Oklahoma paid for Ryan Walters’ travel for speaking engagements, media appearances and a horror movie premiere
Walters expensed trips despite an order from the Governor’s office banning public spending for most out-of-state travel.
An Oklahoma mom’s court challenge seeks to end charges for pregnant women who use medical marijuana
Prosecutors have filed a flurry of criminal child neglect cases involving women who used marijuana during their pregnancies since the state legalized medical use.
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Jury awards $33 million to the family of a man who died in an Oklahoma jail as staff mocked him
Jail staff admitted in trial testimony that they knew Terral Ellis, a 26-year old father, was in pain but did nothing to help him even as he screamed for help.
Rep. Sherrie Conley apologizes for her remarks on the Tulsa Race Massacre
“My comments were in no way meant to downplay the horror of this event nor to say that it did not have anything to do with race,” Conley said.
Oklahoma is trying to treat people with severe mental illness in jail, but many still languish in cells waiting for hospital beds
The Tulsa County Sheriff has ordered a state treatment program out of the jail. County officials say participants should be in a state hospital instead.
Hear and read Ryan Walters’ full remarks about the Tulsa Race Massacre
At a Norman speaking engagement, an audience member pressed Oklahoma’s schools chief on how he thought schools should teach one of the nation’s worst incidents of racial violence without making students feel bad.
Oklahoma officials are in talks with Canoo as it faces a deadline to buy a factory or lose millions in state incentives
Canoo announced plans in 2022 to buy a factory site in Oklahoma City. Strapped for cash, the company is now leasing the facility.
