A small Oklahoma conservation nonprofit is taking on Google over plans for a massive data center.

With the project outside city limits and little county oversight of unincorporated land, officials are considering measures to gain local control.

New Lifehouse Academy markets help for depressed” and “self-destructive” teens. Former students say they found punishment, isolation, and physical restraint instead of treatment.

Elections. Homelessness. Criminal justice. Money and power. Here's what The Frontier's reporters uncovered this month.

Sen. Lisa Standridge has asked the state to clear tents in Norman three times. She has also sought to move dozens of unhoused residents to Oklahoma City.

Sen. Lisa Standridge has asked the state to clear tents in Norman three times. She has also sought to move dozens of unhoused residents to Oklahoma City.

A new law bars people convicted of DUI causing great bodily injury from early release on GPS monitoring, and Polston argues the state can’t use it to send her back to prison.

Claims about taxes, workplace safety, apprenticeship programs, drag shows and the proposed Inola smelter ranged from accurate to mostly false.

Oklahoma troopers returned to Norman for a second Operation SAFE sweep, displacing dozens of people who say they have nowhere else to go. The eviction came as the state threatened to bill Tulsa and Ok...

The Republican gubernatorial candidate says the proposed aluminum plant will be safe for nearby farms and cattle. But residents have challenged some of his claims about fluoride emissions.

Oklahoma troopers returned to Norman for a second Operation SAFE sweep, displacing dozens of people who say they have nowhere else to go. The eviction came as the state threatened to bill Tulsa and Ok...

Oklahoma troopers returned to Norman for a second Operation SAFE sweep, displacing dozens of people who say they have nowhere else to go. The eviction came as the state threatened to bill Tulsa and Ok...

At The Frontier, our mission is to hold public officials accountable, give a voice to the powerless and tell the stories that others are afraid to tell, or that illuminate the lives of people in our c...

Interim studies will examine whether courts are providing constitutionally required bail hearings and whether the state has enough resources to expand pretrial release programs.

Outside groups that sometimes try to hide their financial backers are spending millions on political ads.

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols ordered the immediate closure of the Tulsa Municipal Jail after The Frontier's investigation into the death of Justin Benner.

Justin Benner pleaded for help as detention officers wrestled him into a full-body restraint device and left him alone in a cell.

Public defenders say judges routinely fail to consider whether defendants can afford bail, leaving poor and homeless people jailed on low-level charges. Other counties have already faced civil rights ...

Public defenders say judges routinely fail to consider whether defendants can afford bail, leaving poor and homeless people jailed on low-level charges. Other counties have already faced civil rights ...

The Texas-based nonprofit Human Coalition lobbies for anti-abortion programs and gets millions of dollars in funding from other states.

Regulators say the Ponca City carbon black plant failed to meet pollution limits, missed required equipment testing and violated a 2015 federal agreement to improve air quality.

Prosecutors frequently oppose thousands of people for pretrial release, even though there’s an Oklahoma County program designed to help participants show up to court.

Supporters of a county pretrial release program say thousands of people who pose little public safety risk remain jailed because they can't afford bail. Prosecutors frequently oppose release, even tho...

Supporters of a county pretrial release program say thousands of people who pose little public safety risk remain jailed because they can't afford bail. Prosecutors frequently oppose release, even tho...

Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...

We gathered cities' confidentiality agreements with data center developers. Some require local leaders to keep secret even the fact that a nondisclosure agreement exists.

One contract required public officials to keep secret that a confidentiality agreement even existed. At least one agreement allows the companies to sue cities to enforce the terms of the deals, someti...

One contract required public officials to keep secret that a confidentiality agreement even existed. At least one agreement allows the companies to sue cities to enforce the terms of the deals, someti...

A Department of Mines recommendation would allow a company to open a new mining pit over a fragile aquifer, despite concerns from residents who say the project threatens a critical water source and un...

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Changes tied to Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will strip Medicaid and SNAP eligibility from many immigrants with humanitarian protections, while Oklahoma nonprofits helping refugees face steep st...

The Frontier examined candidates’ claims about insurance rates, lawsuit reforms and the health of Oklahoma’s insurance market.

Did Gentner Drummond donate money to Joe Biden? Did Mike Mazzei support a bill to end the Electoral College? We checked the facts.

Watch how a legacy of oil drilling and regulatory failure destroyed one Oklahoma family’s dream home and contaminated another family’s drinking water.

The Frontier is partnering with collaborators — including KOSU, Focus: Black Oklahoma, Tulsa Flyer, The Oklahoma Eagle, and La Semana — to answer your questions about voting.

The sweep displaced dozens and gave local shelters and other service providers little time to prepare.

The sweep displaced dozens and gave local shelters and other service providers little time to prepare.

The hotlines have relied on private donations for years after an economic downturn led to budget cuts.

New data shows overall homelessness dipped slightly for the first time since 2018, even as more families with children and unaccompanied youth fall into crisis.

Jena Nelson and Trey Martin both think they can win in an area reshaped by redistricting and Republican control.