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# The Frontier: Illuminating journalism

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- [Overpressured and Underregulated: a Frontier and ProPublica event](https://www.readfrontier.org/overpressured/): Join nonprofit newsrooms The Frontier and ProPublica to discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater\.
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- [Measuring the impact of The Frontier](https://www.readfrontier.org/measuring-the-impact-of-the-frontier/): We hold those in power accountable, give a voice to the powerless and tell stories that matter to Oklahomans\.
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## Media
- [IMG\_0088](https://www.readfrontier.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_0088-scaled.jpg): London Johnson, the only survivor of a 2006 shooting that left his best friends dead asked the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board to deny clemency for the killer\. ASHLYND BAECHT/The Frontier
- [IMG\_0104](https://www.readfrontier.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_0104-scaled.jpg): Kendrick Simpson raises his right hand to be sworn in before giving his statement to the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday\. Simpson is scheduled to die by lethal injection next month\. ASHLYND BAECHT/The Frontier
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## Stories
- [Gangsters, money and murder: How Chinese organized crime is dominating Oklahoma's illegal medical marijuana market](https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/gangsters-money-and-murder-how-chinese-organized-crime-is-dominating-oklahomas-illegal-medical-marijuana-market/): A quadruple murder in Oklahoma shows how the Chinese underworld has come to dominate the booming illicit trade, fortifying its rise as a global powerhouse with alleged ties to China’s authoritarian regime\.
- ['Aggressively moderate Democrat:' Joy Hofmeister talks about her politics as she gears up for gubernatorial run](https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/aggressively-moderatedemocrat-joy-hofmeister-talks-politics-as-she-gears-up-for-gubernatorial-run/): State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister talks to The Frontier about her run for governor, where she falls on the political spectrum, and about her views on education, abortion access and more\. 
- ['No mental help:' Man's death in jail preceded by pleas for help from family, they say](https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/death-in-jail-preceded-by-pleas-for-help-from-family-they-say/): Stephens’ mother Shannon Stephens and his aunt say they left messages at the detention center’s administrative offices dozens of times in the months leading up to his death\.
- [OU's 'VIP' COVID\-19 test list included the governor's parents](https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/ous-vip-covid-19-test-list-included-the-governors-parents/): While most people who call OU Medicine seeking an appointment for a drive\-through COVID\-19 test have to wait a few days for the next opening, the hospital has reserved a few “VIP” slots for some to get a same\-day test\.

- [Boy handcuffed this summer in viral 'jaywalking' video this summer remains charged with crimes in Osage County](https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/boy-handcuffed-this-summer-in-viral-jaywalking-video-this-summer-remains-charged-with-crimes-in-osage-county/): Body camera video of the incident drew criticism from the community and Mayor G\.T\. Bynum when it was released in June, but the boys remain charged with crimes, and an internal affairs investigation into the way the boys were handled by officers is ongoing\. 

## Special Projects
- [Shot by Shot: Tracking Oklahoma Police shootings in 2022](https://www.readfrontier.org/special-projects/shot-by-shot-tracking-oklahoma-police-shootings-in-2022/): Oklahoma police have shot at least 48 people so far in 2022\. At least 29 of those shootings have been fatal\.
- [The Trial of Betty Shelby](https://www.readfrontier.org/special-projects/the-trial-of-betty-shelby/): Our daily coverage of the Betty Shelby trial
- [Joshua Barre shooting videos](https://www.readfrontier.org/special-projects/joshua-barre-shooting-videos-eight-different-angles/): Joshua Barre, 29, was shot and killed June 9 during an encounter with two Tulsa County Sheriff's Office deputies and one Tulsa Police Officer during a mental health call\.
- [Public official financial disclosure database](https://www.readfrontier.org/special-projects/public-official-financial-disclosure-database/): The database includes financial disclosure forms from all statewide elected officials, state legislators, district attorneys, judges and State Supreme Court justices\.
- [2018 Tulsa County District Attorney Election](https://www.readfrontier.org/special-projects/2018-tulsa-county-district-attorney-election/): The primary election for Tulsa County District Attorney is set for June 26\. If a runoff election is necessary, it will be held Aug\. 28\. The general election is scheduled for Nov\. 6\.

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