Politics Feb 12 Trump attacked this GOP governor while claiming Democrats were always included in annual meeting By Steven Sloan, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press
Politics Feb 10 Governors won't hold meeting with Trump after White House only invited Republicans, Stitt says Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, a Republican, shared the cancellation in a letter to fellow governors on Monday. By Joey Cappelletti, Steve Peoples, Steven Sloan, Associated Press
Nation Nov 13 Oklahoma governor spares the life of death row inmate just before scheduled lethal injection Stitt granted clemency on Thursday to 46-year-old Tremane Wood, who was sentenced to die for the stabbing death of a man during a botched robbery on New Year's Day 2002. By Sean Murphy, Associated Press
Politics Jul 18 Watch 5:57 Okla. Gov. Stitt says GOP is 'clearly behind Trump' and has 'never been more unified' Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma endorsed former President Trump after his first choice, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, dropped out of the primary race earlier this year. Stitt joined Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett at the Republican National Convention to discuss… By Amna Nawaz, Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Kotuby, Juliet Fuisz
Nation Feb 01 A new federal program helps provide meals to kids when school is not in session. These states opted out Oklahoma is one of 15 states that declined to administer the program, though three of the state’s Native American tribes have announced their intent to offer the benefits to any child on their reservations. By Adam Kemp
Jan 10 Oklahoma is the latest state to target DEI programs. What's next? By Adam Kemp Oklahoma has now joined other states, like Florida and Texas, that have moved to limit DEI programming in higher education institutions. Continue reading
Oct 23 Oklahoma attorney general files lawsuit to stop first publicly funded religious school in U.S. By Sean Murphy, Associated Press Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation's first religious public charter school after the board ignored Drummond's warning that it would violate both the… Continue reading
Aug 16 This new Oklahoma executive order narrowly defines 'woman' By Adam Kemp The order, which along with government agencies applies to schools and state institutions, stipulates definitions for certain terms, like “man,” "boy," "woman," "girl," "father" and "mother.”… Continue reading
May 30 The Oklahoma case pushing state Republicans to rethink the death penalty By Adam Kemp Richard Glossip has been given nine different execution dates for a crime he says he did not commit, and right now it’s uncertain if he’ll be assigned a 10th. Continue reading
Apr 19 Oklahoma official who discussed killing journalists resigns By Sean Murphy, Associated Press A county commissioner in far southeast Oklahoma who was identified by a local newspaper as one of several officials caught on tape discussing killing reporters and lynching Black people has resigned from office. Continue reading