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First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch A 2014 Oklahoma law bars cities from creating rental registries, leaving tenants struggling to identify negligent landlords and hold them accountable. Two Oklahoma City renters discovered their landlo...

Here's how an Oklahoma law passed in 2014 helps bad landlords hide from their tenants. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma Republican Tom Cole and Connecticut Democrat Rosa DeLauro have built one of Washington's most unlikely friendships, using it to shepherd all 12 annual appropriations bills through the House t...

Tom Cole is half of Congress' Odd Couple and why they're so important. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter: oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Republican state lawmakers in Oklahoma and at least five other states are pushing back against rapid data center expansion, proposing moratoriums and tax credit repeals despite broad GOP support in Wa...

State legislators are pushing back against their federal counterparts over data center proliferation. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter: oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma's Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust investment board voted 3-1 to adopt anti-ESG policies championed by State Treasurer Todd Russ, aligning the $2.2 billion fund with conservative "Oklahoma ...

The Tobacco Settlement Trust's investments must now reflect "Oklahoma values." That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch State Farm denied the roof claim of a 73-year-old Tulsa woman who was a loyal customer for 53 years, eight days after the attorney general filed RICO charges over similar denials. A manager overruled ...

State Farm's policy on paper doesn't match practice. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch More than 30 Oklahoma law enforcement agencies have signed federal agreements deputizing officers as ICE agents. A raid in Oklahoma City's Asian District in January sent shockwaves through the Vietnam...

More than 30 Oklahoma police agencies have financial ties to ICE, which has the nation's largest law enforcement budget. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch The federal government awarded Oklahoma $223 million for rural health care, potentially growing to more than $1 billion by 2031. The grant came weeks after Gov. Kevin Stitt warned legislators that the...

Federal health money in, federal health money out. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma voters went to the polls on Feb. 10 for municipal elections without access to campaign finance records after the state's new online filing system failed. The Ethics Commission terminated its ...

What's missing from municipal elections? Financial transparency. Here's why. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch ICE and private prison companies are rapidly expanding Oklahoma's detention infrastructure as federal policy subjects most immigrants to mandatory detention without bond hearings. CoreCivic reopened t...

ICE hides, lawyers seek. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch Newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma has become an ICE arrest hub after Gov. Kevin Stitt deputized state agencies and 28 local law enforcement agencies signed federal agreements. A Chinese man with a legal work permit and pendin...

Sequoyah County: Yingchao Fan's car rolled over in the January storm. OHP responded and arrested him for ICE, despite his work permit and asylum application. That's happening throughout the state. That and more in today's First Watch newsletter: oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Payne County prosecutors are pursuing a sexual assault case against 18-year-old Canyn Porter differently than they handled Jesse Butler's case last year. Butler received counseling and community servi...

Two teens, same DA, similar sexual assault allegations. One's father ran OSU football; the other lives in a trailer. Equal justice? That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch State Farm denied a roof claim for Karen Powers, who spent nearly 40 years selling insurance for the company while battling cancer. An adjuster threatened she would be fired if her family hired a publ...

A State Farm rep was loyal for decades. As she was dying, she found out it was a one-way street. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma's Family Representation Advocacy Program expanded to 50 counties in February but needs $5.5 million more to reach all 77 counties. The program provides attorneys, social workers and peer ment...

Oklahoma devised a $16 million plan to help families facing child removals and funded it with $11 million. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter: oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Republican gubernatorial candidates loaned themselves $7.6 million ahead of the June primary, far exceeding donations from individuals and political groups. Mike Mazzei leads with $3 million in person...

Republican gubernatorial candidates have poured $7.6 million of their own money into their campaigns. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter: oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

Fist Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Attorney General Gentner Drummond's lawsuits against natural gas marketers for price manipulation during the 2021 winter storm could go to trial this year. One case survived dismissal and faces an Aug...

Oklahomans will pay billions for natural gas bought during a 2021 winter storm. The case against the gas marketers might finally be headed to court. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

Fist Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Attorney General Gentner Drummond's lawsuits against natural gas marketers for price manipulation during the 2021 winter storm could go to trial this year. One case survived dismissal and faces an Aug...

Bill would let churches sidestep zoning to build low-income housing. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch A State Farm-requested bill that would have eliminated penalties for insurance companies fighting homeowners claims failed 72-18 in the Oklahoma House last May. The bill would have exempted property i...

State Farm tried to change the law so they wouldn't have to pay interest on slow-moving claim settlements. Plus, Devon is off to Houston, and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Congress moved major farm programs into budget reconciliation instead of a comprehensive Farm Bill, leaving a narrower legislative agenda ahead. Oklahoma cotton grower Charlcey Plummer grew her best c...

The Farm Bill ain't what it used to be. And that's got Oklahoma producers nervous. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter: oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

Fist Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch The University of Oklahoma-Tulsa School of Community Medicine is cutting staff and closing clinics to address an $18 million deficit caused by Medicaid privatization and falling patient revenue. The s...

$18 Million Deficit at OU-Tulsa Med School Leads to Cuts. That and More You Should Know in Today's First Watch Newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

Fist Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma public schools lost more than 10,000 students this year, the largest drop since the pandemic. Statewide enrollment fell to 686,718 students, with steeper declines among the youngest children....

Fewer babies, fewer students, less money? Not necessarily. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter: oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch The Trump administration is investing $1.6 billion in USA Rare Earth to build a magnet manufacturing facility in Oklahoma and develop a Texas mine. The deal gives the Commerce Department equity in the...

Congrats! You invested in a magnet plant! That, and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

Weekly Review, by Harper’s Magazine Ice and snow storms led to widespread disruptions across the United States, causing power outages, school closures, the cancellation of thousands of flights, and multiple deaths; the Federal Emergency...

The Harper's Weekly Review takes aim at the absurdity of the 24-hour news cycle and is often hilarious. This week, it's not very funny, but it should be read if you can spare the three minutes. harpers.org/2026/01/week...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Native Americans are being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump administration raids, even after presenting tribal identification and birth certificates. At least five Native m...

"Are you Mexican?" ICE sweeps up Native Americans. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready publicly disclosed an ongoing investigation of State Farm roof claims while fighting in court to avoid investigating the insurer. An Edmond couple whose h...

Insurance commissioner investigates while refusing to investigate. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

The beached boat that Bob Weir wouldn’t abandon I was sent to write 800 words about a beached sailboat. Then Bob Weir showed up with a shovel. For a month, I watched obsession, generosity, and delusion collide on Stinson Beach.

Bob Weir, the shipwrecked sailor, and me sfstandard.com/2026/01/17/b...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Seven Republican lawmakers are running for statewide office while keeping their legislative leadership positions or committee chairs, a reversal of policies instituted by former House Speaker Charles ...

Power brokers keep their seats while chasing higher offices. That and more in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Oklahomans overwhelmingly distrust insurance companies, with 88% supporting legislation allowing consumers to sue insurers, according to a new poll. The Oklahoma State Medical Association poll found b...

A new poll says Oklahomans really, really don't like insurance companies. Surprised? oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma lawmakers filed dozens of education bills before Thursday's deadline, targeting teacher retention, reading and math intervention and classroom technology. Key leaders introduced 16 bills afte...

Lawmakers filed a spate of education bills aimed at moving Oklahoma out of the bottom 10. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...

Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma had more than 45,000 evictions filed in each of the past four years, prompting lawmakers to propose new bills to better support renters. One would exclude weekends and holidays from eviction ...

Legislators are taking another run at the Landlord-Tenant Act. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletter/f...