A Frontier investigation earlier this year found that dozens of Oklahomans with severe mental illness waited months in county jails for treatment at a state hospital.
Bice has worked on a handful of bipartisan efforts over the past year, including a bill to provide injured national guardsmen access to medical care, but opposed Biden’s infrastructure package.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began an on-site investigation of the Public Health Lab on Sept. 21 following months of turmoil after the lab was relocated from Oklahoma City to Stillwater.
Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted Jones’ sentence to life without the possibility of parole just four hours shy of his execution and said he will never be eligible for further commutation, pardon or parole. But Jones’ family vowed to keep fighting for his release.
Julius Jones, 41, had been scheduled to be executed on Nov. 18. The governor’s ruling means Jones will now spend the rest of his life in prison.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has voted to recommend clemency for a second man on death row over concerns about the state’s ability to carry out humane executions.
Republicans hope to ride a new wave of education activism among conservatives in 2022.
The Frontier is launching a new website to explain the complex history behind the landmark ruling, and Oklahoma’s legal and political landscape moving forward.
