The race for Ward 4's seat in the Oklahoma City Council continues with a runoff, according to unofficial Oklahoma State Election Board results. 

Gov. Mary Fallin has picked up what some might consider an unexpected endorsement of her support for a special session.

Gov. Mary Fallin’s suggestion to hold a special legislative session to allocate a $141-million surplus for teacher raises is facing a lot of criticism. The money was left over after mid-year cuts to state agencies; cuts that were deeper than necessary. 

A Democratic state representative from south Oklahoma City is withdrawing as a candidate for a six-year term on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. 

To date, Oklahoma's primary response to the state's unprecedented increase in earthquakes has been placing volume restrictions on disposal wells in the most seismically active areas. 

The clock is ticking for state lawmakers to bridge an estimated $1.3 billion budget shortfall.

A $1.50 tax on cigarettes passed its first hurdle, but it’s a long way from becoming law.

A few dozen demonstrators showed up at the capitol Tuesday, demanding action to reduce earthquakes in the state.

When the ground shakes here, it no longer catches people by surprise. But the fact that it shook twice overnight seemed to add an exclamation point to the release, just a few hours earlier, of the USGS's new hazard map -- the first to include the risk from induced seismicity, and the first to officially lift Oklahoma into the same overall risk category as California and Alaska.

It turns out it's much worse than the estimated $1 billion budget shortfall and state agencies will have to make deeper cuts because of it.

Rumbling from earthquakes was replaced by grumbling over earthquakes Friday at the State Capitol, as citizens came out en masse to express their concerns over the state's response to an unprecedented increase in seismicity.

Representative Richard Morrissette is holding a public hearing Friday at the State Capitol, where experts will talk about what has been happening with Oklahoma earthquakes.