StateImpact Oklahoma

Oklahoma is again ground zero for a battle over publicly funded religious education as a proposed Jewish charter school looks to the courts for vindication. That's despite members of the state's Jewish community saying they weren't consulted and are "deeply concerned" about the threat to the separation of church and state.

Oklahoma lawmakers advanced a measure that would allow out-of-state organizations to receive funding for a state program aiming to decrease abortions.

House Bill 2992, signed on to by more than 30 lawmakers from both aisles, was sent to a conference committee for adjustments last week.

Oklahoma's teachers on the minimum salary schedule are closer to getting a pay bump after the Senate sent a bill to Governor Kevin Stitt's desk Monday.

Some educators are raising concerns about content in the newly approved, proposed 2026 academic standards for social studies — and the process by which the standards were revised.

The way Oklahoma elementary students learn how to read will look different over the next two years, thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt Tuesday morning.

House Bill 2992 would create the Data Center Customer Protection Act of 2026

Following a much dryer and warmer than normal winter in Oklahoma, the possibility of a so-called super El Niño is in the forecast for later this year. StateImpact's Logan Layden talks with State Climatologist Gary McManus about what that could mean for the state.

The legislation's progression comes weeks after the state published its nuclear energy feasibility study.

A measure introduced in the legislature this year would prohibit anyone in Oklahoma from suing fossil fuel companies for damages related to the effects of climate change or greenhouse gas emissions.