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Missing Guns, Uninvestigated Burglaries, a Blood Sample in a Refrigerator: What Oklahoma Watch Found in Beggs

The Beggs Police Department cycled through five chiefs in 16 months before three officers resigned at once, the attorney ...
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A Town on the Edge, Unused Grants and DUI Pitfalls

A Town on the Edge, Unused Grants and DUI Pitfalls Brenna Witchey and Jake Ramsey examine how funding cuts threaten to undo major progress against violence in a small Oklahoma town. Keaton Ross breaks ...
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Republicans Sweep Oklahoma’s Statewide Offices. Democrats Find a Silver Lining in the Legislature.

Republicans swept every statewide office in Tuesday’s Oklahoma midterms, with Mike Mazzei winning the governor’s race by ...
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ELECTION RETURNS

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Proposed Head Start Standards Could Complicate Communication for Hispanic Families

Pilar Castoe, a family advocate at Tulsa Educare, looks at pamphlets for parents that are in both English and Spanish. (Raynee Howell/Oklahoma Watch) The first time Jacqueline Contreras entered the ...
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First Watch: Stuff You Should Know

$5.5 Million in Outside Spending Is Flooding Oklahoma’s Midterm Races. Almost None of It Is Traceable. Two days before Oklahoma’s midterm election, outside groups have spent more than $5.5 million on ...
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Outside Groups Have Spent $5.5 Million on Oklahoma’s Midterm Races. Almost Half Has No Traceable Donor.

Outside groups have poured more than $5.5 million into Oklahoma midterm races, nearly matching what candidates have spent themselves. The governor’s race dominates, but state legislative candidates ...