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A House budget committee on Monday voted to move forward with spending $312 million to purchase a private prison in Lawton ...
The potential purchase would move Oklahoma out of the private prison business as the Lawton facility is the state's last privately-operated prison.
Lawmakers in Oklahoma will finish up their regular session by finalizing the state's budget for the upcoming year.
Oklahoma lawmakers propose $312 million plan to buy Lawton Correctional Facility, the state’s last private prison, to avoid ...
With the purchase of the facility, lawmakers said this will not only benefit the staff and inmates inside, but the every day ...
Lawmakers weigh $312M purchase of Lawton prison amid safety concerns and the end of a contract with The GEO Group.
A top school official who wants to eliminate the source of school revenue, a department head mystified by a budget shortfall?
GRANITE, Okla. (KSWO) - Three have been arrested after officials with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) say an ...
Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit contend that enforcement of the state law would represent an attempt by Oklahoma to preempt ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' parole board has reversed its decision to release a man convicted of a state Highway Patrol ...
Officials said two people were attempting to smuggle contraband, including marijuana, tobacco, smartphones, earbuds and a Roku device, using “homemade ghillie suits for camouflage.” Officials said ...