Here is the audio of Oklahoma Watch’s published stories for the week of March2, 2026. – Full Week Playlist: Listen to all the stories back-to-back, without interruption. – Individual Stories: Select and play any story you’d like to hear, at your convenience.…

America’s strength has always been its private sector. Empowering it can save us from A.I.’s worst effects on jobs.

Oklahoma Watch · Vesta Realty Rental Crisis Stephen Martin’s latest takes a look at Oklahoma’s fatal police encounters, ranking third in the nation. Jake Ramsey wrote about problems that have continued to pile up at rental properties owned by Vesta Realty.…

A rural community in eastern Oklahoma is set to be the site of the country’s largest aluminum smelter. It’s the first domestic facility of its kind to be proposed in almost 50 years. Residents don’t want it and feel like no one cares, leaving some to question…

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has gone to court to force the Statewide Charter School Board to issue a complete rejection notice to a Florida-based Jewish charter school applicant, arguing the board deliberately omitted 10 non-constitutional…

The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

A group of motoring experts have used a series of algorithms and other sources of data to identify what the cheapest car to run in the UK is at a time when fears about the cost of living are rising

Oklahoma’s 50th-place finish on WalletHub’s ranking on states’ education systems got everyone talking. But a closer look finds some of their measures spot-on, some are misleading and others are flat-out wrong.

Fighting near Beirut and in southern Lebanon has killed more than 630 people and forced at least 800,000 from their homes.

The attorney general relocated from a Washington apartment to a base in the area within the past month, according to people familiar with the situation.