Oklahoma Voice

07/03/2025

President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending cut bill cleared early Thursday has as its centerpiece $170 billion for the administration’s immigration crackdown, helping fulfill the president’s 2024 campaign promise of mass deportations of people without permanent legal status.

President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending cut bill has as its centerpiece $170 billion for the administration’s immigration crackdown.

07/03/2025

U.S. House Republicans cleared the “big, beautiful bill” for President Donald Trump’s signature Thursday, marking an end to the painstaking months-long negotiations that began just after voters gave the GOP unified control of Washington during last year’s elections.
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U.S. House Republicans cleared the “big, beautiful bill” for President Donald Trump’s signature Thursday.

07/03/2025

An Oklahoma educator who teaches life skills is the state's Teacher of the Year.
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Elgin High School family and consumer sciences educator Melissa Evon is the 2025 winner of Oklahoma Teacher of the Year.

07/03/2025

A document published details the deep funding cuts to the nation’s leading weather and climate agency, which would result in the termination of the National Severe Storms Lab and the University of Oklahoma’s Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, StateImpact Oklahoma reports.

Years-long weather research projects are at risk of termination under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) most recent budget estimate.

07/03/2025

Opinion: Oklahoma has a decision to make: Will we continue clinging to a pretrial system that punishes poverty and fails to deliver public safety? Or will we move toward a smarter, fairer, and actually effective alternative?
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Will Oklahoma clinging to a cash bail system that punishes poverty or will it move toward a smarter, fairer, and actually effective alternative?

07/02/2025

Programs that provide more than $70 million to Oklahoma schools, students and educators are frozen indefinitely while the Trump administration withholds $6.8 billion in federal education programs.
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The U.S. Department of Education said it's still reviewing federal programs that give $6.8 billion across the country.

07/02/2025

U.S. House Republican efforts to pass the “big, beautiful bill” hit a roadblock Wednesday, when leaders left the chamber in a holding pattern for hours before sending members back to their offices.
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U.S. House Republican efforts to pass the “big, beautiful bill” hit a roadblock Wednesday, when leaders left the chamber in a holding pattern for hours before sending members back to their offices.

07/02/2025

LGBTQ+ supporters are relaunching a bipartisan advocacy group in an effort to provide a more centrist conversation amid increasingly hateful rhetoric.
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LGBTQ+ supporters are relaunching a bipartisan advocacy group in an effort to provide a more centrist conversation amid increasingly hateful rhetoric.

07/02/2025

The final “big beautiful bill” approved by Senate Republicans Tuesday included some last-minute changes on hot-button issues such as safety net programs and clean energy tax credits.

The final “big beautiful bill” approved by Senate Republicans included some last-minute changes on hot-button issues such as safety net programs and clean energy tax credits.

07/02/2025

The agency informed states on Monday that it would be withholding funding for several programs, including before- and after-school programs, migrant education and English-language learning, among other initiatives.

The Trump administration has put on hold $6.8 billion in federal funds for K-12 schools and will withhold funding for before- and after-school programs, migrant education and English-language learning.

07/01/2025

Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday praised a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that said the state can impose income taxes on tribal members living and working on a reservation.

07/01/2025

A constitutionally created board overseeing nearly $2 billion in public dollars on Tuesday asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to overturn a recent state law saying it threatens its independence.
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A constitutionally created board overseeing millions in public dollars on Tuesday asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to overturn a recent state law saying it threatens its independence.