Ted Streuli

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Executive Director at Oklahoma Watch

Executive Director, Oklahoma Watch

Articles

First Watch: Stuff You Should Know

3 days ago | oklahomawatch.org | Ted Streuli

A federal magistrate judge recommended that four Oklahoma prisoners who were confined in 3-by-3-foot shower stalls for extended periods in August 2023 have a valid claim that their constitutional rights were violated. Should U.S. District Judge Patrick Wyrick adopt Erwin’s recommendation, claims that several prison staff members willfully neglected the prisoners’ Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights will continue.
First Watch: Stuff You Should Know

4 days ago | oklahomawatch.org | Ted Streuli

Rep. Tom Cole, a Republican from Oklahoma’s 4th District, is navigating a complex political landscape as he balances his longstanding bipartisan reputation with the increasingly partisan environment of Washington under President Donald Trump. As chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Cole has played a pivotal role in shaping spending legislation, often finding himself at the intersection of party loyalty and cross-party collaboration.
First Watch: Stuff You Should Know

1 week ago | oklahomawatch.org | Ted Streuli

The Parental Choice Tax Credit was touted as way for Oklahomans to use public money allocated for their children’s education to pay for private school tuition. Families earning less than $75,000 per year were tapped to go to the front of the line. But the tax credit didn’t send tens of thousands of disenfranchised public school families with moderate incomes to sign their kids up for elite private educations.
First Watch: Stuff You Should Know

1 week ago | oklahomawatch.org | Ted Streuli

Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed House Bill 1137, which would continue Oklahoma’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Office beyond its initial three-year term. The office, created in 2021 with bipartisan support, has been instrumental in coordinating efforts among tribal, local, state, and federal authorities to address the disproportionate number of Indigenous people who go missing or are murdered in Oklahoma.
Republicans Censure Outgoing Chairman

1 week ago | medium.com | Ted Streuli

Oklahoma Republicans convened Saturday at Crossroads Church in Oklahoma City for the state GOP convention, where delegates overwhelmingly voted to censure outgoing Chairman Nathan Dahm. Though Dahm is not seeking another term, concerns over his continuing role as State Director of the State Freedom Caucus Network motivated the action. Delegates cited repeated efforts by Dahm to withhold financial information from the party’s Budget Committee during his tenure, which began in May 2023.
First Watch: Stuff You Should Know

1 week ago | oklahomawatch.org | Ted Streuli

Oklahoma Republicans convened Saturday at Crossroads Church in Oklahoma City for the state GOP convention, where delegates overwhelmingly voted to censure outgoing Chairman Nathan Dahm. Though Dahm is not seeking another term, concerns over his continuing role as State Director of the State Freedom Caucus Network motivated the action.
Stitt vetoes bill for missing and murdered indigenous persons

1 week ago | sequoyahcountytimes.com | Ted Streuli

Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed House Bill 1137, which would continue Oklahoma’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Office beyond its initial three-year term. The office, created in 2021 with bipartisan support, has been instrumental in coordinating efforts among tribal, local, state, and federal authorities to address the disproportionate number of Indigenous people who go missing or are murdered in Oklahoma.
Tariffs Hit Home

1 week ago | medium.com | Ted Streuli

Antonio Austin saw the Dodge Avenger before it even rolled into his lot — missing bumper, smoke curling from the hood, and red dirt thick on the windows. It was the third time the 13-year-old car had boomeranged back to his Buy Here Pay Here dealership in Lawton, a business already teetering from the early fallout of President Trump’s auto tariffs. Sales are down, inventory is scarce, and foreign-made parts are now pricier, pushing repair costs higher than ever.
Today is the day to bet on journalism

1 week ago | medium.com | Ted Streuli

Today is National Press Freedom Day. Coincidentally, perhaps, I am sitting at an investigative reporting symposium on the UC Berkeley campus. We’ve spent the morning listening to experts discussing threats to journalism, to press freedom, to the only industry the First Congress thought was so important to a successful democracy it was the only one they protected in the Constitution. We’ve heard about abuse of the Espionage Act.
No Surprises as SCOTUS Hears St. Isidore Case

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Ted Streuli

Zero. That was the number of surprises in yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the St. Isidore case. The charter school board and all its supporters, the side that favors publicly funded religious schools, argued that excluding a Catholic school from charter funding was discriminatory.