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Weekly Wonk: OK Indigent Defense System budget request signals new focus on diversion and rural defense | Our prisons are terrible. We need a big, bold plan | Our history still has something to teach us

February 22, 2026 // Updated: February 20, 2026

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know. Click here to subscribe to In The Know. This Week from OK Policy

Legislative Updates: Immigration (February 20, 2026)

February 20, 2026 // Updated: February 20, 2026

Subscribe to receive immigration updates by email each Friday during Oklahoma’s legislative session. Welcome to this week’s immigration-focused newsletter, where we recap the latest developments on this legislative session’s slate of immigration related bills. As always, for more details on the bills discussed, visit OK Policy’s Immigration Bill Tracker. State Developments House Yesterday was the

OIDS budget request signals new focus on diversion and rural defense (Capitol Update)

February 18, 2026 // Updated: February 18, 2026

Last week, the Senate Appropriations Public Safety and Judiciary Subcommittee — chaired by Sen. Todd Gollihare, R-Kellyville — held budget hearings from several agencies, including the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (OIDS). Executive Director Debbie Maddox, on the job for less than a year, presented the agency’s FY 2027 budget request that included a new look

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Weekly Wonk: OK Indigent Defense System budget request signals new focus on diversion and rural defense | Our prisons are terrible. We need a big, bold plan | Our history still has something to teach us

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OIDS budget request signals new focus on diversion and rural defense (Capitol Update)