Kateleigh Mills

StateImpact is on a listening tour with Oklahoma’s youth. And we’ve brought along our microphones.

When Oklahoma voters passed State Question 788 in 2018, things were a little chaotic. People had questions about how pot businesses would grow in the market. And with very little regulation, the number of marijuana businesses exploded. By 2020, Oklahoma had more businesses licensed to sell pot than any other state in the country.

The program is paid for by the bipartisan infrastructure bill and is intended to help guide intercity passenger rail projects. Kansas and Oklahoma Transportation Departments jointly applied earlier this year for the Heartland Flyer Extension proposal.

Lawmakers in both the House and Senate voted to override a Governor’s veto that would have led to the end of Oklahoma’s public television broadcaster, OETA. They also took up other measures the governor had refused to sign into law, passing them without his support.

A report by Cannabis Public Policy Consulting, which was ordered by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, reveals several key findings about the state’s medical marijuana industry.

In Oklahoma, 1 in every 766 households are facing foreclosure — ranking the state 15th in the country for homes that could be impacted in the near future.

There have been at least 17 deaths on Tinker Air Force Base this year, but details are murky.

The NextGen Under 30 program recognizes and encourages the next generation of innovative, creative, and inspiring individuals who push the boundaries in their respective fields.

The city’s first “horizontal apartment” community is called Trulo Homes Quail Village near Quail Springs Mall in North OKC.

Three sites in Oklahoma have been added to the National Register of Historic Places, according to a joint statement from the Oklahoma Historical Society and State Historic Preservation Office.