Oklahoma Voice

06/17/2025

The U.S. Senate will hear Tuesday from federal law enforcement officials about protection for lawmakers and the safety of their families, days after a gunman targeted state lawmakers in Minnesota.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate will gather behind closed doors Tuesday to hear from federal law enforcement officials about protection for lawmakers and the safety of their families, just days after a gunman said to be posing as a police officer targeted state lawmakers in Minnesota. The briefing fr...

06/16/2025

Former Attorney General Mike Hunter said he intends to appeal a judge's decision to dismiss a lawsuit that challenged new academic standards for social studies.

An Oklahoma County district judge decided the plaintiffs failed to show any laws had been broken with the new social studies standards.

06/16/2025

The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents last week voted to raise tuition for the fifth consecutive year.
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The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents last week voted to raise tuition for the fifth consecutive year.

06/16/2025

President Donald Trump announced late Sunday that he was directing U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers to conduct immigration raids in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, the nation’s three most populous cities that are all led by elected Democrats in heavily Democratic states.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced late Sunday that he was directing U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers to conduct immigration raids in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, the nation’s three most populous cities that are all led by elected Democrats in heavily Democratic...

06/16/2025

A state lawmaker aiming to open early childhood classrooms to adjunct teachers said he intends to pursue the policy again in 2026 after his legislation fell short of passing this year.
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State lawmakers could reconsider a bill allowing adjunct teachers to work in early childhood classes with little to no training.

06/16/2025

A small percentage of funds stolen from Kansas’ unemployment system during the pandemic have been recovered, the state labor secretary says, but time is running out to find the rest.

TOPEKA — A small percentage of funds stolen from Kansas’ unemployment system during the pandemic have been recovered, the state labor secretary says, but time is running out to find the rest. The Kansas Department of Labor processed hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent unemployment paym...

06/16/2025

The Trump administration is pushing to reshape the federal housing safety net by slashing spending and shifting the burden of housing millions of people to states, which may be ill-equipped to handle the mission.
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The Trump administration is pushing to reshape the federal housing safety net by slashing spending and shifting the burden of housing millions of people to states, which may be ill-equipped to handle the mission. President Donald Trump’s recent budget request to Congress for fiscal year 2026, a pr...

06/16/2025

It’s become clear that Oklahoma’s U.S. Sen. James Lankford has apparently taken one too many sips of the spiked, D.C.-flavored Kool-Aid.

06/16/2025

President Donald Trump on Saturday celebrated his 79th birthday reviewing a parade of tanks, armament and marching soldiers in the nation’s capital for the Army’s 250th anniversary celebration, amid heightened political tensions across the country.

This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday celebrated his 79th birthday reviewing a parade of tanks, armament and marching soldiers gathered in the nation’s capital for the Army’s 250th anniversary celebration, amid heightened political tensions across the co...

06/13/2025

Children of veteran classroom teachers now qualify for the Oklahoma's Promise college scholarship under a slate of education bills Gov. Kevin Stitt signed this week.
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New incentives to retain veteran teachers have been signed into law in Oklahoma, offering more pay raises and college scholarships.

06/13/2025

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06/13/2025

If the budget reconciliation package before the U.S. Senate becomes law in the coming weeks, reproductive health advocates say the provision that would cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood clinics could serve as a backdoor nationwide abortion ban.

If the budget reconciliation package before the U.S. Senate becomes law in the coming weeks, reproductive health advocates say the provision that would cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood clinics could serve as a backdoor nationwide abortion ban, eliminating access to 1 in 4 abortion providers...