In-person early voting turnout is up from June’s primary election four years ago, according to state data.

Oklahoma voters go to the polls Tuesday to pick favorites for elected offices and determine the fate of a proposal to hike the minimum wage.

The move has been in the works for years. Tulsa’s 2018 Arena District Master Plan included the goal of either moving or revamping the downtown station.

Public protests often follow the same pattern - marching in the streets, holding signs, and chanting for change. Yet, there’s a group in Tulsa taking a different approach -- and have been for years.

In May, Operation SAFE, the governor’s initiative to remove homeless encampments from state property, was enacted in Norman.Two weeks later, the Norman City Council was criticized by residents and officials over an agenda item proposing a temporary suspension of the zoning ordinance to allow camping in residential areas. The agenda item was not scheduled for a vote, but was met with a unanimous rejection after public outcry.

Fewer Oklahomans are getting federal assistance to help pay for groceries. Recent numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show a continued decline in participation.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Candidate self-funding has soared past $22 million in the Republican primary race for Oklahoma governor, with a Trump-endorsed candidate alone pouring almost $10.9 million into his campaign.

A rural Northeast Oklahoma school district is scrambling to address a nearly half-million-dollar shortfall after administrators failed to update their budget.

It is a tale of three cities.On the morning of May 22, Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers cleared a homeless encampment on vacant state-owned property in Norman under Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Operation SAFE initiative. Service providers said there was no warning that an encampment sweep would be happening.

The program was developed by City Hall as a way of evaluating the well-being of neighborhoods across nine categories.