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The state finalizes a deal to pay for housing after Gov. Stitt cleared homeless encampments in Oklahoma City
By Maddy Keyes, The Frontier
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Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Operation Safe cleared homeless encampments under highway overpasses in Tulsa and Oklahoma City in 2025. (PHOTO by NATHAN POPPE/For The Frontier)
About 40 people experiencing homelessness in Oklahoma City could be placed in state-funded housing by September. It’s the only time The Homeless Alliance, an Oklahoma City shelter, can remember the state agreeing to pay for housing for people experiencing homelessness in the area.
Jamie Caves, strategy implementation manager for Key to Home, said the organization has never before received state funding for encampment rehousing.
The Frontier first reported in November a proposed agreement for the state to pay up to $800,000 for housing and services for those displaced by Gov. Kevin Stitt’s operation to clear homeless encampments from state property. The negotiations marked a hard turn from Stitt’s previous stance against using tax dollars to house people experiencing homelessness.
The state recently finalized the agreement with the city to provide funding for the project. Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt and the city clerk signed the contract on Feb. 10. The contract was later approved by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
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Tulsa officials will consider a year-long moratorium on data centers. Here is what that could mean.
By Phillip Jackson, Tulsa Flyer
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A protester opposes a data center proposal in Sand Springs before a Feb. 3, 2026, city council meeting. The project is one of many in the Tulsa region as developers rush to meet demand for the AI boom. (PHOTO by Matthew Perez for Tulsa Flyer)
Tulsa City Council is poised to vote Wednesday on a 365-day moratorium on the construction of incoming hyperscale data centers.
District 4 Councilor Laura Bellis drafted the proposal. She has positioned herself as an outspoken critic of the facilities being considered in Tulsa. The push for a moratorium comes in the midst of an ongoing debate over Project Anthem, a proposed data center in east Tulsa.
Bellis told the Flyer the moratorium is a way for Tulsans to take control of the conversations as companies rush to build new artificial intelligence infrastructure in the area.
“The moratorium allows time for us to be proactive and mindful about the nuances in size relative to impact of data centers,” Bellis said in a statement. “And it coincides with an impact study Cherokee Nation is conducting so it also allows us to learn from that work and have it inform our decisions as well.”
The goal, she said, is to ensure Tulsa is “reducing harm and maximizing benefit from engaging with this side of the AI industry.”
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A hand-curated list of the best journalism from across the state:
• Rep. Kevin Hern appears to have tardy stock disclosures; his office disputes he’s late (Oklahoma Watch)
• Mulready, David, Tedford among CD 1 possibilities (Tulsa World)*
• Gov. Kevin Stitt cancels appearance for Washington trip (News 9)
• Tulsa Public Schools superintendent: $609M bond package will make students ‘proud’ of classrooms (The Oklahoma Eagle)
• Tulsa Police Department to open patrol division downtown (Tulsa World)*
• Commissioners to discuss dissolving Oklahoma County jail trust (KOCO)
• Oklahoma lawmakers advance bill with protections for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers (StateImpact Oklahoma)
• Oklahoma Senate approves bills to expand teacher scholarships, regulate adjuncts (Oklahoma Voice)
• Lawmakers grapple with future of Oklahoma high school sports governing body (Oklahoma Voice)
• Oklahoma Senate passes bill limiting college access for some students, critics say (Oklahoma Voice)
• House advances measure limiting some pay raises at Oklahoma agencies (Oklahoma Voice)
• Former Logan County prosecutor Kevin Etherington convicted on child pornography charges (Guthrie News Page)
• OG&E investigates possible error that left an El Reno family with thousands in damages (KFOR)
• Seven-year-old enters national art contest to support grandfather’s cancer fight (News On 6)
• Creek Freedmen ask MCN Supreme Court to pause elections until Freedmen are enrolled (2 News Oklahoma)
• Norman Arts Council seeks artist for $350,000 public art installation at University Town Center (OU Daily)
• Broken Arrow follows Bixby down NIL path for student athletes (Tulsa Flyer)
• Oklahoma bill would designate four southeast rivers as scenic waterways (KXII)
• Peoria Tribe Chief wins reelection by 2 votes (KOSU)
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