Oklahoma Voice

12/19/2025

The state will have about $692 million less to spend in crafting a budget for the next fiscal year, a state panel was told Friday.
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The state will have about $692 million less to spend in crafting a budget for the next fiscal year, a state panel was told Friday.

12/19/2025

The DOJ is expected to release records Friday related to the late s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein, but questions remained over whether officials will meet the requirements of a law overwhelmingly backed by both Republicans and Democrats and signed by President Donald Trump.

The Department of Justice is expected to release records Friday related to the late s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein, but questions remained over whether officials will meet the requirements of a law.

12/19/2025

The $1,776 “warrior dividend” checks President Donald Trump announced during Wednesday’s prime-time address will come from basic housing allowance funds approved by Congress and signed into law in July, according to a senior administration official.

The $1,776 “warrior dividend” checks President Donald Trump announced during Wednesday’s prime-time address will come from basic housing allowance funds approved by Congress and signed into law in July.

12/19/2025

President Donald Trump’s administration took major steps Thursday in a campaign to block minors’ access to gender-affirming care nationwide.

12/19/2025

An 800-student school district in a rural eastern Oklahoma town has scored 16 overall A's on state report cards since 2013.

A major turnaround more than a decade ago set this eastern Oklahoma school district on track toward the top.

12/18/2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to loosen federal restrictions on ma*****na, which Trump said reflected the drug’s potential medical benefits while discouraging recreational use.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to loosen federal restrictions on ma*****na, which Trump said reflected the drug’s potential medical benefits while discouraging recreational use. The order moves cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III on the Federal Drug Administration.....

12/18/2025

Appellate judges seemed skeptical Thursday during oral arguments that the Trump administration erred in relying on a decades-old statute to require millions of noncitizens to register with the federal government and carry documentation.

WASHINGTON — A panel of appellate judges seemed skeptical during Thursday oral arguments that the Trump administration erred in relying on a decades-old statute to require millions of noncitizens to register with the federal government and carry documentation. But they did take issue with the pape...

12/18/2025

A new report found that Alabama put more people to death in 2025 than all but one other state.

Alabama tied with South Carolina and Texas for executions conducted in 2025, even as death penalty support declines.

12/18/2025

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12/18/2025

Measles cases are continuing to grow, reaching 1,958 confirmed cases in 43 states through Dec. 16 and threatening to undo next year the United States’ status as a nation that has eradicated the disease, according to a report.

Measles case are continuing to grow, reaching 1,958 confirmed cases in 43 states through Dec. 16 and threatening to undo next year the United States’ status as a nation that has eradicated the disease, according to a report released Dec. 17 by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

12/18/2025

As pennies vanish from the American landscape, many businesses are clamoring for federal guidance on how to handle cash transactions in a penniless world.

Calls from businesses for federal guidance on how to handle the elimination of the penny have so far gone unanswered, pushing some states to take up the issue.

12/18/2025

President Donald Trump blamed inflation and health care costs on his predecessor during a prime-time speech Wednesday in which he also claimed to have fixed the issues.

WASHINGTON — As Americans continue to face rising prices ahead of year-end holidays, President Donald Trump blamed inflation and health care costs on his predecessor during a prime-time speech Wednesday in which he also claimed to have fixed the issues. Trump “inherited a mess” and has turned ...