The Oklahoma Supreme Court found the application of a law barring state agencies from working with “financial companies that boycott energy companies” unconstitutional as applied to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. nondoc.com/2026/04/07/ok-…

Connie Dodson unseated incumbent E'lena Ashley in TPS District 4, while Charlie Leroy Harrison unseated Alexander Hamilton for a seat on the Sapulpa City Council. Plus results for Bixby, Broken Arrow, Tulsa Tech and Liberty Public Schools elections. nondoc.com/2026/04/07/tul…

I spent the day in Perry yesterday at a court hearing where a temporary restraining order against insurance company CompSource's plans to reorganize was granted. It was a long hearing with a rather sudden and climatic end. Expect appeals. nondoc.com/2026/04/09/a-t…

Remember when #okleg Rep. John Waldron resigned as chairman of the OK #DemocraticParty in December after only a few months on the job? Well, there was a reason beyond what he and others said publicly, and it's ... uhh ... not great. nondoc.com/2026/04/10/joh…

If you gave me 100 guesses before Thursday's meeting, I would not have guessed the Tulsa Housing Authority is considering a "rebrand" and appears to have spent nearly $50,000 for a private company to do market research for the effort. Plus audit updates. nondoc.com/2026/04/10/tul…

There are likely hundreds of tribal cemeteries in Oklahoma on private land and Sand Springs is home to an unusual one completely surrounded by parking lot. Shout out to Russell Cobb's work for providing a lot of good background on the place. nondoc.com/2026/04/14/the…

Rep. John Waldron is facing growing calls to resign from his colleagues, which would leave HD 77 vacant. Only 20 Democrats were elected to the House in 2024 and four have already resigned. Waldron resigning would make it an even quarter of the caucus. nondoc.com/2026/04/14/rep…

Disagreements over Medicaid expansion comments in a house speech by Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. appear to have resulted in House Speaker Kyle Hilbert barring Hoskin from giving future speeches to the chamber. nondoc.com/2026/04/16/spe…

Tulsa-area Rep. John Waldron has announced his resignation from the state House after it was revealed last week he sent a woman considering running for office an AI-generated video of the two of them kissing: nondoc.com/2026/04/16/rep…

We have Gov. Kevin Stitt's first #veto of the 2026 #okleg session: HB 3009 to extend the sunset of the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education: oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26… For those who recall, lawmakers overrode his veto of SB 299 in 2023 to extend the sunset to this year.

My jaw dropped reading this 10th Circuit decision about a man twice deported from #Oklahoma despite being "kidnapped," abused and beaten by a woman who trafficked him here from Mexico at age 16. To my peers: This major story should have legs & questions. nondoc.com/2026/04/23/10t…

Can a false domestic violence allegation lead to the deportation of an undocumented immigrant? In Tulsa, the answer appears to be yes after a man who was kidnapped and enslaved for a decade had his case dismissed, but was still flagged for deportation. nondoc.com/2026/04/23/10t…

Last week, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal a civil rights lawsuit which alleged the Mack Alford Correctional Center in Stringtown violated an inmates civil rights by exposing him to “other inmates’ urine and feces.” nondoc.com/2026/04/26/exp…

That makes two #Oklahoma sheriffs indicted and three elected officials allowed to plea the same day their charges became public in the past year. nondoc.com/2026/04/27/cle…

Could a defendant tell the state he's an Indian and tell a tribe he's a non-Indian to avoid all criminal liability in Oklahoma? 10th Circuit says the answer is obviously no and tosses "Schrödinger’s tribal citizenship defense," plus other legal news. nondoc.com/2026/04/29/leg…

The Muscogee National Council passed a "no confidence" vote in the MN Supreme Court Justices who wrote last year's Freedmen ruling. Neither the executive or legislature seems interested in implementing the judicial ruling 9 months after it was issued. nondoc.com/2026/04/30/no-…

One day after being reported missing, #Oklahoma Senate District 38 candidate Barry Christian was found dead in his pickup truck Thursday. He was 54. | #okleg nondoc.com/2026/04/30/sd-…