Oklahoma Voice

12/13/2025

The 12-member council tasked with overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency abruptly canceled a meeting where members were supposed to debate and vote on their recommendations.

The 12-member council tasked with overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency abruptly canceled the Thursday meeting where members were supposed to debate and vote on their recommendations.

12/13/2025

U.S. lawmakers who oversee armed services policy split along party lines Thursday when examining the deployments of the National Guard to cities across the country under what President Donald Trump describes as a crime-fighting strategy.

12/13/2025

The 231-195 vote was a rare bipartisan pushback against the president. The bill was sponsored by Maine’s Jared Golden, a Democrat, and Pennsylvania’s Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican. Twenty Republicans joined all Democrats in supporting the bill.

The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday that would overturn an executive order from President Donald Trump that strips collective bargaining rights for roughly 1 million federal employees.

12/12/2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to preempt states from enacting rules governing artificial intelligence, a major departure from the typical federalist structure of American government that Trump said was necessary because of the issue’s high stakes.

12/12/2025

September unemployment rates rose in 25 states and fell in 21 compared with last year, the government reported Dec. 11 in a shutdown-delayed analysis.

12/12/2025

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass a bill that Republicans say would reform the Clean Water Act and cut through regulatory burdens.

The U.S. House voted Thursday to pass a bill that Republicans say would reform the Clean Water Act and cut through regulatory burdens.

12/12/2025

The executive director of Oklahoma City’s chapter of Black Lives Matter has been accused of embezzling more than $3 million meant to cover bail for Oklahomans detained in one of the country’s deadliest jails. You can read more of KOSU's reporting here:
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The executive director of Oklahoma City’s chapter of Black Lives Matter has been accused of embezzling more than $3 million meant to cover bail for Oklahomans detained in one of the country’s deadliest jails.

12/12/2025

A public lands advocacy group sued the Trump administration in federal court Wednesday over the inclusion of President Donald Trump’s face on the forthcoming National Park annual pass.

12/11/2025

A state audit of Western Heights Public Schools has been released four years after an outraged community and state officials requested an investigation into the struggling district.
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A small Oklahoma City school district needlessly spent millions on superintendent pay and legal fees, a state audit found.

12/11/2025

Supporters of increasing the minimum wage said Thursday that independents can still vote on the issue when it appears on the June primary ballot.
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Supporters of increasing the minimum wage said Thursday that independents can still vote on the issue when it appears on the June primary ballot.

12/11/2025

A special Republican primary election for Oklahoma House District 35 will head to a runoff after no candidate earned a majority of the votes.

A special Republican primary election for House District 35 will head to a runoff after no candidate earned a majority of the votes.

12/11/2025

Supporters of an effort to gradually eliminate property taxes have withdrawn and refiled their initiative petition.
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Supporters of an effort to gradually eliminate property taxes have withdrawn and refiled their initiative petition.