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"We donā€™t have anywhere else to go." Affordable housing is hard to come by for many Oklahomans. Following the closure of Normanā€™s OU Motel, itā€™s just gotten harder for some. #affordablehousing #homelessness

Oklahoma state Rep. Gabe Woolley unveiled a bill to have Oklahoma Department of Human Services workers charged with felony kidnapping. To promote the bill he appeared on the show of Holocaust denier Stew Peters. Again. angrywhitemen.org/2025/01/30/o...

I spent over a month talking to teachers and education officials about the decade-long teacher shortage that has seemingly peaked in Oklahoma with a record number of emergency teacher certifications issued in 2024. Hereā€™s what they had to say. #oklaed nondoc.com/2025/01/28/e...

Hundreds of Oklahomans lost their Section 8 housing vouchers last year. Officials say most couldnā€™t find homes that accepted rental assistance before their benefits expired. www.readfrontier.org/stories/ther...

šŸ’°UPDATE- Those aren't cheap rocks to stop homeless from returning under this bridge. Our Open Records request reveals OKC spent more than $43k on this 'hostile infrastructure.'

Oklahoma has been awarded $18.3 million in federal funding to support homelessness programs across the state. The money comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of a $3.6 billion national initiative to address homelessness. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

ā€œEmergency management has a tremendous amount of gaps in Oklahoma from a resource and staffing [standpoint].ā€ -Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management Director Annie Mack Vest during an #okleg budget hearing today. She also referred to the State Hazard Mitigation Plan as ā€œnot good.ā€

ā€œThe Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in which a prosperous Black neighborhood in Oklahoma was destroyed and up to 300 people were killed, was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of ā€œa coordinated, military-style attackā€ by white citizens.ā€ www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/u...

Tulsa police wonā€™t share the locations of more than 200 surveillance cameras www.readfrontier.org/stories/tuls...

I made a gingerbread panopticon

āŒCONTRACT CANCELED- When I found $30 million of your money flowing through a local marketing firm over the last 4 years, I started asking questions. The response and reaction from Oklahoma's Dept of Tourism was not what I expected. #openrecords #foia okcfox.com/news/local/o...

As the concept of taxing land instead of property persists in OKC, real estate forces at the state level fight hard against it. | Brett Fieldcamp has the rundown on this idea and why it hasn't taken hold in OKC.

Some advocates say that a land value tax could ease the housing crisis, but statewide investor-sponsored legislation makes it all but impossible in OKC. | Brett Fieldcamp reports:

An Oklahoma City Police Officer was charged with a criminal felony Wednesday by Oklahoma County DA Vicki Behenna stemming from an arrest of a 71-year-old. | Brett Dickerson reports

A commercial chicken flock in northeastern Oklahoma has been culled after testing positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus. About 64,000 broiler breeder chickens were euthanized to contain the virus. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

People are like "there are no right wingers on blue sky" and i don't get it there are plenty of liberals on here

FWIW, Walters recorded a video for X showing him holding up the God Bless the USA Bible. That's the same Lee Greenwood Bible that Trump both endorsed and earns royalties. oklahomawatch.org/2024/10/03/s...