LOFT: ODMHSAS still has $27.4 million ‘unexplained’ from shortfall recalculation
For the first time in the two and a half weeks since the House investigative committee first convened to examine the finances of the...
Electricity bills creating current gridlock in Legislature
Amid tax cut talk tension, drama with forestry services and investigations into financial fiascos at the state mental health department, several contentious electricity policy...
‘Void and unenforceable:’ Muscogee Supreme Court declares special judge law unconstitutional
In a case stemming from the ongoing battle over whether Freedmen descendants can be citizens of the tribal nation, the Muscogee Nation Supreme Court...
Jim Hess named OSU president after 11 weeks as interim
GOODWELL — In a development that seemed to surprise him, Jim Hess has been named the 20th president in Oklahoma State University's history.
The Board...
‘This dog don’t hunt’: CFO testimony leaves House ODMHSAS investigative committee frustrated
At the first House investigative committee hearing on the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services' financial issues, Commissioner Allie Friesen punted...
Walters accuses board members of lying to media as tensions run high in meeting
Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters clashed with members of the State Board of Education over new social studies standards during a...
Aletia Timmons, JeKia Harrison file for special HD 97 Democratic primary
JeKia Harrison and Aletia Timmons have filed to run in the June 10 Democratic primary election for House District 97, which was vacated by...
Stitt picks Rainey Williams for OU Board of Regents, Tracy Poole for OSU
Choosing a pair of leaders from financial investment firms, Gov. Kevin Stitt has announced his annual appointments for the boards of regents governing Oklahoma's...
Tribal roundup: Kiowa Tribe COVID spending concerns, UKB gaming approval, Choctaw candidate filing
A review requested by the U.S. Department of the Treasury has alleged the previous administration of the Kiowa Tribe improperly spent several million dollars...
As accreditation probation ends, OSU seeks $295 million for new College of Veterinary Medicine
One of the largest asks pending before the Oklahoma Legislature this session proposes a new OSU College of Veterinary Medicine complex in the hopes...
