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OK Senate Retires to Executive Session, Black Caucus Responds - May 02, 2021
Members of Legislative Black Caucus Respond to Senate Reaction to Dahm, Dr. Cooper OKLAHOMA CITY -- Two House Democrats and members of the Legislative Black Caucus released the following st...
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AG Hunter Comments on Verdict in Regan Nichols Case - May 02, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today released the following statement after jurors convicted Regan Nichols of second-degree murder after at least five of her patients died during her...
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Former Oklahoma doctor guilty of murder in opioid death - May 02, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma doctor has been convicted of second-degree murder in the opioid overdose death of a patient. State Attorney General Mike Hunter says former Midwest City Dr....
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Families of Black men slain by police are hopeful for reform - May 01, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The family and representatives of Black men killed by the police have met at the White House with senators and Biden administration officials and say they left feeling optimistic. ...
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Oklahoma court overturns two death sentences, citing McGirt - May 01, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned two more death sentences based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Oklahoma lacks jurisdiction for crimes on tribal reserva...
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Mask mandates ending in Oklahoma’s two largest cities - May 01, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Mask mandates intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus are ending in Oklahoma's two largest cities. The requirement ended on Friday in Oklahoma City and comes to an end st...
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Former Oklahoma governor criticizes anti-protest bill - May 01, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Former Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry is throwing his support behind an effort to reject a recently signed bill that seeks to crack down on protesters. The former two-term Democrat de...
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Black Freedmen struggle for recognition as tribal citizens - May 01, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As the U.S. faces a reckoning over its history of racism, some Native American tribal nations that once owned slaves also are grappling with their own mistreatment of Black peop...
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Senator Coleman hits homerun with high school sports streaming law - April 30, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – This session, Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City, wanted to even the playing field for high school sports fans by ensuring access to broadcast streams, and Governor Stitt made it happ...
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Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 30 April 2021 - April 30, 2021
As of this advisory, there are 448,305 (374 new today) cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. Kay County is reporting a total of 5,305 confirmed cases, with 126 deaths. Osage County has had a total ...
