A death in county jail, a financial mess at the state heath department and more Oklahoma news

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Illuminating Journalism View this email in your browser Protecting quality journalism is up to all of us. Donate to The Frontier today. Man who died Saturday is Tulsa Jail’s first in-custody death of 2018 Ty Austin Rutledge, 23, had been in the jail since his arrest on Jan. 15. He allegedly shot and killed 32-year-old Ashley Tobey outside a QuikTrip near 31st Street and U.S. 169 on Jan. 15. He lost everything to addiction before an Oklahoma City nonprofit helped turn his life around “When I start using meth, I won’t stop until I go to jail." U.S. Supreme Court to take up Oklahoma death penalty case, question of Creek Nation reservation The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted the state of Oklahoma’s request that the court take up a death penalty case that some argue could give American Indian tribes in the state greater jurisdiction and regulatory authority. Before scandal rocked consulting firm, Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate paid $52,000 for polling data from Cambridge Analytica. About six weeks before a scandal broke that eventually ended the Cambridge Analytica consulting firm, an Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate paid the company more than $50,000 for polling services. Fictional financial calamity at Health Department was apparently missed and exacerbated by state’s Director of Finance As Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin assessed what to do last fall as the state’s Health Department announced a financial crisis that threatened the entire agency, she saw an answer in one of her top longtime aide ICYMI: Will blue wave hit bright-red Oklahoma? Not if new voter registration is any clue Oklahoma has seen a surge in new voter registration this year, but that much-hyped 2018 blue wave hasn’t made an appearance yet in the numbers Have ideas for other stories you'd like to see in The Frontier or want to give us feedback? Please email us. Your financial support for our investigative journalism is now tax deductible. To become a Friend of The Frontier, click here. Copyright © 2018 The Frontier, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up to be among the first to join The Frontier. Our mailing address is: The Frontier 36 East Cameron Street Tulsa, OK, 74103 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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