As U.S. Dept. of Education faces teardown, Walters seeks ESSA federal block grant for...

Lonnie Paxton
Less than a week after President Donald Trump signed a March 20 executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and “return authority...
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SD 8 Republican runoff carries broader implications for Oklahoma Senate

Lonnie Paxton
As a fractured Senate Republican Caucus watches anxiously, GOP voters in eastern Oklahoma will head to the polls Tuesday to choose between a pastor...
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Roundup: Pinnacle Plan ends, but DA blasts DHS; Wes Hilliard charged; Epic drama continues

Lonnie Paxton
It has been a difficult March in the state after high winds and wildfires ravaged communities, leaving four dead and 400 homes destroyed, according...
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Legislators renew attempt to improve child care access

Lonnie Paxton
For the second time in two years, some Oklahoma lawmakers are attempting to address a critical shortage of child care options for parents. “We’ve...
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U.S.-Iran peace deal emerging, while war threats still loom

President Trump and other administration officials are tempering expectations raised of an imminent agreement to end the war in Iran while Iranian officials have...

In Beirut, refugee girls and women learn more than self-defense in martial arts class

In the male-dominated world of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, a martial arts teacher offers women a way to empowerment.(Image credit: Aline Deschamps for...

Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto

Pope Leo XIV has called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit