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08/29/2025

Three state agencies are gathering input from people living and serving in rural areas for a state plan for a new $50 billion rural health fund established in President Donald Trump's megabill.

StateImpact Oklahoma has more.

The $50 billion rural health fund established in President Donald Trump's megabill seeks to help stabilize and strengthen rural hospitals and providers.

08/29/2025

The Kiowa Tribe is hosting two events next week to help people dispose of their unwanted tires.

If left to break down in the environment, tires can release heavy metals, microplastics and other pollutants.

The Kiowa Tribe is hosting two events next week to help people dispose of their unwanted tires.

08/29/2025

A pending sale of the Oklahoma National Stockyards has fallen apart, putting the current owner back on the hunt for a new buyer.

08/29/2025

A future with nuclear energy generated in Oklahoma could be decided with the help of a feasibility study. At the legislature's behest, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission has opened a notice of inquiry to gather information.

StateImpact Oklahoma has more.

The legal and technical feasibility project was ordered by the state legislature following the passage of Senate Bill 130 in June.

08/29/2025

In a 5-3 vote Wednesday night, Tulsa City Council members approved ordinance revisions that make it illegal for people to be on certain medians and sidewalks, depending on the distance between a person and the flow of traffic.

Tulsa residents will soon face new restrictions on where they can sit, stand or lie down along city streets.

08/28/2025

Rep. Ty Burns, R-Pawnee, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of domestic abuse and assault involving his wife and daughter.

He said in a statement that he takes responsibility for his actions and is getting treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Rep. Ty Burns, R-Pawnee, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of domestic abuse and assault Thursday afternoon in a Pawnee County court.

08/28/2025

Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cyndi Byrd says state agencies mismanaged or questionably spent almost $100 million in pandemic relief funds during the 2023 fiscal year.

Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cyndi Byrd says state agencies mismanaged or questionably spent almost $100 million in pandemic relief funds during the 2023 fiscal year. The most in a single year so far, by a long shot.

08/28/2025

More Oklahoma children are entering kindergarten with exemptions from vaccines. As the school year kicks off, districts and families with immunocompromised students are planning how to respond to spreading sickness.

Read more from StateImpact Oklahoma.

More Oklahoma children are entering kindergarten with exemptions from vaccines.

08/28/2025

Muscogee Nation Principal Chief David Hill issued an executive order on Thursday, pausing the issuance of new citizenship cards in the wake of a tribal court’s ruling requiring the nation to grant citizenship to the descendants of Freedmen.

08/28/2025

States, territories, tribal governments, municipalities and nonprofits were set to get $7 billion to develop residential solar installations in low-income communities. That grant has now be canceled, StateImpact Oklahoma reports.

States, territories, tribal governments, municipalities and nonprofits were set to get $7 billion to develop residential solar installations in low-income communities. The grant program was designed under the Biden administration and recipients were announced in 2024.

08/28/2025

Oklahoma Department of Corrections Executive Director Steven Harpe announced Wednesday that he was resigning effective Sept. 30 to take a job in the private sector.

Oklahoma Voice has the full story.

Oklahoma Department of Corrections Executive Director Steven Harpe announced Wednesday that he was resigning effective Sept. 30 to take a job in the private sector.

08/28/2025

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is releasing the second edition of a book that intertwines historic knowledge and a Choctaw man’s experience utilizing traditional foods in his everyday diet.

As the Choctaw Nation honors its traditions during its Labor Day Festival this weekend, the tribal nation is releasing the second edition of a book that intertwines historic knowledge and a Choctaw man’s experience utilizing traditional foods in his everyday diet.