Oklahoma Senator wants taxpayers to pay for land buys from Grand Lake flooding
United States Sen. Markwayne Mullin wants to make the federal government pay to buy flooded Oklahoma lands along the main tributaries of Grand Lake and also wants to scrap a plan to study whether...
View ArticleAs Oklahoma considers loosening campaign finance rules, outside groups run wild
Independent expenditure groups continue to shower Oklahoma politicians with millions as the state eyes ways to reign in the secretive groups’ spending. The financial support from these shadowy groups...
View ArticleAs Kevin Stitt called for more election spending transparency, his supporters...
When he took the podium before a joint session of the Oklahoma Legislature to deliver his 2023 State of the State address, Gov. Kevin Stitt was basking in the glow of a solid re-election victory a few...
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Tracing the source of dark money-fueled attack ads that helped topple the...
Oklahoma’s former Secretary of Public Safety and his business partner were the main funders of a political action committee that bought attack ads to help unseat a state lawmaker who was next in line...
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An Oklahoma grand jury issues a scathing report, but no indictments on...
An Oklahoma Multi-County Grand Jury probe into the state’s management of federal educational relief money found a lack of safeguards for how funds were spent but resulted in no criminal indictments....
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Anonymous groups are spending big in Oklahoma Supreme Court justice retention...
A handful of groups, including many that don’t reveal their financial backers, have launched a political ad blitz to try and sway voters on whether to retain three state Supreme Court justices in the...
View ArticleOne Oklahoma Supreme Court justice is ousted after dark money groups dumped...
Oklahomans narrowly chose to retain two of the three state Supreme Court justices who were on the ballot inTuesday’s election after anonymous groups spent millions to sway voters. Voters chose to...
View ArticleOklahoma needs watchdog journalism now more than ever
Looking back at the stories we published in 2024 at The Frontier, I’m proud of the journalism we did that uncovered things the public should know. This year, The Frontier partnered with national...
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Stitt cabinet member learned of his firing via social media during poultry...
Update 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4 Abegail Cave, a spokeswoman for Gov. Kevin Stitt, told The Frontier Wednesday that Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment Ken McQueen, fired by Stitt during a...
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‘Hey, you’re not getting paid. See you later.’
Employers owed Oklahoma workers at least $9.7 million in unpaid wages and penalties over the past four and a half years, according to an analysis of state and federal data by The Frontier. The...
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