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12/20/2025

The judgment also permanently limits the application of bird waste to fields in the region.

12/19/2025

A temporary loss of SNAP benefits during the federal government shutdown left Oklahoma families scrambling to cover rent.

12/17/2025

The Choctaw, Chickasaw and Cherokee nations filed a federal lawsuit in November challenging the state’s stance on fish and game enforcement in November. Stitt, the Department of Wildlife Conservation and a special prosecutor the governor appointed to handle wildlife cases have been named as defendants.

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12/17/2025

It took months of records, miles of travel and countless conversations to uncover a statewide problem regulators long downplayed. Your donation helps us continue reporting that holds power to account.

12/16/2025

As the governor attacks the attorney general over wildlife enforcement in Indian Country, we reviewed state, federal and tribal law — and found some of Stitt’s claims about hunting rules don’t hold up.

12/15/2025

Frontier reporter Clifton Adcock unpacks how state leaders are selling the data center boom, what utilities are asking regulators to approve, and why ratepayers feel left in the dark.

12/12/2025

Oklahoma’s data-center boom could drive up power bills — and most people don’t know it. The Frontier digs for answers powerful interests won’t share. Support independent journalism today. Donate now and double your impact.

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12/11/2025

A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.

12/09/2025

I reported how the number of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness in Oklahoma has increased by nearly 40% since 2019, yet the resources available to them are dwindling. One of the youth I spoke with said they feel stuck with nowhere to go.

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12/05/2025

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12/03/2025

Rural Oklahoma town confronts economic need and ethical unease over housing ICE detainees.

The reopening of a private prison in a small Oklahoma town will bring hundreds of jobs, even as CoreCivic faces national scrutiny for alleged mistreatment and isolation of immigration detainees.

12/02/2025

Thanks to everyone who came to our event last night in Tulsa at American Solera. Stay tuned for upcoming events.