The forum will be broadcast on Facebook Live at noon on Wednesday. Guests include Jeff Jaynes, executive director of Restore Hope Ministries in Tulsa, and Eric Hallett, statewide coordinator of housing advocacy at Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma.
Lawmakers say they won’t allow tax restructuring to impact education funding, but the bills are continuing through the legislative process without details on how money now dedicated for schools will be replaced.
Matt Rowan blamed his use of a racist slur on Type 1 diabetes, an excuse that drew backlash from those advocating for diabetes support.
The former lieutenant governor fell short of attendance requirements last year, but continues to serve as a jail trustee.
Lawmakers say they are trying to address instances of violence or extreme disruption, but activists believe lawmakers instead chose to criminalize those who already feel targeted by police.
A new political action committee hopes to increase the number of Republican women at various level of politics, including the state Legislature.
The policies don’t vary much, but they could have a better shot at implementation because of shifts on the U.S. and Oklahoma supreme courts.
“If this man is wrongfully executed, by continuing to conceal this information, I feel as if I would have had a hand in putting this man to death and I can’t live with that on my conscience,” Roderick Wesley wrote in a letter to Julius Jones’ attorneys.
