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The Oklahoma Survivors Act Passed Over A Year Ago. Why Has Only One Woman Gone Free?

That and more in your run through the headlines 

1:32 PM CST on February 25, 2026

Steve Kunzweiler

Passed in 2024, the Oklahoma Survivors Act was supposed to create sentencing relief for survivors of domestic violence. But the new law has run into a major roadblock: district attorneys’ offices across the state do not want to play ball. 

Over the weekend ProPublica and The New York Times published a hefty investigation into this resistance that zeroes in on Tulsa County DA Steve Kunzweiler, whose former boss in that office Tim Harris prosecuted April Wilkens back in the ‘90s. Today Kunzweiler is leading the effort to keep her incarcerated. 

Meanwhile, Kunzweiler faces opposition in this June’s primary election from Colleen McCarty, who helped write the Survivors Act legislation in the first place. Read ProPublica’s story to hear about Lisa Rae Wright (formerly known as Lisa Moss), learn more about the steep barriers that domestic violence survivors face getting their criminal sentence reduced and generally get sad about Oklahoma’s hamstrung efforts at criminal justice reform.

And now, onward we scroll, into the abyss.

  • A Mounds man was arrested at Claremore City Council meeting after he went over his allotted speaking time—which he used to oppose the development of a nearby data center—by a few seconds. [404 Media]
  • Facing a four-digit drop in enrollment and a multi-million dollar budget shortfall, Tulsa Public Schools confirmed last week that about 50 administrative positions will be cut by the end of this school year. [Tulsa World]
  • The Oklahoma state legislature received a scathing letter from an oil industry trade group asking “What ‘advanced industry’ company wants to be headquartered in a state that ranks 50th in education?” [Tulsa World]
  • Is a Buc-ee’s store planned for Oklahoma City? No, but that’s not going to stop The Oklahoman from publishing a story about it. [The Oklahoman]
  • Looking to buy a home in 2026? Zillow analysts predicts that Oklahoma City will become more affordable in the coming year. [The Oklahoman]
  • Meanwhile, read our pal John Paul Brammer on hypermasculinity and the state of the algorithm in 2026. [Playboy]