The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary made half-true or false statements about fluoride in public drinking water, Alzheimer’s disease, autism and puberty during his visit to Oklahoma.
For decades, funding for a state scholarship program memorializing the 1921 burning of Black Wall Street was limited, and students related to massacre victims weren’t prioritized in the selection process.
The nonprofits that get funding through the Oklahoma Life Foundation aren’t required to apply in a competitive process through the State Department of Health like groups the state funds directly.
OKC Mayor David Holt shares what the Thunder’s championship means for Oklahoma City, and how it connects to the city’s journey since the bombing.
Reporter Nick Bowlin will join The Frontier as part of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network’s 50 State Initiative
There’s no competitive bidding process through the state for pregnancy resource centers, faith-based groups and other nonprofits to get public money if they go through an organization like the Oklahoma Life Foundation.
A new law will give the Oklahoma Attorney General powers to prosecute organized retail crime, but a provision that would have made it easier for shoplifters to pick up felony charges was removed from the legislation.
Penalties for not reporting or over-using groundwater are scarce. The state had never fined a permit holder for overusing water before last year.
Chinese criminal networks have taken over much of the illicit marijuana market in Oklahoma, stoking a wave of crime that includes violence, money laundering and human trafficking. And authorities suspect some of those involved have links to powerful forces in the Chinese state.
There have been at least 25 police shootings in Oklahoma this year, at least 14 of which have been fatal.
There were at least 25 fatal police shootings in Oklahoma in 2023.
OKC Mayor David Holt shares what the Thunder’s championship means for Oklahoma City, and how it connects to the city’s journey since the bombing.
