#okleg Archives - Oklahoma Watch

Government, Public Money

Lobbyist Spending Nears Record Levels

by Trevor Brown June 17, 2019December 5, 2019

Lobbyists seeking to influence elected officials in Oklahoma continue to spend some of the highest amounts ever in spite of rules intended to curb their practices.

Criminal Justice

Strangulation of Women Is Common, Chilling – and Often a Grim Harbinger

by Whitney Bryen May 29, 2019December 12, 2019

Government, Public Money

Making the Cut: What Lawmakers Did, and Didn’t Do, This Year

by Trevor Brown and Paul Monies May 23, 2019June 25, 2020

Donations to Lawmakers Keep Flowing Even As They Vote on Bills

by Trevor Brown May 6, 2019October 28, 2019

Criminal Justice

Five Questions Surrounding Criminal Justice Reform Bills

by Paul Monies April 26, 2019October 28, 2019

Oklahoma Prepares to Purge Thousands of Inactive Voters

by Trevor Brown March 30, 2019October 28, 2019

Records Show Stitt’s Plan: Expand Agency Control, Launch ‘Community Turnaround’

by Paul Monies March 28, 2019October 28, 2019

Five Things to Know About the Teacher Shortage

by Jennifer Palmer March 22, 2019October 28, 2019

Bucking Ethics Proposal, Legislators Become Lobbyists

by Trevor Brown February 19, 2019October 28, 2019

Annotating Stitt’s ‘State of the State’ Speech: What He Proposed, and Omitted

by Jeff Raymond, Trevor Brown, Paul Monies and Jennifer Palmer February 4, 2019October 28, 2019