In The News 05.07.2026

Here are the headlines shared on Thursday, May 7, 2026.

• Attack ads are flooding Oklahoma primary elections: We checked the facts (The Frontier)

• What to Know About State Question 832 and Gradually Raising Oklahoma’s Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour (Oklahoma Watch)

• Oklahoma governor vetoes OETA extension, putting public TV at risk (AOL / The Oklahoman)

• Oklahoma House swiftly overrides Stitt veto of notification bill (Oklahoma Voice)

• Cross-chamber chaos: Senate leaves legislation in a lurch with abrupt adjournment (Nondoc)

• Another battle is brewing over public funds for religious schools. Oklahoma Jewish leaders are uneasy. (KGOU)

• Oklahoma family inspires bill to help with oil & gas flooding their home (KJRH)

• Bill to increase minimum number of Oklahoma school days signed (KOKH)

• Oklahoma legislators pass bill that allows families to have their cold cases reviewed: ‘We have this right’ (KWTV)

• Oklahoma superintendent raises concerns over Feed the Kids program (KOKH)

• Drummond Blocks Contract for Governor’s Former Business Partner (Oklahoma Watch)

• Child marriage ban narrowly advanced by Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Voice)

• Governor signs Oklahoma bill criminalizing providing abortion-inducing drugs (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma boots just 10 people from SoonerCare as part of Trump Administration immigration review (The Frontier)

• Birth certificate bill restricting transgender Oklahomans heads to the governor (KJRH)

• Measure to create Cyber Crime and Fraud Unit headed to governor (KOKH)

• Permanent school cellphone ban signed into law by Oklahoma governor (Oklahoma Voice)

• Muscogee Nation appeals decision about state authority to prosecute non-member tribal citizens (KOSU)

• ‘We are dismayed’: Oklahoma doctors, patients respond to potential Medicaid expansion changes (KOSU)

• Oklahoma lawmakers address end to production of the penny (Oklahoma Voice)

• Shrinkflation? Your favorite grocery brands have different price tags around Tulsa (KOSU)

• Black Mesa turned off the lights to protect the night sky. Visitors and wildlife are feeling the difference (KGOU)

Following last week’s beneficial rainfall, additional rain overspread much of Texas and Louisiana over the last several days, sparking additional drought reductions. Rainfall across central and western Texas eased drought across the upper Rio Grande Valley as well. Despite the beneficial rainfall, widespread severe-to-exceptional drought continues across the South Region, and it will take a sustained series of heavy precipitation events to begin any widespread easing of impacts. The beneficial rainfall missed the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma, where poor conditions continue to affect rangeland and winter wheat. Drought conditions also expanded across Arkansas.

National Drought Summary for May 5, 2026 / South

Oklahoma’s Primary Election is Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

• Voter registration deadline: May 22

• Absentee ballot request deadline: June 1

Oklahoma has closed primaries, but this part is important: State Question 832 is on every ballot, no matter your party. That means every Oklahoman has a say on raising the minimum wage.

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