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“My observation is that poultry would rather litigate and appeal and delay,” Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said. “It’s economically beneficial. I wish they would change that.”

A ruling in a 20-year-old lawsuit could have far-reaching environmental consequences for the river and surrounding region.

Employers have failed to pay Oklahoma workers millions in wages. Here’s a look at the companies that owed the most money.

Outside groups have spent at least $3.4 million leading up to the vote on whether to keep three state Supreme Court justices. That amount is expected to grow in the days leading up to Election Day.

The attempts to build layers of secrecy around a tangled web of independent political groups span numerous post office boxes, corporate filings and other records across several states.

The organizers of a political action committee that backed the governor’s allies have ties to Stitt. All of the group’s funding came from a nonprofit that doesn’t have to report its donors.

Shadowy independent groups pump more money into some races than candidates spend on their own campaigns.

The mostly Republican task force also said it “would not oppose lifting” the current restrictions against politicians receiving direct monetary contributions from corporations and unions.

Tulsa school board candidate Maria Seidler says there was no illegal coordination between her campaign and a group her husband founded that bought mailers attacking her opponent.

A judge has tossed the 1984 confession of Karl Fontenot as evidence, ruling it was “fatally unreliable.”

The Frontier first reported on irregular charges to the state, including allegations of overpriced barbecue smokers and inflated fees.

The state-owned power generator is turning to natural gas as regulatory requirements on coal-fired plants grow, driving up costs.

Oklahoma’s Attorney General says the payments to outside law firms are a waste of public funds and have damaged state relations with tribes

State Superintendent Ryan Walters, then the head of a school reform group, guided shadowy efforts to distribute pandemic funds, leading to millions in questionable spending.

Meanwhile, new state Attorney General Gentner Drummond hopes to expand settlement talks in a landmark court case against poultry companies.

Records show state and federal authorities have been aware of potential flooding risks for decades.

Gov. Kevin Stitt blocked a bill that would have required cabinet members to disclose their finances. The bill would have shown Secretary of Education Ryan Walters makes at least $120,000 a year as executive director of a nonprofit organization that keeps its donors secret.

Conservatives link school teachings on empathy to leftist indoctrination, keeping a hot-button culture war issue center stage.

Proposals include a rating system for books and expanded obscenity standards.

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