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Why three major companies have passed on expanding in Oklahoma
Written By: Reese Gorman (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) When Volkswagen officials visited Tulsa earlier this year to examine the quality of life in Oklahoma, officials believed the state had a...
Stitt blocks shipment of toxic waste from Ohio train derailment headed for Oklahoma
Written By: Reese Gorman (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) Gov. Kevin Stitt blocked tons of toxic waste from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment from being stored in western Oklahoma, he...
Criminal justice reform efforts driving fundraising in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana
Written By: Reese Gorman Photo Courtesy: Dylan Goforth (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) The campaign in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana in Oklahoma has raised more than $3 million,...
Here are the bills Oklahoma lawmakers have filed to expand social services and improve child welfare policies
Written By: Kayla Branch (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) Oklahoma lawmakers have filed dozens of bills this year to expand eligibility to social service programs, improve child welfare policies...
We fact-checked Gov. Kevin Stitt’s State of the State address
Written By: Frontier Staff (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) Gov. Kevin Stitt called for sweeping tax cuts and expanding students’ access to private schools through school vouchers during his fifth...
‘It will kill our town.’ Residents upstream from Grand Lake worry more flooding could be headed their way
Written By: Clifton Adcock (MIAMI, Okla.) In spring 2019, Miami, Okla., business owner Jim Nott watched as the nearby Neosho River once again left its banks and began creeping toward his...
We fact-checked Gov. Kevin Stitt’s inaugural address
Written By: Frontier Staff (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) Gov. Kevin Stitt marked the beginning of his second term on Monday with an inaugural address from the steps of the Oklahoma Capitol. We...
How Oklahoma is making it harder for citizen-led measures to get on the ballot
Written By: Brianna Bailey (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) Oklahoma public opinion pollster Bill Shapard believed he could make Oklahoma’s initiative petition process run smoother — and create a...
IMPACT: Appeals court affirms order to release video to The Frontier of Oklahoma man’s fatal struggle with detention officers
Written By: Kayla Branch (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals has upheld a decision ordering Pottawatomie County jail officials to release surveillance video...
Stitt has vowed to revive a private school voucher plan, but details are scarce
Written By: Kayla Branch (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) Gov. Kevin Stitt has vowed to make expanding private school choice programs a top priority in his second term, but details are still...