🔥Brianna Bailey🔥
@briOKC
Managing editor for @readfrontier. President for @FOIoklahoma. I report on Oklahoma and live here too. 949-439-4855.
Come along with me, on a journey to Leavenworth, KS, where a bunch of locals -including some nuns - are fighting the reopening of a CoreCivic facility to warehouse immigration detainees. They hatched plans at the library over homemade cookies & sun tea: themarshallproject.org/2025/07/01/lea…
We fact-checked Oklahoma schools chief Ryan Walters’ claims about school lunch readfrontier.org/stories/we-fac…
“There was a split decision that night,” said Jae, now 21. “It was either I stay here and I end up dead, or I leave.” Nowhere to go: Oklahoma’s growing number of homeless youth have few options. readfrontier.org/stories/nowher…
Early this morning, Congress voted to strip away $1.1 billion in already approved funding for public broadcasting. This loss creates an immediate hole of $300,000 in KOSU’s budget. Will you help us fill this funding gap? Donate at the link below. kosu.secureallegiance.com/kosu/WebModule…
Nowhere to go: Oklahoma’s growing number of homeless youth have few options Excellent read by @Madeleine_keyes readfrontier.org/stories/nowher…
A federal policy allows employers to pay workers with disabilities below minimum wage. Some states have already moved away from the practice. readfrontier.org/stories/oklaho…
Let's not pretend, though, that marijuana operations—often operating in states that have legalized cultivation—are often run by organized crime syndicates. @ProPublica and @ReadFrontier have done excellent reporting on this.
The state is asking the court to cap the application of bird waste, penalize poultry companies for violating the state’s anti-pollution law and order them to pay for cleanup. readfrontier.org/stories/oklaho…
Meet the new group in charge of millions in state money to help pregnant women after Oklahoma banned abortion readfrontier.org/stories/meet-t…
Are you worried about the future of arts education at rural Oklahoma schools? We want to hear from you. readfrontier.org/stories/help-u…
Help @readfrontier report on arts education at rural Oklahoma schools. We want to hear from you! readfrontier.org/stories/help-u…
NEW: For eight years, Kerr County sought help from Texas officials to pay for a $1 million early flood warning system. Twice, they were rejected. The third time the state agreed to chip in just 5% of the cost. With @keribla houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…
New story this morning by Kevin Eagleson Immigration attorneys say they’re seeing a growing number of green card holders detained for past criminal convictions, some for cases that are years old. readfrontier.org/stories/an-okl…
NEW: A must-read story by @KevReports 👇👇 An Oklahoma father planned to get married but now faces deportation readfrontier.org/stories/an-okl…
Mostly False Mixed Mostly False True Mixed The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary made half-true or false statements about fluoride in public drinking water, Alzheimer’s disease, autism and puberty during his visit to Oklahoma. readfrontier.org/stories/we-fac…
We fact-checked Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about everything from fluoride to autism and puberty during his recent visit to Oklahoma. readfrontier.org/stories/we-fac…
The victim’s advocate urges an efficient investigation into 4 other suspects named in a sledgehammer attack in Adair Co. I learned the tribal court didn’t get the report until four weeks after the crime, but it is not clear why. kjrh.com/news/local-new…
If you missed @arriifife and @jilliantaylor__ 's about a new group in charge of millions in state money to help pregnant women, here's a quick explainer of what they found readfrontier.org/stories/27893/
For decades, funding for a state scholarship program memorializing the 1921 burning of Black Wall Street was limited, and students related to massacre victims weren’t prioritized in the selection process. readfrontier.org/stories/an-eff…