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Garland held back tears as he recounted what he witnessed at the scene of the bombing when he was dispatched to Oklahoma City shortly after the attack. At the time, we did not know exactly how many people had died. But we did know that the children’s center, which had been at the front of the building, was gone."

Capitol Insider: Inside The Legislative Process

A new law in Oklahoma increases penalties for demonstrators who block public roadways and grants immunity to motorists who unintentionally kill or injure protesters while attempting to flee. Critics of the bill say it is intended to limit demonstrations and puts the people involved in them at risk.

The Noble Research Institute is changing its focus from plant science to regenerative agriculture.

Epic Charter School has been hit with more than $10 million in penalties by Oklahoma’s State Department of Education. The sanctions are largely due to a virtual charter school transparency law passed in 2019.

The Norman city council has voted for a second time to divert nearly a million dollars from its police department into accounts that could be used for social services. The vote was held to make up for a previous budget invalidated by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

It’s been a long, strange trip for Oklahoma’s $2.6 million shipment of hydroxychloroquine, bought a year ago as a once-promising treatment for COVID-19.

Governor Stitt previously said that he intends to sign any anti-abortion bill that comes across his desk. If he follows through with these three bills, they will all face difficult, and expensive, court battles.

Senate GOP lawmakers will vote Wednesday to bring back earmarks, a controversial process that allows lawmakers to request funding for local projects in Congressional budget bills. Ahead of the vote, Oklahoma's senators disagree as to whether the return of earmarks is a good idea.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is making more progress than many states vaccinating prisoners and employees against COVID-19. But some advocates feel vaccines should have been delivered to prisoners sooner:

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law Monday that will take some responsibility for mental health crisis transports away from police.

When we talk about equity, we’re thinking a lot about racial and economic justice, Buttigieg said, saying the need to improve the 20th century infrastructure on the tribal lands of nearly 575 tribes, including 39 in Oklahoma, have been ignored by the federal government for years.

"Probably half of the bison that we donated were pregnant," Gilmore says. "So, not only did the Cheyenne Arapaho tribe in Oklahoma get 13 bison, they will have, six or seven calves, probably in the next three or four weeks."

Epic Charter Schools’ governing board voted shortly after midnight Wednesday morning to reform its controversial learning fund.

A group of Republican lawmakers have proposed a school funding plan that will nullify a controversial settlement announced by Oklahoma’s State Board of Education and fix funding disparities between charter and traditional public schools.

Oklahoma health officials say the pause on Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines won’t hamper supply statewide. "We will have over 500,000 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine after next week’s allocation comes in more than enough for any Oklahoma that needs the COVID-19 vaccine."

The purpose of the special audit requested is to determine compliance with statutes, rules, policies and internal control procedures, an OKCPS statement said. Santa Fe South officials responded by saying, Last night’s sneak attack by OKCPS was a cowardly attempt to undermine the good work of SFS."

People in the crowd began shouting for Jim Inhofe to stop wasting time and to get off the stage, in the midst of his speech. Inhofe continued to speak regardless of the detractors. Inhofe, he needs to leave, said one Cimarron County resident. I didn’t get the response I thought I would I don’t really have a choice, you either do keep your oath of office or you don’t, Inhofe said.

Advocates and officials say a 25% reduction in the jail’s population would alleviate staffing concerns and improve conditions. Here’s a look at how that could happen.

On this week's Capitol Insider, we highlight four bills to watch in the Oklahoma legislature that have received little attention but that could have a consequential impact on quality of life in the state.