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The Frontier @readfrontier.bsky.social · 17h

Most youth who lack permanent housing in the state don’t fit the federal housing department’s definitions of homelessness and often don’t qualify for services.

Less help for Oklahoma homeless youth unless they’re sleeping in a shelter or outside

Most youth who lack permanent housing in the state don’t fit the federal housing department’s definitions of homelessness and often don’t qualify for services.

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · 11h

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Less help for Oklahoma homeless youth unless they’re sleeping in a shelter or outside

Most youth who lack permanent housing in the state don’t fit the federal housing department’s definitions of homelessness and often don’t qualify for services.

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · 12d

Here are 5⃣ key takeaways from @readfrontier's investigation into Tulsa police officers suspected of driving under the influence. www.readfrontier.org/stories/five...

Five things to know about The Frontier’s investigation into Tulsa police officers suspected of driving under the influence

We got the officer disciplinary records that the Tulsa police union didn’t want the public to see.

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · 14d

The Tulsa police union went to court to try to stop @readfrontier.bsky.social from getting these records. www.readfrontier.org/stories/tuls...

Tulsa police disciplined six officers suspected of driving drunk, some weren’t criminally charged

Most officers suspected of driving under the influence received suspensions ranging from three to 16 days, records the Tulsa police union tried to keep secret show.

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · 17d

Oklahoma has a long way to go on a plan to improve wait times for people with severe mental illness in the criminal justice system, and still can’t provide an accurate count of how many are stuck in jails waiting for treatment and for how long, consultants said.

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Report: Oklahoma plan to reform mental health treatment ‘marred by inconsistencies,’ flawed data

Months after a deal to end a class-action lawsuit over treatment for people with severe mental illness, the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health still can’t provide an accurate count of how many peopl...

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · 17d

As of Thursday afternoon, Ryan Walters's office had issued no official announcement on his departure to his Oklahoman constituents, who elected him with 56% of the vote in 2022. Calls to his press secretary went straight to voicemail. www.readfrontier.org/stories/ryan...

Ryan Walters has yet to answer questions about his pending resignation

A small, celebratory group gathered outside the state education building with signs that read ‘Bye Bye Ry-Ry’ and ‘NO LYIN’ RYAN.’

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Aug 18

A deal between the City of Tulsa and the Muscogee Nation doesn’t apply to Freedmen descendants who don’t have documentation of a degree of Indian blood. @cliftonhowze.bsky.social and Allison Herrera find out why.
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Despite tribal citizenship, traffic tickets for Freedmen descendants to remain in city court

A deal between the City of Tulsa and the Muscogee Nation doesn’t apply to Freedmen descendants who don't have documentation of a degree of Indian blood.

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Aug 14

Five years after a landmark ruling that found much of eastern Oklahoma is Indian Country, tribal nations are still fighting with towns over who has jurisdiction to prosecute traffic violations and other municipal charges.
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Some Oklahoma towns still ticket tribal citizens, in violation of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling

Some Oklahoma towns still ticket tribal citizens, in violation of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

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The Frontier @readfrontier.bsky.social · Jul 30

Carrie Simpson, 54, expected to get high with friends that night in April on the first floor of a white turn-of-the-century house with asbestos siding that had been converted into apartments.

But things didn’t go as planned.

In Enid, a fatal overdose highlights a lack of drug treatment options

There’s a shortage of drug treatment programs in Western Oklahoma. Many people don’t have transportation and the nearest provider is in another town.

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The Frontier @readfrontier.bsky.social · Jul 29

As Trump ramps up deportations, some immigrants spend time in an Oklahoma for-profit prison.

As Trump ramps up deportations, some immigrants spend time in an Oklahoma for-profit prison

Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing houses federal detainees awaiting deportation proceedings.

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Jul 17

Youth homelessness in Oklahoma has increased by nearly 40% in the past five years but there's not enough shelter beds or funding for housing programs to keep up with demand www.readfrontier.org/stories/nowh...

Nowhere to go: Oklahoma's growing number of homeless youth have few options

Services for homeless youth aren't keeping up with growing demand in the state.

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Jul 10

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking a federal judge to fine some of the nation’s largest poultry companies tens of millions of dollars and order them to stop spreading bird waste in sensitive areas that drain into the Illinois River.
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Oklahoma is asking a federal judge to fine big poultry companies millions for polluting the Illinois River

The state is asking the court to cap the application of bird waste, penalize poultry companies for violating the state’s anti-pollution law and order them to pay for cleanup.

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Jul 9

We want to hear from parents and educators in rural Oklahoma concerned about the future of drama, music and visual arts in schools.
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Help us report on arts education at rural schools

We want to hear from parents and educators in rural Oklahoma concerned about the future of drama, music and visual arts in schools.

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The Frontier @readfrontier.bsky.social · Jul 7

New story this morning by Kevin Eagleson

Immigration attorneys say they’re seeing a growing number of green card holders detained for past criminal convictions, some for cases that are years old.

