Oklahoma Voice

08/02/2025

08/01/2025

President Donald Trump pushed ahead with his promise to raise tariffs on foreign goods by Aug. 1, signing an order late Thursday increasing import taxes on products from nearly every U.S. trading partner.

President Donald Trump pushed ahead with his promise to raise tariffs on foreign goods by Aug. 1, increasing import taxes on products from nearly every U.S. trading partner.

08/01/2025

Oklahoma’s governor this week directed all state agencies to cease providing public funding to individuals or organizations “affiliated with abortion providers.”

Oklahoma’s governor this week directed all state agencies to cease providing public funding to individuals or organizations "affiliated with abortion providers.”

08/01/2025

The possibility of a “whites-only” organization from Arkansas expanding into Missouri has inspired bipartisan outrage from state lawmakers and local officials who decry the group as racist and antisemitic.

The possibility of a “whites-only” organization from Arkansas expanding into Missouri has inspired bipartisan outrage from state lawmakers and local officials.

08/01/2025

U.S. Department of Justice officials say the department will seek voting and election information from all 50 states, according to a national group that includes many top state election officials.

08/01/2025

Opinion: Schools have found themselves at the forefront of immigration debates before, but this feels different.

Oklahoma schools find themselves in a challenging position, suddenly caught in the middle of the Trump administration’s push to deport illegal immigrants.

08/01/2025

Tens of thousands of students have received financial literacy and career readiness training through a new Oklahoma City program designed to simulate real-world experience.
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Tens of thousands of Oklahoma students have received financial literacy and career readiness training through a new program designed to simulate real-world experience.

07/31/2025

That decision now looms largest in blue states, where Democratic governors and lawmakers must weigh whether to reject the law outright on ideological grounds — or try to reshape it into something that reflects their own values.

President Donald Trump has given state leaders the power to decide whether and how to participate in the first-ever national tax credit scholarship program.

07/31/2025

The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Thursday largely rejected Trump administration proposals to slash funding for education programs, medical research grants, health initiatives and Ukraine security assistance.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations largely rejected Trump administration proposals to slash funding for education programs, medical research grants, health initiatives and Ukraine security assistance.

07/31/2025

Oklahoma’s back-to-school sales tax holiday begins Friday and runs through the weekend.
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Oklahoma’s back-to-school sales tax holiday begins Friday and runs through the weekend.

07/30/2025

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has been asked to assist with an investigation into allegations that naked women were seen on a television screen in the office of the top school official.
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The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has been asked to assist with an investigation into allegations that naked women were seen on a television screen in the office of the top school official.

07/30/2025

In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, along with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, requested the “full and complete Epstein files” by Aug. 15.

U.S. Senate Democrats began charting a little-known legal path to force President Donald Trump’s administration to release the investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein.