Ari Fife

Oklahoma Life Foundation executive director Paul Abner smiles at the Patience S. Latting Northwest Library in northwest Oklahoma City on May 28, 2025.

Meet the new group in charge of millions in state money to help pregnant women after Oklahoma banned abortion

Jillian Taylor

An address for a nonprofit that oversees millions of dollars in state money to support abortion alternatives is an unassuming brick suburban house in Oklahoma City.

People gather during Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Day at the Oklahoma Capitol on May 5.

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A bill Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed could have helped get state money to solve cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people

Ari Fife

Oklahoma was required to create a special office to help with missing and murdered cases involving Indigenous people under a 2021 state law, but federal funding legislators planned for never materialized.

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is seen through a television camera while conducting an interview in June 2023.

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Under Ryan Walters, Oklahoma lost federal funding to help schools respond to tragedies

Ari Fife

State education grant writers said they quit in frustration after a lack of support. Walters has vowed in the past not to pursue grants that don’t align with “Oklahoma values.”

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A firebombing in Tulsa highlights gaps in Oklahoma hate crime law

Ari Fife

Hate crime investigations based on gender and sexual orientation are complicated by a patchwork of state and federal laws. There’s no required training for police.