An Oklahoma father planned to get married but now faces deportation

Immigration attorneys say they’re seeing a growing number of green card holders detained for past criminal convictions, some for cases that are years old.

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Jul 7

NEW: ICE agents arrested a young Oklahoma father after luring him to a gas station with text messages promising a job opportunity www.readfrontier.org/stories/an-o...

An Oklahoma father planned to get married but now faces deportation

Immigration attorneys say they’re seeing a growing number of green card holders detained for past criminal convictions, some for cases that are years old.

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Jul 3

NEW: @readfrontier.bsky.social investigated and found RFK Jr. made half-true or false statements about fluoride in public drinking water, Alzheimer’s disease, autism and puberty during his visit to Oklahoma.
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We fact-checked Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims as part of the ‘Make Oklahoma Healthy Again’ campaign

The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary made half-true or false statements about fluoride in public drinking water, Alzheimer's disease, autism and puberty during his visit to Oklahoma.

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The Frontier @readfrontier.bsky.social · Jul 2

For decades, funding for a state scholarship program memorializing the 1921 burning of Black Wall Street was limited, and students related to massacre victims weren’t prioritized in the selection process.

An effort to expand access to a state scholarship to more Tulsa Race Massacre descendants stalls

For decades, funding for a state scholarship program memorializing the 1921 burning of Black Wall Street was limited, and students related to massacre victims weren’t prioritized in the selection proc...

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The Frontier @readfrontier.bsky.social · Jun 26

There’s no competitive bidding process through the state for pregnancy resource centers, faith-based groups and other nonprofits to get public money if they go through an organization like the Oklahoma Life Foundation.

Meet the new group in charge of millions in state money to help pregnant women after Oklahoma banned abortion

There’s no competitive bidding process through the state for pregnancy resource centers, faith-based groups and other nonprofits to get public money if they go through an organization like the Oklahom...

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Jun 16

Gov. Stitt opposes any efforts to work out a deal over the Illinois River. “This 20-year-old lawsuit is simply an attempt by radical environmental extremists and greedy out-of-state trial lawyers to attack industries trying to follow the law,” Stitt said.
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Oklahoma Attorney General still wants to work out a deal with poultry companies to protect the Illinois River as decades-long lawsuit drags on

“My observation is that poultry would rather litigate and appeal and delay,” Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said. “It’s economically beneficial. I wish they would change that.”

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Jun 12

NEW: A 77-year-old McLoud woman told @readfrontier.bsky.social she let her grandson use her name for a network of secretive political groups involved in several Tulsa-area local races and at least one state Senate race in 2024.
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A Tulsa political operative used his grandmother’s name to set up political action committees

The grandmother was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a candidate who was criticized in campaign mailers from one of the groups during the Democratic primary for Tulsa County Commissioner in ...

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Jun 6

New story out today about the total collapse of Oklahoma's system for treating people with severe mental illness in the criminal justice system in partnership with @KOSU www.readfrontier.org/stories/tota...

‘Total freefall’: Oklahoma faces deadline to fix broken mental health system as long wait times persist

A judge is fining the state for failing to treat mentally ill defendants stuck in county jails. With a court-ordered deadline approaching, public defenders and advocates say the system remains overwhe...

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Reposted by Brianna Bailey

The Frontier @readfrontier.bsky.social · Jun 6

A judge is fining the state for failing to treat mentally ill defendants stuck in county jails. With a court-ordered deadline approaching, public defenders and advocates say the system remains overwhelmed, underfunded and unresponsive.

‘Total freefall’: Oklahoma faces deadline to fix broken mental health system as long wait times persist

A judge is fining the state for failing to treat mentally ill defendants stuck in county jails. With a court-ordered deadline approaching, public defenders and advocates say the system remains overwhe...

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Jun 6

New story out today about the total collapse of Oklahoma's system for treating people with severe mental illness in the criminal justice system in partnership with @KOSU www.readfrontier.org/stories/tota...

‘Total freefall’: Oklahoma faces deadline to fix broken mental health system as long wait times persist

A judge is fining the state for failing to treat mentally ill defendants stuck in county jails. With a court-ordered deadline approaching, public defenders and advocates say the system remains overwhe...

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Jun 4

After a month-long legal battle, a Tulsa County judge lifted a temporary restraining order filed by the police union to stall the release of police disciplinary records requested by The Frontier.
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Judge orders release of remaining Tulsa police discipline records to The Frontier

District Judge Caroline Wall said she did not see a “significant difference” between records that have already been released and other documents the Tulsa police union was seeking to keep private.

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Brianna Bailey @briokc.bsky.social · Jun 3

We’re suing the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for not releasing records on deaths other violent incidents
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Oklahoma Department of Corrections seeks to keep incident reports for inmate deaths confidential

The Frontier is suing for the release of records after a reported uptick in violence at one state prison.

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