The Fair Labor Standards Act allows employers to pay tipped workers the federal tipped minimum of $2.13 by claiming up to $5.12 of an employee’s tips as credit towards the $7.25 minimum wage. The ...

Naloxone, which reverses opioid overdoses, is seen in a vending machine at the Oklahoma Health Care Authority in Oklahoma City in this 2023 photo. (Paul Monies/Oklahoma Watch) ...

This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. There are quite a few jaw-dropping details in our ...

Westmoor Mobile Home Park in southwest Oklahoma City filed 160 of the 167 evictions in its ZIP code last year, making it Oklahoma City's seventh-highest evictor. One resident has had seven evictions ...

Summer Parker and Charles Hrabina, along with their dog Mercedes, pause for a photo at their home in Skiatook. (Rip Stell/Oklahoma Watch) Summer Parker didn’t understand why. She just knew she didn’t ...

Multiple sources report that hospital prices have risen substantially since 2000, with one citing a 281% increase, outpacing general inflation and wage growth, among other things.  A 2022 report from ...

Mike Mazzei, who advances to the August governor's runoff, has missed three-fourths of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Board meetings since Gov. Kevin Stitt appointed him in 2023, attending ...

Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler files for office at the Capitol in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Paul Monies/Oklahoma Watch) Tulsa attorney Colleen McCarty waited for ...

This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. Epic Charter School’s finances may be improving, ...

Though the Department of Homeland Security has self-reported zero releases of non-U.S. nationals since May 2025, immigration data from TRAC suggests that the number of aliens released rather than ...

Oklahoma’s Most Powerful Local Office Keeps Running Unopposed. Voters Rarely Notice. Colleen McCarty waited for someone to challenge Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler. When no one ...

When Marty Quinn filed to run for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner in April, he signed an oath swearing he had lived in Oklahoma for five years. Records tell a messier story. As J.C. Hallman reported, ...