Tag: Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s oil industry touts a voluntary fund to clean up oil...
The money that has been refunded to these companies in recent years could have restored an estimated 1,500 orphan well sites.
Oil companies contaminated a family farm. The courts and regulators let...
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells.
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules two GOP abortion bans are unconstitutional
Nine justices ruled that the Oklahoma Constitution guarantees the "inherent right of a pregnant woman to terminate a pregnancy when necessary to preserve her life."
Police chief arrested for selling meth
"DEA and our law enforcement partners will hold drug dealers accountable no matter who they are."
Oklahoma state officials resist Supreme Court ruling affirming tribal authority over...
By resisting the McGirt decision, state officials are missing an opportunity to build connections among, and improve government services for, all the people who live in Oklahoma.
Largest American wind farm ever built all-at-once opens in Oklahoma, saves...
Even in a gas and oil state, customers are saving a billion dollars by switching to wind.
Indian Country treaties are valid—and matter, says Supreme Court ruling
“Promises were made,” Justice Gorsuch said in upholding Creek Nation jurisdiction over half of Oklahoma.
Police officers charged with murder after tasing man to death
“The actions of the district attorney in filing second degree-murder charges is a big step in providing the public with the security that law enforcement is going to be held accountable.”
Largest sentence commutation in US history: Nearly 500 inmates walk free...
“That this is largely flying under the radar is probably good—a sign of how far criminal justice reform has come.”
Every Oklahoma County under state of emergency as historically wet spring...
"We still have water still rising in the east. We are not out of the woods yet."
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Crypto kickback: GOP bill boosts Trump family wealth as corruption claims mount
Trump’s $TRUMP coin dinner, Abu Dhabi deals, and a fast-tracked Senate crypto bill raise alarms over corruption and billionaire influence.
I’m a brand new activist—here’s what got me to join others in the streets
It’s impossible to truly understand an issue until it becomes personal in some way. That’s exactly what happened to me.
Must Democrats stay centrist or go progressive, plus find savvy messaging, to regain estranged...
It's time for Democrats to kick Trump while he's down—repeatedly.
Millions of people depend on the Great Lakes’ water supply. Trump decimated the lab...
Cutbacks have gutted the staff at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Trump halts bombing of Yemen, reportedly under Saudi pressure, and to dismay of Israel
The subtext here is that people in the region believe the U.S. is bombing an Arab country on behalf of Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and to protect Israel from repercussions for its Gaza genocide.