Ryan Welton

Founder of Oklahoma Memo. Ex-TV, ex-newspaper, now building smart digital news daily.

AI is coming for Oklahoma elections

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 19, 2026

Aug 19, 2026

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The secret documents behind thousands of denied insurance claims

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 18, 2026

Aug 18, 2026

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Inside OKC’s remarkable new $116 million high school

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 17, 2026

Aug 17, 2026

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Oklahoma’s electric-bill shock: What’s really driving it

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 15, 2026

Aug 15, 2026

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Stitt threatens to bill Tulsa, OKC for homeless camp sweeps

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 14, 2026

Aug 14, 2026

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Russell Westbrook retires — but his OKC legacy is forever

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 13, 2026

Aug 13, 2026

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New poll: Drummond and Mazzei deadlocked at 44%

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 12, 2026

Aug 12, 2026

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Taxpayer-funded religious schools divide Oklahoma GOP governor candidates

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 11, 2026

Aug 11, 2026

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Tulsa’s long-promised $8.3M park makeover is underway

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 10, 2026

Aug 10, 2026

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Drummond says he’ll release a drug test. Will Mazzei follow?

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 8, 2026

Aug 8, 2026

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Oklahoma’s data centers want your power grid.

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 7, 2026

Aug 7, 2026

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Financial emergency forces Osage Nation to close language immersion school

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 6, 2026

Aug 6, 2026

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OU president backs controversial Norman turnpike interchanges

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 5, 2026

Aug 5, 2026

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AP: Oklahoma nuclear campus would be used to store and dispose of waste

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 4, 2026

Aug 4, 2026

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Oklahoma's Native American students are No. 1. Now their funding is at risk.

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 3, 2026

Aug 3, 2026

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4 planning commissioners quit as Inola weighs aluminum smelter

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 1, 2026

Aug 1, 2026

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The emails behind Broken Arrow's controversial mosque vote

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 31, 2026

Jul 31, 2026

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Oklahoma lawmaker says he was censored over smelter probe

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 30, 2026

Jul 30, 2026

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Broken Arrow faces DOJ investigation over mosque denial

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 29, 2026

Jul 29, 2026

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Report: New Oklahoma senator made 700 late stock disclosures

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 28, 2026

Jul 28, 2026

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Oklahoma superintendents sound alarm over SQ 844

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 27, 2026

Jul 27, 2026

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Tulsa shuts down city jail after shocking inmate death investigation by The Frontier

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 25, 2026

Jul 25, 2026

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New video reveals final hour before Tulsa jail death

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 24, 2026

Jul 24, 2026

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A $40,000 AI school with no teachers is coming to Oklahoma

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 23, 2026

Jul 23, 2026

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Angry Oklahoma lake residents confront water board over disputed dams

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 22, 2026

Jul 22, 2026

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