinion came hours before a special meeting the board…