H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill, delivers tax cuts to the wealthy while reducing federal support for Medicaid, SNAP, education, and communities across Oklahoma.

Oklahoma lawmakers respond to public pressure, not silence. Civic engagement and personal stories influence policy decisions and create lasting change.

Medicaid (aka SoonerCare) doesn’t just insure people — it sustains the hospitals, clinics, and health care providers that care for entire communities. In Oklahoma, billions of Medicaid dollars keep em...

Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa, has pre-filed Senate Bill 1381, to be known as the Pretrial Modernization Act of 2026. The bill, if passed, could help curb unnecessary detention in both county jail and Depa...

Imagine if everyone — your neighbors, your child’s teacher, the cashier at the store — had what they needed to live with dignity: food, shelter, medical care, and good public schools.

There's a viral claim — being echoed by national and state politicians — that Walmart's 2025 Thanksgiving meal is "cheaper than last year." But there is only a savings because Walmart changed what's i...

Few policy ideas have proven as persistent — or misleading — as the notion that forcing people to work will lift them out of poverty. The Big Beautiful Bill, or House Resolution 1 (H.R. 1), revives th...

Recognizing Tribal sovereignty is more than honoring heritage — it is a pressing call to action.

The recent federal shutdown reminded Oklahomans just how fragile our state’s so-called "self-reliance" really is.

Too often, when conversations about homelessness come up, someone says it: "Well, they're all mentally ill." It's a comment tossed off as fact, but it reveals something deeper — not truth, but comfort...

In Oklahoma, public participation in lawmaking is often treated as a special event rather than a function of democracy.