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Oklahoma group wants redistricting left to bipartisan panel
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group trying to prevent partisan gerrymandering of Oklahoma's legislative and congressional districts filed an initiative petition Monday that seeks a statewide vote on whether to create a bipartisan commission to redraw d...
Medicaid advocates submit ballot measure signature petitions
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Supporters of a plan to expand Medicaid to thousands of low-income Oklahomans delivered dozens of boxes of signed petitions to state election workers Thursday, demanding that the issue be placed on a statewide ballot next y...
Board votes to boost Oklahoma lawmaker's pay 35% to $47,500
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The board that sets the salaries of Oklahoma lawmakers voted Tuesday to boost legislative pay by 35% next year, just two years after cutting lawmakers' pay. Jake Lowrey, spokesman for the Office of Management & Enterprise S...
City: Police killing of naked, unarmed teen was justified
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police in an Oklahoma City suburb were justified when they fatally shot a black teenager who was naked and unarmed, an attorney for the city argues in a response to a civil rights lawsuit filed by the teen's parents. The p...
Heavy rainfall ends prolonged drought in Southern Plains
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The rooms at Crappie King Cabins near northwestern Oklahoma's Canton Lake were mostly empty when much of the state and the rest of the Southern Plains were in the grip of a prolonged, withering drought that sent lake levels p...
Agency: Safeguards failed in fire that killed 5 at gas well
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The failure of safety devices designed to prevent blowouts contributed to an explosion and fire that killed five workers last year at a southeastern Oklahoma natural gas well, according to a federal agency's report Wednesday t...
Intense rainfall in central US causing southern flooding
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Historic flooding is hitting communities along the Arkansas River despite little rain in the region, thanks to downpours in areas father north and efforts by officials to control the powerful surge of water. Intense rain i...
Tornadoes rake 2 Oklahoma cities, killing 2 and injuring 29
EL RENO, Okla. (AP) — A tornado leveled a motel and tore through a mobile home park near Oklahoma City overnight, killing two people and injuring at least 29 others before a second twister raked a suburb of Tulsa more than 100 miles (160 k...
US wildlife officials propose downlisting endangered beetle
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Federal wildlife officials said Wednesday a large scavenging beetle that has been classified as endangered since 1989 has become more plentiful and should be downlisted to threatened, a decision that environmentalists said is n...
Oklahoma high court nullifies medical abortion restrictions
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a state law restricting access to drug-induced abortions is unconstitutional, the latest decision by the state's highest court striking down restrictions on abortions adopted by the R...
Oklahoma Supreme Court invalidates civil justice damages cap
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a state law that caps monetary damages for pain and suffering in personal injury lawsuits, the latest civil justice measure backed by the Republican-controlled Legislature to b...
Oklahoma drops some claims against opioid manufacturers
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A week after reaching a $270 million settlement with the maker of OxyContin, Oklahoma's attorney general Thursday dropped some claims in its lawsuit against other drugmakers in an effort to force them to pay the cost of the n...
Oklahoma moves to stop towns from fees, bans on plastic bags
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers are considering legislation to prevent cities and towns from imposing a fee on single-use plastic and paper bags, a measure that officials in one Oklahoma community say encroaches on their search for an i...
Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects immediate opioid trial delay
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request by drugmakers to immediately postpone the start of what is expected to be the first state trial in lawsuits accusing the companies of fueling an opioid epidemic. The c...
Slain man was mentor, medical marijuana business owner
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A 44-year-old man who was among three people killed in their Oklahoma City home was the owner of a medical marijuana dispensary and founder of a mentorship program devoted to helping young men escape their criminal pasts. The b...
Southern Plains storm blamed for fatal crashes, disruption
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A winter storm dropped sleet and snow on portions of the Southern Plains on Thursday, making travel treacherous and contributing to the deaths of at least four people in Oklahoma. The National Weather Service issued a winter s...
El Nino could bring drought relief to southwestern US
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Climatologists said Wednesday that conditions are right for an El Nino weather pattern to develop that could bring wetter-than-normal conditions this winter in drought-stricken areas of the southwestern U.S. But they also note th...
Ex-senator sentenced to 15 years for child sex trafficking
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Republican state senator in Oklahoma was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Monday on a child sex trafficking charge. U.S. District Judge Timothy DeGiusti handed down the sentence to Ralph Shortey, 36, who faced s...
Oklahoma judge resigns over accusations of abuse, oppression
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A veteran Oklahoma judge accused of abuse of power after he jailed hundreds of people for contempt of court has resigned, raising the possibility of litigation to recoup what attorneys said Tuesday could be thousands of d...
Spark in deadly Oklahoma well explosion still unidentified
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An explosion and fire at a southeastern Oklahoma natural gas well that killed five workers followed the removal of a pipe from the well but an ignition source still hasn't been identified, federal investigators said Thursday. O...
Governor: Aerospace firm to create 350 jobs in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An aerospace manufacturer that produces unmanned aircraft plans to locate its operations center in Oklahoma City and create more than 350 jobs over the next five years, Gov. Mary Fallin said Tuesday. Nevada-based Valkyrie S...
Critics: Okla. Medicaid work requirement threatens coverage
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Critics of a proposal to impose work requirements on some Oklahoma Medicaid recipients said Tuesday that the plan is designed to reduce the state's Medicaid rolls at the expense of health care services for some of its poorest c...
Oklahoma health board approved new medical marijuana rules
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials on Wednesday adopted new guidelines for the use of medical marijuana in the state after earlier rules hastily adopted last month came under harsh criticism from the attorney general and medical m...
With winners, losers set, Oklahoma voters ready for runoffs
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters are gearing up for another round of elections after turning out in large numbers for primary balloting that left some big wins for teachers and marijuana advocates but also saw some losses for incumbents. Among w...
Health official: Will be ready to implement marijuana law
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's interim health commissioner says the state Department of Health will be ready to implement a new law allowing medical marijuana. Tom Bates said Wednesday the agency has been working to develop rules and regulations f...
