Rick Maranon

The federal government shutdown debate has taken an unexpected turn — one that could practically devastate the U.S. hemp industry and impact products found in Oklahoma stores.

For millions of Americans — including more than 600,000 Oklahomans — Saturday marked the first day without Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits as the federal government shutdown continues.

For the first time in a public setting, the Oklahoma City Thunder have officially endorsed legalizing sports betting in Oklahoma and are urging lawmakers to make it happen as soon as next year.

State agencies are asking Oklahoma lawmakers for more than $1 billion in new spending next fiscal year, a figure that could significantly strain the state’s $12.47 billion budget, according to the State Senate’s top budget official.

For the first time since ‘Nudiegate,’ the Oklahoma State Board of Education will meet. This is the first time members of the State Board of Education will share a table with State Superintendent Ryan Walters since a Rated R movie with full frontal nudity played during executive session.

Broken Arrow's police and fire leadership visited the Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs, the sister amphitheater to the one currently being built in Broken Arrow, to learn about the public safety measures they'll need to put into place in their own community.

For the first time in a long time, if not ever, the Oklahoma State Board of Education held its own meeting without its chairman, State Superintendent Ryan Walters.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters released a video on his social media pages attempting to assure Oklahoma families their children's public schools are safe, but in the video he also took credit for something he had to be legally forced by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond to do last year.

FOX23 went in depth with Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols, who spoke unedited on Tulsa's homelessness crisis, public safety, comments made by the governor and other topics.

State lawmakers said repairs will be coming to Tulsa's levee system in the upcoming months.

State Senator and Oklahoma Senate Education Committee Chairman Adam Pugh (R-Edmond) said State Superintendent Ryan Walters' proposals will not be going into effect this school year.

FOX23 goes in depth on State Superintendent Ryan Walters plans to change how testing is done in Oklahoma public schools

Last year, nearly 700,000 Oklahomans used the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to help them buy groceries. FOX23 is going in depth on the major changes coming to SNAP on New Years Day 2026 and the changes the State of Oklahoma got approved for this week.

A multi-page report from cybersecurity firm Alias Cybersecurity lays out what the preliminary investigation into State Superintendent Ryan Walters' TV in his office found.

Two members of the Oklahoma State Board of Education tell FOX23 News they saw sexually explicit images of naked women on a TV screen connected to a computer inside State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters' office during an executive session on Thursday.

On Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump signed what is called the ‘Genius Act.’ It is the first ever stablecoin and crypto regulation bill in the United States and any part of the world.

The Nevada Congressional delegation and professional gamblers have taken to social media and the halls of Congress to sound the alarm on what they say is an ugly tax provision tucked away inside 'The Big Beautiful Bill'.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced passengers are no longer required to remove shoes at airport security checkpoints.

The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department (OTRD) has suspended the Lookout Kitchen's operation of the state park restaurants.

FOX23 goes In Depth on a new report from the investigative arm of the state legislature, released a week ago. The report shows money not only was mismanaged for years, but money set aside for the most vulnerable among us was wasted on pet projects and more.