Oklahoma Watch

When the financial services website WalletHub announced its annual list of states’ education systems, Oklahoma’s ranking became instantly quotable by politicians on all sides.

A House Ethics Committee calculation tool indicates that at least $4.2 million worth of the Oklahoma congressman’s personal stock trades were made a few days past a federal deadline.

Oklahoma Watch interviewed nine tenants at several different Vesta-owned properties, and each shared a similar experience.

On nearly every important measure of academic success, Oklahoma now sits at the bottom.

ICE's plans got a major boost from the state of Oklahoma last year when Governor Kevin Stitt announced "Operation Guardian," which deputized members of the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, and the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to carry out immigration enforcement on behalf of ICE.

After the Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested Yingchao Fan following a rollover accident on Interstate 40, he sat in Sequoyah County jail despite facing no criminal charges, not even a traffic citation. County officials held him for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

When Yingchao Fan's car rolled over on Interstate 40 in Sequoyah County during January's snowstorm, he did what anyone would do: he called 911 for help.

Mike Mazzei, Charles McCall and Chip Keating have loaned themselves a combined $7.6 million ahead of the June 16 primary election. Unlike individual contributions, state ethics rules don’t cap self-funding.

Oklahoma lawmakers will look to tackle a broad array of criminal justice issues in the coming months, including raising the burden of proof for civil asset forfeiture and expanding parole eligibility for Oklahoma’s aging prison population.

An Oklahoma woman was dying of cancer as State Farm delayed the claim on her family’s Edmond home. The insurance department fought tooth and nail to preserve its right to do nothing to intervene.