In 2024, 17% of Oklahomans, totaling 686,800, received SNAP benefits, a greater percentage than the national 12%, or 1 in 8.

Three lawyers file about half of Oklahoma County’s 18,000 annual eviction cases, a simple but lucrative practice worth hundreds of thousands per year.

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. A 2023 policy change is allowing Oklahoma City police to shield some police ...

A Stillwater teenager was convicted on 11 counts of sexually related crimes that carried sentences totalling 78 years if served consecutively. A plea deal got him counseling and supervision for less ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. The temporary seven-week funding patch Republicans passed in October to help ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. A hush-hush plan to convert CompSource Mutual to a stock company has been ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. As the number of successful medical parole applications stagnates, the ...

The Trump administration followed through with threats to use the shutdown as an opportunity to slash federal programs. While some government-run programs for Indian Country are insulated from the ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Republicans in Congress are signaling that the current stopgap government ...

In a tale straight out of the corporate intrigue files, CompSource Mutual, our state’s biggest workers’ comp insurer, is pushing a stealthy pivot to a stock company, eyeing its $1 billion surplus for ...

House Republicans said a follow-up continuing resolution is needed as the Nov. 21 deadline approaches. Senate Republicans say more time is required and House Democrats push the chamber to resume work.

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. When Washington shutters its doors, Indian Country feels the draft. The ...