Childcare costs are soaring. Infant care at childcare centers rose 27% from 2023 to 2025, according to the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness.

The $4 billion project was announced last year and has received support from the Trump administration.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt criticized Attorney General Gentner Drummond for his independent audit request of the state's Medicaid agency.

Despite its modest population size, Oklahoma had the third highest number of electricity disconnections in the U.S. because of nonpayment in 2024. It fell behind Texas and Florida and leads Tennessee.

State regulators gave preapproval to Public Service Company of Oklahoma for several new projects. The utility said it needs to add more energy to its mix to ensure reliability.

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.