For MAPS 4 to work, broad spectrum of residents needed for oversight
In the coming weeks, Oklahoma City residents should volunteer to shape how the fourth Metropolitan Area Project Plan (MAPS 4) comes into being.
Senate acquittal vote – One profile in courage and two who ran scared
Oklahoma Senators Lankford and Inhofe voted "not guilty" in Trump's Senate trial choosing the way of fear while another Republican Senator chose courage.
Time for partisan jiggering of Legislature’s districts to end
State Question 801 would take the every decade job of redrawing legislative districts would allow a more scientific method of establishing representation.
Senators Lankford, Inhofe failing Constitutional duties at impeachment trial
Oklahoma’s two U.S. senators spent the beginning of the week undermining a process for which their serious attention is mandated by the U.S. Constitution.
MAPS 4 human need projects more urgent than arenas, stadium projects
Oklahoma City voters approved the MAPS 4 sales tax with the promise from the City Council to take on a number of projects. But which will be done first?
Why we are launching two types of opinion pieces on Free Press
After three years of my resisting any policy or cultural opinion pieces in Free Press, I have decided to adopt two types of articles.
Our top ten stories in 2019 show readers value details of breaking news
Our top ten most-read stories of 2019 were breaking news and follow-ups that went more in-depth than most broadcast news.
“March 11, 1958”
Before Marty Peercy became a freelance writer and our columnist covering county and city government, he was the Vendor Program Coordinator for Curbside Chronicle...
MAPS 4 and your vote Tuesday — Who do you trust?
The major question before walking into the voting booth Tuesday for the MAPS 4 vote is this: Who do you trust?
So, you want to write for us? Let’s get started!
Free Press will only be able to expand our coverage by hiring freelance writers. That means we are always on the lookout for good writers who are curious.
Local community relationships more important than clicks
One of the ways news has been hollowed out is that much of what we read is not connected to much of anything that is real in our daily lives. Free Press does things differently.
Photography is crucial to our reporting
Anyone who has visited this site for longer than five seconds will see how important our photography is for Free Press. It's one of...
The beauty of reporting
I was a high school teacher and an education issues blogger once upon a time.
In those days I was clear that public school teachers...
We’re back!
How about this? We're back!
Free Press reboots with this editor's blog post. News stories will be added starting this Wednesday, May 1.
Make plans...
The value of answering questions instead of just asking
Being a guest on two podcasts recently gave me the rare opportunity of reversed roles of answering questions asked by someone else.
Mitchell Talks and...
