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Oklahoma doesn’t collect data on the average jail stay or racial makeup of its detention centers. Nor does it track decisions made by 27 district attorney’s offices, including the initial charging of crimes, plea agreements, and bail recommendations.

Without access to statewide data like average jail stay or the racial makeup of detention centers, the public is largely left in the dark on how Oklahoma's justice system is operating.

After the courts put an end to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s plan to privatize much of the state’s Medicaid program last year, it was left to lawmakers to come up with an alternative solution – one that would improve efficiencies and outcomes while keeping administrative dollars in-state.

On any given day, several thousand people in Oklahoma are sitting in county jails.

Tax cuts would keep Oklahoma from funding investments that would make it a place where people want to raise families, start businesses and create jobs.

A slew of bills designed to overhaul Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry are inching closer to the governor’s desk, while a pair of initiative petitions designed to do the same surmounted a legal challenge this week.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Plans to fully legalize marijuana can proceed to the signature-gathering stage, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled, paving the way for two more cannabis plans seeking voter approval.The high cour

Ruling paves the way for fully-legal marijuana in Oklahoma.

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Ruling paves the way for fully-legal marijuana in Oklahoma.