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Education Watch: Who's In the Race for State Schools Chief?
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (277+ words) Stay informed about education changes affecting your kids with our Education Watch Newsletter. Jennifer, an expert on Oklahoma education issues, ensures you get the essential information you need. The race is on for the next state schools chief. During the…...
First Watch: Stuff You Should Know
4+ hour, 30+ min ago (385+ words) Lawsuit Accuses Vesta Realty CEO of Using Company as "Personal Piggy Bank" A 199-page Kansas lawsuit filed by a former business partner accuses Vesta Realty CEO Marc Kulick of concealing the company's financial distress from investors while diverting hundreds of…...
From 50 Cases Per Month to 50 Per Week: Oklahoma's System for Child Sex Abuse Is Being Overwhelmed
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (1705+ words) The idea is simple: a child who has been sexually abused should only have to tell their story once. At one of Oklahoma's 21 Child Advocacy Centers, a child is brought into a specially designed, child-focused room instead of a police…...
"A Rat's Nest of Fraud and Deceit": New Lawsuit Adds to Vesta Realty CEO's Legal Troubles
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1475+ words) For months, lawsuits against Vesta Realty CEO Marc Kulick have piled up. At least 13 Oklahoma lawsuits have been filed since December, many by contractors alleging they were not paid for work performed. But one filed in Kansas stands out. Business…...
Is Oklahoma ranked among the states with the highest rates of domestic violence?
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (178+ words) According to the 2023-2024 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 41. 6% of Oklahoma women and 25. 5% of Oklahoma men, the eighth- and second-highest percentages nationwide, experience contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime. This…...
Rising from the ashes: Oklahoma families start over despite struggles with obtaining FEMA grants
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (1734+ words) The day before her home in Stillwater burned to ashes, Lisa Jones broke her leg moving plants into the greenhouse." Forecasters predicted a high chance for wildfires the next day and her family was trying to prepare. When her husband,…...
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3+ day, 4+ hour ago (10+ words) Republican Gubernatorial Candidates Want Guns in the State Capitol'Oklahoma Watch...
Session Watch: Week Nine
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (232+ words) We have a budget. With numbers and everything." Well, we have a broad spending agreement between Gov. Kevin Stitt and the Republican leadership in the Legislature. The real details will come in the massive general appropriations bill expected next week,…...
Choose Your Own Voters: Republican Lawmakers Send High-Stakes Ballot Initiatives To Low-Turnout Election
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (1545+ words) Call it a Legismander. Or a Referendamander." Either way, Republicans in the Legislature are trying to force state questions onto a likely GOP-heavy August primary runoff ballot. Some of them are pet projects of outgoing Gov. Kevin Stitt, who is…...
Did tariffs cost Oklahoma families more than $1, 000 in 2025?
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (179+ words) While prices for Oklahoma households have increased in the months since Trump enacted his Liberation Day tariffs, the rise has been less than $1, 000 as of November 2025. The tariffs cost the average Oklahoma household $269 between February and September 2025less than 40% of the…...