Two GOP contenders face a tight race in the CD2 runoff
Congressional District 2 is a mostly rural district that spans much of eastern Oklahoma including McAlester, Muskogee, Claremore, Durant and Miami.
Oklahoma gamefowl breeders, lawmaker optimistic about decriminalizing cockfighting
As animal welfare groups push regulators to crack down on overseas gamefowl shipments from Oklahoma, advocates of the sport are hopeful the state will reduce penalties for cockfighting from a felony to a misdemeanor.
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear ‘Innocent Man’ case
An attorney for Karl Fontenot says very little is left of the state’s case, but that might not be enough to keep prosecutors from filing new charges.
Billionaire philanthropists pushing charter schools and school vouchers also fund Oklahoma’s Secretary of Education’s six-figure salary
Gov. Kevin Stitt blocked a bill that would have required cabinet members to disclose their finances. The bill would have shown Secretary of Education Ryan Walters makes at least $120,000 a year as executive director of a nonprofit organization that keeps its donors secret.
At the Oklahoma Legislature, a new flood of bills on school curriculum
Proposals range from limits on discussing current events in the classroom to requiring schools to teach ‘Victims of Communism Day’ lessons.
After banning ‘critical race theory,’ Oklahoma lawmakers seek further school curriculum restrictions
Conservatives link school teachings on empathy to leftist indoctrination, keeping a hot-button culture war issue center stage.
Oklahoma Attorney General drops obscenity investigation of school books
Attorney General John O’Connor says he will no longer investigate after The Frontier reported that dozens of titles were under review as part of new wave of book challenges.
Bills seek to clamp down on books in Oklahoma school libraries
Proposals include a rating system for books and expanded obscenity standards.
