Oklahoma Voice

12/29/2025

The five-year Rural Health Transformation Program — authorized under GOP lawmakers’ mega tax and spending cut package Trump signed into law in July — is designed to offset the budget impacts on rural areas due to sweeping Medicaid cuts.
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President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled Monday hundreds of millions of dollars each state will receive this fiscal year as part of a massive $50 billion rural health fund baked into Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law.

12/27/2025

On Jan. 1, Warren Buffett starts his second retirement.

12/26/2025

Audits into local towns and school districts and the state’s departments of education, tourism and recreation, and turnpikes are among over three dozen forensic examinations that have yet to be made public, according to records.

A number of high-profile audits have yet to be released by the State Auditor and Inspectors office.

12/26/2025

A new Oklahoma law will open $5 million in state funds for programs supporting aspiring teachers.

A new Oklahoma law offers up to $5 million for college tuition assistance and loan repayment for aspiring teachers.

12/23/2025

An Oklahoma City nonprofit is aiming to reduce homelessness among teens aging out of the foster care system, one tiny home at a time.
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An Oklahoma City nonprofit is aiming to reduce homelessness among teens aging out of the foster care system, one tiny home at a time.

12/23/2025

Bill filing for Oklahoma’s 2026 legislative session began in earnest early this month, and more than 100 new laws have already been proposed, KOSU reports.

Bill filing for Oklahoma’s 2026 legislative session began in earnest early this month, and more than 100 new laws have already been proposed.

12/23/2025

“Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it’s a death sentence. But I already had a death sentence before last week too — we all do,” Sasse wrote.

Former Nebraska Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse is dying of “metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer," he announced Tuesday.

12/23/2025

The news, rumored for days, was greeted with shock and despair in Missouri, where hopes were high that a $1.5 billion incentives package approved by state lawmakers would be enough to keep the team in Arrowhead Stadium.

Missouri learned Monday that the Kansas City Chiefs are moving across the state line to Kansas.

12/23/2025

The leader who oversaw Oklahoma’s chapter was among those let go amid a structural realignment that jettisoned 14 state-level leaders.
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Social workers nationwide directed furious complaints toward their national association, demanding accountability, transparency.

12/22/2025

Kansas legislative leadership voted unanimously Monday to issue STAR bonds to build a stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs, following a short meeting behind closed doors.

Kansas legislative leadership voted unanimously Monday to issue STAR bonds to build a football stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs, following a short meeting behind closed doors.

12/22/2025

In an unusual move, Gov. Kevin Stitt wrote a letter leaning on a state ethics board ahead of a key vote to take action on the future of Oklahoma’s campaign finance system after it had been offline for months.

12/22/2025

Oklahoma and Arkansas officials are denouncing a federal judge’s decision that found poultry companies responsible for polluting a key watershed in both states and also ordered them to pay millions to remediate it.