StateImpact Oklahoma
StateImpact Oklahoma reports on education, health, environment, and the intersection of government and everyday Oklahomans. It's a reporting project and collaboration of KGOU, KOSU, KWGS and KCCU, with broadcasts heard on NPR Member stations.
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The agency provided updates on its plans during a webinar Thursday. -
Federal data show electricity consumption is up in the U.S. after more than a decade of little growth, partly because of data centers and other energy-hungry facilities. Average electricity prices are following the trend nationwide. -
Board members said they were bound to follow the St. Isidore ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court, despite some doing so begrudgingly. -
The coalition, including the ACLU and Oklahoma Appleseed Center, claims the theoretical school would “indoctrinate its students in Jewish religious beliefs.” -
Public comment is now open for Oklahoma's new social studies academic standards. And, this year's version is markedly different from the standards put out by former State Superintendent Ryan Walters' administration. -
The potential exposure occurred between 9:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 24 into the following morning at Logie's on the Corner in Norman. -
A spending package signed by President Donald Trump will fund several programs at the National Weather Center in Norman that were once at risk of shuttering. -
Ahead of the 2026 legislative session, elected officials filed dozens of environmental bills that range from reckoning with data centers to banning dams on a southeastern Oklahoma river. -
The Oklahoma State Department of Education debuted its budget request for the 2026 legislative session Monday. -
This followed concerns from Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board members related to the order's legality and impact on providers.
