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CLICK HERE to listen to Radio Oklahoma's Michael Dean provide details on Lawon City Hall's new security measures. New security precautions are set to go into effect at the Lawton City Hall. Radio Oklahoma’s Michael Dean provides details. Beginning Monday, June 5, each person who enters Lawton City Hall will have to go through a metal detector at the main entrance. Visitors will not be allowed to bring dangerous items into the building. Items will not be confiscated, but individuals will be asked to leave certain items in their vehicles before entering.

CLICK HERE to listen to Radio Oklahoma's Michael Dean provide more details. A 64-year-old wrecker driver is in the ICU after state troopers said an OSBI employee driving a marked work vehicle hit him on the side of the Turner Turnpike. Radio Oklahoma’s Michael Dean provides details. Doug Edinger, who works for Calvin’s Wrecker Service, was changing a tire on the side of the road, before being hit by the moving vehicle. Edinger is now hospitalized with several serious injuries. The OHP is investigating and has not released the cause of the accident.

CLICK HERE to listen to Radio Oklahoma's Dale Forbis provide details on the drought in Oklahoma. Oklahoma has recently received some drought relief from rain events a few weeks ago, but parts of the state still suffer from drought. Radio Oklahoma’s Dale Forbis provides details. State Climatologist, Gary McManus said significant rainfall in late April and early May was a big contributor to drought relief in the state. “Those rains that we had later in April and in through May have alleviated drought conditions some, especially up in the Oklahoma Panhandle,” McManus said. Some drier areas throughout Oklahoma are still in need of more moisture.

CLICK HERE to listen to Radio Oklahoma's Michael Dean provide details on the tribal member's Supreme Court case. Thousands of Oklahomans argue they do not have to pay Oklahoma income tax after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on tribal jurisdiction. Radio Oklahoma’s Michael Dean provides details. One of those pending cases is from an Okmulgee woman, Alicia Stroble. Her case now sits before the Supreme Court. Stroble’s case has been in the court systems for a year and a half, as her attorney says the delays are due to the legal definition of “Indian Country” for income tax law. He also said that what comes out of the case could impact many tribal citizens.

CLICK HERE to listen to Radio Oklahoma's Dale Forbis provide details. A change in the makeup of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority governing board may mean more transparency in the way it is run. Now, Oklahoma’s Governor, Kevin Stitt, will appoint two of the six board members. Additionally, OTA is being sued for violating Open Meeting statutes. A lawsuit by over 200 property owners in Norman claimed the OTA’s agendas were vague on turnpike projects. The court also ruled that OTA gave sufficient notice of the agenda.

CLICK HERE to listen to Radio Oklahoma's Bob Sands on the Indian Child Welfare Act lawsuit. A law passed over four decades ago, is now being labeled as racist. Native Americans are fighting against efforts to have the law thrown out. Details from Radio Oklahoma’s Bob Sands. A white Texas family filed a lawsuit against the Indian Child Welfare Act, claiming it is racist. The law was passed in 1978 to stop the wholesale removal of Indian children from their family’s to be placed with non-Indian families. Depending on what the U.S. Supreme Court decides, the future of sovereign tribal nations hangs in the balance.

CLICK HERE to listen to Radio Oklahoma's Dale Forbis provide details. Homeowner, Randy Carter, is facing the possibility of a turnpike coming right through his living room. “I believe Oklahoma has the highest number of turnpike miles of any state in the country,” Carter said. That high number is significant when considering that 27 states in the U.S. have a higher population than Oklahoma.

CLICK HERE to listen to Radio Oklahoma's Dale Forbis provide comments from Representative Ty Burns regarding Oklahoma's legislative session. State Representative Ty Burns of Ponca City says the just-completed legislative session had some big differences from the past. Burns said the battle over education slowed things down, forcing a rush at the end. Burns said much of the education package was argued in the media, and doing legislative business in that manner leads to rumors and misinformation. “That always makes it more difficult, obviously, because there are so many falsehoods that come out,” Burns said.

CLICK HERE to listen to Radio Oklahoma's Bob Sands provide details on the lawsuits. Efforts to stop state Education Department employees from sharing information with the public have spawned lawsuits. Radio Oklahoma’s Bob Sands provides details. The state school superintendent, Ryan Walters, and his Chief Policy Advisor, Matt Langston, now face lawsuits over their threat to fire employees who give internal information to the news media. Two employees who were fired last week for allegedly sharing information, including information shared with the Attorney General and state lawmakers, filed the lawsuits. The lawsuits alleged the superintendent and his advisor’s actions violated first amendment rights.

CLICK HERE to listen to Radio Oklahoma's Michael Dean provide details on Dollar General locations ignoring OSHA standards. Two Dollar General stores face fines for fire hazards after OSHA inspectors found boxes of merchandise blocking walkways. Radio Oklahoma’s Michael Dean provides details. These blocked walkways were found at stores in Wilburton and Hartshorne and could prevent employees or customers from evacuating in the event of an emergency. OSHA Area Director, Steven Kirby said that Dollar General continues to ignore federal safety standards aimed at protecting employees.

CLICK HERE to listen to Radio Oklahoma's Bob Sands with details on the bills that did not pass this time around. Among the bills that died this year in the legislature were some that received a great deal of publicity. Radio Oklahoma’s Bob Sands provides details. A number of “high profile” bills never made it out of the legislature this year, including sports betting, tax cuts, state employee pay raises, bands on books and drag shows, abortion access for rape and incest victims, and reducing penalties for cock fighting.

CLICK HERE to listen to Radio Oklahoma's Dale Forbis give details on the budget plan. Going into effect July 1st is Oklahoma’s nearly 13-billion-dollar budget plan, which finally made its way through the Legislature at the last minute. The vice chairman of the House Appropriations and Budget committee calls it an investment in the future of Oklahoma. Republican Ryan Martinez of Edmond said the spending blueprint not only takes care of the needs of millions of state residents but also shows physical restraint and responsibility. Education spending is almost 44 percent of the plan, coming in at more than 5.6 billion dollars.