Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter sues State Board of Education over academic standards

Hunter says the State Board of Education violated the law when it approved proposed social studies standards and sent them to the legislature.  “The Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act required the Oklahoma State Board of Education to follow its …

Van’s Myers wins over 7K at Oklahoma rodeo

GUYMON, Okla. (KLTV) - Van native Holden Myers put together a championship performance to win his steer wrestling event at the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo in Guymon, Oklahoma. Myers totaled 13 seconds on three head to finish in first place in average and …

Clemency denied to Oklahoma death row inmate John Hanson

The Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Parole denied death row inmate John Hanson clemency on May 7, putting his fate in the hands of the federal judiciary. The board voted 3-2 to deny Republican Governor Kevin Stitt the option to commute the sentence to life …

UKB signs Model Tribal Gaming Compact with State of Oklahoma

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (UKB) has officially signed the Model Tribal Gaming Compact with the State of Oklahoma. According to Wednesday’s announcement, the agreement, signed by UKB Chief Jeff Wacoche on …

Clemency denied for Oklahoma death row inmate convicted of 1999 Owasso murder

OKLAHOMA CITY — Clemency was denied for Oklahoma death row inmate John Fitzgerald Hanson, also known as George John Hanson, who was convicted of the 1999 murder of 77-year-old Mary Bowles. Hanson, the man responsible for a death that former Tulsa County …

Oklahoma death row inmate John Fitzgerald Hanson loses clemency bid 3-2

John Fitzgerald Hanson, convicted of murder, was denied clemency and is scheduled for execution on June 12. Hanson was transferred back to Oklahoma after a Trump executive order. Hanson is challenging his transfer in federal court and seeking a stay of …

Panel cans Oklahoma education rules dealing with immigration status and naturalization tests

OKLAHOMA CITY – A bipartisan Senate panel on Wednesday voted to toss out two rules backed by State Superintendent Ryan Walters that dealt with monitoring student immigration status and that would require teachers to take the U.S. Naturalization Test. …

Lawmaker battling breast cancer vows to challenge Oklahoma governor’s veto on diagnostic screening 

OKLAHOMA CITY — A Democratic lawmaker, who is battling breast cancer, said Wednesday that she plans to try to override the governor’s veto of a bill designed to improve access to diagnostic screening of the disease. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, said Gov. …

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Oklahoma GOP legislators ask Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage

Christian nationalist Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers (R) and state Rep. Jim Olsen (R) have filed a resolution asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage …