New Questions Emerge Over Oklahoma's Invest in Oklahoma Contract After Shared Lobbyist Discovered - Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ hired the same lobbying firm that represented the parent company of a financial firm he then recommended for a lucrative state investment advisory contract. The shared lob...

ICYMI: New Questions Emerge Over Oklahoma's Invest in Oklahoma Contract After Shared Lobbyist Discovered oklahomawatch.org/2026/04/22/n... (via @oklahomawatch.bsky.social) #okgov #okleg

She raised concerns about her company's contracts with ICE. Then she lost her job Billie Little had worked for Thomson Reuters for about two decades. She was fired after questioning whether federal immigration agents unlawfully used their products.

Billie Little had worked for Thomson Reuters for about two decades. She was fired after questioning whether federal immigration agents unlawfully used their products.

A Stillwater project promised jobs and production by 2023.

It’s now 2026. And it’s still not fully operational.

The company says it’s producing…
but its own federal filing tells a different story. 🧵👇

"A report about flu vaccine effectiveness this past winter — using the same methodology — was published in the MMWR a week earlier."

Margo Martin @MargoMartin47 X.com Congratulations, Georgia Women's Tennis! The photo shows Trump and five white dudes in red ties standing in front of and completely blocking 10 young women

Priceless post from the official White House social media

In 2023, Oklahoma's treasurer complained a pension fund gave bidders only three weeks to respond to an RFP. His own process was shorter and included a holiday week.

https://ow.ly/pSGB50YNLp3

ICE Is Planning New Fast-Track Construction Contracts An RFI released this morning details plans for a nationwide network of flexible construction contracts

ICE has been using a Navy logistics contract to outfit detention warehouses with minimal oversight. New documents show it may want its own construction contracting vehicle — one that's faster and less transparent.

@em-knepp.bsky.social, @ripest-plum.bsky.social, and @mwriston.bsky.social report.

JUST IN: The House has advanced HB4063, which would place two state questions (Medicaid expansion, Judicial Nominating Commission) on a special Aug. 25 election ballot, once again attempting to tie them to primary runoffs. #okleg #okpol

Oklahoma lets filmmakers stack state, tribal and municipal incentives. Industry insiders say they've never seen anything like it.

https://ow.ly/EKmR50YLmw7

“According to one estimate, more than half of students using Iowa's program were already attending a private school – a big reason the ESA program is costing the state more than $300 million this year.”

WTF?

bugs bunny and daffy duck are standing next to a sign that says duck rabbit on it ALT: bugs bunny and daffy duck are standing next to a sign that says duck rabbit on it

strait of hormuz update

Not just Trump: Redistricting race will hinge on what these state leaders did An 82-year-old Virginia senator raising the stakes, an Indiana consensus builder and a Texas enforcer are among state officials who have shaped the course of the midterm redistricting race.

An 82-year-old Virginia senator raising the stakes, an Indiana consensus builder and a Texas enforcer are among state officials who have shaped the course of the midterm redistricting race. n.pr/4vE5HXu

Politics News Site NOTUS to Become ‘The Star’

NOTUS, the Washington political news website with ambitious plans to fill a void it says was left by deep cuts at The Washington Post, will be renamed The Star and relaunch in the first week of June. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/b...

INTEGRIS Health confirms layoffs, clinic closures One of the largest healthcare providers in Oklahoma says it is preparing for cuts to its workforce and a number of clinics.On Friday, INTEGRIS Health officials

🚨LAYOFFS - INTEGRIS Health officials confirmed to FOX 25 it’s taking action due to expected cuts to Medicaid and Medicare funding as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill. #oklahoma

okcfox.com/news/local/i...

Hegseth Borrows Violent Prayer from ‘Pulp Fiction’ to Bless Iran War at April Pentagon Worship Service For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself “secretary of war,” read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship ser...

At Pentagon worship service today, Pete Hegseth again read a violent prayer to bless the Iran war. But this time his prayer was apparently borrowed from 'Pulp Fiction.' I promise I'm not writing for @theonion.com now:
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...

Steven Harpe is now in promotional videos for the company he handed a state contract. Oklahoma lawmakers say enough is enough.

https://ow.ly/PFku50YJcIK

Oklahoma Governor's Vote Steered $2 Billion Advisory Role to Former Business Partner's Firm - Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt voted to award a multibillion-dollar investment advisory contract to a firm run by his former chief of staff and one-time business partner, without any board discussion of th...

The governor did not like this headline, but the facts are still true:
Oklahoma Governor's Vote Steered $2 Billion Advisory Role to Former Business Partner's Firm oklahomawatch.org/2026/04/09/o... #okleg #okgov

Since August of last year, a protracted legal battle has erupted of baffling complexity, legal obfuscations and embarrassing corporate flubs over CompSource Mutual’s effort to convert to a stock company.

https://ow.ly/YQsA50YHrwe

ICYMI: Oklahoma Governor's Vote Steered $2 Billion Advisory Role to Former Business Partner's Firm oklahomawatch.org/2026/04/09/o... (via @oklahomawatch.bsky.social) #okgov #okleg

Fund Space. Not Bombs.

A big splash in the ocean under the three red and white parachutes

Splashdown!

Welcome home, Integrity.

Screenshot of CSPAN coverage of the Artemis splash-down.

Watching @cspanwj.bsky.social coverage of the Artemis II splash-down and love hearing the live viewer questions from kids! 🥰 🔭🚀

The first request for proposals drew only one bidder, Payne's firm. The state scrapped it and tried again. Payne's firm won anyway. Paul Monies has the story.

https://ow.ly/pmyO50YGQRM

NEW: Oklahoma's governor voted to award a multibillion-dollar investment advisory contract to his former chief of staff's firm. No one on the board mentioned their prior business relationship.
oklahomawatch.org/2026/04/09/o...
(Via @oklahomawatch.bsky.social) #okgov #okleg

White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project

NEW: Trump accepted $37m worth of donated steel for his WH ballroom project from the Luxembourg-based company ArcelorMittal.

Days later, the WH made adjustments to Trump's tariffs that could benefit ArcelorMittal.

Labor bill raises alarm from entertainment sector Senate Bill 1937, by Rep. Michael Bergstrom, R-Adair, bars state economic incentives from employers that allow their workers to be organized under conditions generally considered favorable to unions.

Labor bill raises alarm from entertainment sector tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...

A new lawsuit alleges that Vesta Realty CEO Marc Kulick is using the real estate company as a personal piggy bank. Employee accounts back up the lawsuit's claims.

https://ow.ly/AnSf50YFsmp

Pauls Valley High School shooting suspect in custody, principal injured Pauls Valley High School Principal Kirk Moore is being hailed as a hero for stopping a shooter at the school Tuesday afternoon.

Pauls Valley High School Principal Kirk Moore is being hailed as a hero for stopping a shooter at the school Tuesday afternoon.

www.kgou.org/education/20...

OK Supreme Court finds Energy Discrimination Elimination Act unconstitutional as applied to OPERS The Oklahoma Supreme Court found the Energy Discrimination Elimination Act unconstitutional on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.

A narrow 5-3 majority of the Oklahoma Supreme found the Energy Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022 unconstitutional as applied to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System.

nondoc.com/2026/04/07/o...