On this episode of Listen Frontier, I speak about the Supreme Court’s decision with KOSU Indigenous Affairs reporter Allison Herrera, as well as Ryan Leonard, who serves as Special Counsel for Native American Affairs to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt.
Oklahoma’s primary election day led to a few surprises, a number of runoffs and some big wins that set up a number of fascinating storylines leading into the next few months.
The surprise opening of a coveted Senate seat resulted in a number of dominoes falling as candidates started appearing out of thin air.
Clifton Adcock talks about his most recent story, where he notes that lawmakers have moved beyond outlawing critical race theory and have linked other school teachings to “leftist indoctrination.”
State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister talks to The Frontier about her run for governor, where she falls on the political spectrum, and about her views on education, abortion access and more.
Stitt touched on the McGirt decision, education, school funding, criminal justice, medical marijuana and more, but did not discuss the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic some have said his policies have exacerbated.
Earlier this month, with schools ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic and the highly infectious omicron variant, Gov, Kevin Stitt announced the Guest Educator Program. It was met with mixed reactions.
“We’re running an experiment here.” Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt talks about the issues his city has faced in the last four years, and how politics and conservatism have changed in the last decade.
