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Texas rancher
Environment
‘These cows you see dead are worth between $2,500 and $3,000 apiece’: Texas ranchers pick up the pieces after wildfire
By Sean Murphy, Jim Vertuno and The Associated PressMarch 1, 2024
Ryan Walters
Success
Oklahoma sent bonuses to elementary and special education teachers of up to $50,000. Then it asked for them back
By Sean Murphy and The Associated PressJanuary 30, 2024
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) prepares to pass the ball away from Los Angeles Lakers center Colin Castleton (14) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Nov. 30, 2023, in Oklahoma City.
Lifestyle
Oklahoma City voters approve hiking sales tax to pay for new $1 billion arena for NBA’s Thunder, despite economists’ warnings
By Sean Murphy and The Associated PressDecember 13, 2023
Oklahoma City Thunder v Houston Rockets
Lifestyle
Oklahoma City will vote on a 6-year 1% sales tax to build a $1 billion arena for NBA’s Thunder. One expert calls it ‘by far the worst stadium deal I’ve ever seen’
By Sean Murphy and The Associated PressDecember 11, 2023
Wilma Mankiller Barbie
Retail
Native Americans rip Mattel for Wilma Mankiller Barbie that says ‘Chicken’ instead of ‘Cherokee’
By Sean Murphy and The Associated PressDecember 5, 2023
Ricky Dority
Success
Oklahoma inmate used stimulus check to hire a private investigator and prove his innocence
By Sean Murphy and The Associated PressOctober 12, 2023
Hands close up of elderly prisoner holding metal bars
Finance
Oklahoma inmate used COVID pandemic relief funds to hire a private investigator and clear his name of murder
By Sean Murphy and The Associated PressOctober 12, 2023
Craig Young
Politics
The ‘Dallas-Fort Worth Hamptons’ rocked by ‘gut-wrenching’ tapes of sheriffs joking about killing journalists and lynching Black people
By Sean Murphy and The Associated PressApril 23, 2023
Idabel, Oklahoma residents
Politics
A newspaper published a sheriff’s threats to kill journalists and hang Black people. The sheriff says it’s ‘illegal to secretly record a conversation.’
By Ken Miller, Sean Murphy and The Associated PressApril 18, 2023
A tornado hit Missouri killing multiple people as storms tear through the Midwest: ‘It’s just heartbreaking to see’
Environment
A tornado hit Missouri killing multiple people as storms tear through the Midwest: ‘It’s just heartbreaking to see’
By Scott McFettridge, Sean Murphy and The Associated PressApril 5, 2023
Al-Stone Gebhardt
Success
14 states consider laws forcing schools to use trans students’ ‘deadnames’—the ones they were born with and chose to change
By Hannah Schoenbaum, Sean Murphy and The Associated PressMarch 22, 2023
Oklahoma voters give thumbs down on ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana
Health
Oklahoma voters give thumbs down on ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana
By Sean Murphy and The Associated PressMarch 8, 2023
Oklahoma is famously conservative but it could vote this week to legalize weed
Politics
Oklahoma is famously conservative but it could vote this week to legalize weed
By Sean Murphy and The Associated PressMarch 7, 2023
Oklahoma pot
Success
Oklahoma has green eyes for Texas as it weighs pot legalization vote to draw in border tourists
By Sean Murphy and The Associated PressMarch 4, 2023
U.S. governor wants lawmakers to approve massive incentives to lure a tech firm to the state—but claims an NDA means he can’t say how much or which company
Politics
U.S. governor wants lawmakers to approve massive incentives to lure a tech firm to the state—but claims an NDA means he can’t say how much or which company
By Sean Murphy and The Associated PressApril 19, 2022
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