Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. A 2023 policy change is allowing Oklahoma City police to shield some police ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Republicans in Congress are signaling that the current stopgap government ...

House Republicans said a follow-up continuing resolution is needed as the Nov. 21 deadline approaches. Senate Republicans say ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. The temporary seven-week funding patch Republicans passed in October to help ...

When Yvonne Sweeney’s daughter brought home her first boyfriend, he seemed like the kind of young man any parent would welcome. Jesse Mack Butler, 16, came from a respected Stillwater family, played ...

A Stillwater teenager was convicted on 11 counts of sexually related crimes that carried sentences totalling 78 years if served consecutively. A plea deal got him counseling and supervision for less ...

A tug-of-war over medical parole authority is brewing, as the Pardon and Parole Board seeks clarity on who can refer inmates to its medical docket. The board unanimously requested an Attorney ...

As the number of successful medical parole applications stagnates, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted unanimously earlier this month to request a legal opinion on who has the authority to ...

In a tale straight out of the corporate intrigue files, CompSource Mutual, our state’s biggest workers’ comp insurer, is pushing a stealthy pivot to a stock company, eyeing its $1 billion surplus for ...

A surprise August hearing was for many the first sign of a huge change in workers’ comp insurance in Oklahoma that critics say is an effort to rob policyholders of millions of dollars.