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Tribal nations, including the Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee and Seminole are deploying funds to ensure their citizens don’t go hungry — and urging state leaders to do the same.

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Residents near Enid say the smell of an oilfield waste disposal site made them feel sick. State officials weren’t sure who was in charge of enforcement.

Service providers say added regulations could hinder their ability to help people in need.

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.

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Most youth who lack permanent housing in the state don’t fit the federal housing department’s definitions of homelessness and often don’t qualify for services.

After serving more than four decades for first-degree murder, Tony Mann is applying for commutation. His younger brother, convicted for the same crime, is getting out of prison later this month.

City Care plans to open a 40-room medical respite facility in 2027 near their existing night shelter in Oklahoma City to help the ill and injured who have nowhere else to go.

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Consultants found that while the Department of Mental Health has made some progress, the agency’s plan to implement reforms was “marred by inconsistencies, inaccurate data, and questionable assertions.”

Most officers suspected of driving under the influence received suspensions ranging from three to 16 days, records the Tulsa police union tried to keep secret show.

After a crackdown on Tulsa homeless encampments, confusion remains over who can enforce an Oklahoma law that makes it illegal to camp on state property.

A small, celebratory group gathered outside the state education building with signs that read ‘Bye Bye Ry-Ry’ and ‘NO LYIN’ RYAN.’

Tulsa Municipal Court says requests may take one to three business days to complete, but it took 30 days for The Frontier to get records.

The decision to offer fine arts curriculum will now be left up to school districts across the state. Rural districts with already limited resources could see cuts.

At a congressional hearing, witnesses and lawmakers from both parties called for the federal government to take stronger action against illicit marijuana farms and cited reporting by The Frontier and ProPublica.

Shred the Stigma, founded in 2021, relies on volunteer drivers to distribute the kits across the Oklahoma City metro area. So far, the group says drivers have traveled nearly 28,000 miles across the city to deliver kits, which it says have helped reverse over 2,100 overdoses.

Oklahoma had only 329 shelter or housing beds for youth in 2024, according to the most recent federal housing department data. The state lost 58 beds for unhoused youth from the previous year.

Listen Frontier: Gov. Stitt says compassion has limits as state troopers clear Tulsa homeless camps. “We want to help people, but if you don’t want help, we’re not going to let you continue to break the law and do drugs and harass people and live on the street,” Stitt said.

Gov. Kevin Stitt claimed that a large portion of Tulsa’s homeless population isn’t from Oklahoma as he celebrated a new initiative to clean up camps under highway bridges and overpasses, even though surveys say otherwise.

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We found false and unverifiable claims about homelessness as state officials celebrated Operation SAFE.

New podcast with Gov. Kevin Stitt and John 3:16 Mission CEO Steven Whitaker. “We want to help people, but if you don’t want help, we’re not going to let you continue to break the law and do drugs and harass people and live on the street,” Stitt said.

A lawmaker plans to take a closer look at how data centers are using utilities in the state as the industry sees rapid growth.

A pilot program would track people on parole and probation using AI to find patterns in where they go and how often they charge their devices.

State health inspectors have cited the jail for insufficient staffing seven times since 2020.

On Wednesday, Tulsa’s City Council is set to vote on an ordinance that would limit what Tulsans can do on sidewalks and medians. The proposed ordinance comes after two incidents where two separate people were killed while standing in center medians.

Officials say outdated construction rules make it too costly to build affordable residences. Lawmakers are weighing how to cut red tape without cutting corners on safety.

“It’s a perfect storm coming together to really threaten our ability to provide what is needed to keep communities safe and healthy,” one public health expert says.

The Frontier and The Marshall Project were recognized for their joint reporting on jail health care.

A deal between the City of Tulsa and the Muscogee Nation doesn’t apply to Freedmen descendants who don’t have documentation of a degree of Indian blood.

Some Oklahoma towns still ticket tribal citizens, in violation of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Two legislators behind a controversial bill that would have limited the locations of homeless shelters will hold a hearing at the Oklahoma Capitol on creating new regulations.

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Listen Frontier: ‘We’ve lost five years’: Cherokee Chief says next governor must rebuild tribal relations.

There’s a shortage of drug treatment programs in Western Oklahoma. Many people don’t have transportation and the nearest provider is in another town.

We fact-checked Oklahoma schools chief Ryan Walters’ claims about school lunch but not his television.

As Trump ramps up deportations, some immigrants spend time in an Oklahoma for-profit prison.

The Frontier sat down with Rep. Daniel Pae to talk about his goals for helping homeless youth in Oklahoma.

“There was a split decision that night,” said Jae, now 21. “It was either I stay here and I end up dead, or I leave.” Nowhere to go: Oklahoma’s growing number of homeless youth have few options.

A federal policy allows employers to pay workers with disabilities below minimum wage. Some states have already moved away from the practice.

Nowhere to go: Oklahoma’s growing number of homeless youth have few options.

New story from Kayla Branch: A federal policy allows employers to pay workers with disabilities below minimum wage. Some states have already moved away from the practice.

We want to hear from parents and educators in rural Oklahoma concerned about the future of drama, music and visual arts in schools.

The state is asking the court to cap the application of bird waste, penalize poultry companies for violating the state’s anti-pollution law and order them to pay for cleanup.