The Frontier

07/08/2025

The grandmother was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a candidate who was criticized in campaign mailers from one of the groups during the Democratic primary for Tulsa County Commissioner in 2024. Her name surfaced in campaign filings for a shadowy network of political groups.

07/07/2025

Immigration attorneys say they’re seeing a growing number of green card holders detained for past criminal convictions, some for cases that are years old.

07/06/2025

🏀 Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt on the Thunder’s historic championship

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07/03/2025

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The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary made half-true or false statements about fluoride in public drinking water, Alzheimer’s disease, autism and puberty during his visit to Oklahoma.

The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary made half-true or false statements about fluoride in public drinking water, Alzheimer's disease, autism and puberty during his visit to Oklahoma.

07/02/2025

The nonprofits that get funding through the Oklahoma Life Foundation aren’t required to apply in a competitive process through the State Department of Health like groups the state funds directly.

07/02/2025

For decades, funding for a state scholarship program memorializing the 1921 burning of Black Wall Street was limited, and students related to massacre victims weren’t prioritized in the selection process.

06/27/2025

OKC Mayor David Holt shares what the Thunder’s championship means for Oklahoma City, and how it connects to the city’s journey since the bombing.

A program reimbursing nonprofits with state money to support abortion alternatives has expanded, despite past challenges with dollars reaching the women it hopes to serve.

StateImpact Oklahoma and The Frontier reports on a new organization that plans to distribute funds to pregnancy resource centers and churches.

https://www.kgou.org/health/2025-06-26/meet-the-new-group-in-charge-of-millions-in-state-money-to-help-pregnant-women-after-oklahoma-banned-abortion

06/26/2025

Reporter Nick Bowlin will join The Frontier as part of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network’s 50 State Initiative

06/26/2025

There’s no competitive bidding process through the state for pregnancy resource centers, faith-based groups and other nonprofits to get public money if they go through an organization like the Oklahoma Life Foundation.

06/25/2025

A new law will give the Oklahoma Attorney General powers to prosecute organized retail crime, but a provision that would have made it easier for shoplifters to pick up felony charges was removed from the legislation.

A new law will give the Oklahoma Attorney General powers to prosecute organized retail crime, but a provision that would have made it easier for shoplifers to pick up felony charges was removed from the legislation.

06/20/2025

Penalties for not reporting or over-using groundwater are scarce. The state had never fined a permit holder for overusing water before last year.

06/18/2025

Oklahoma's election system is headed to the state Supreme Court.

State Question 836 could change how every race is decided.

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