Nuria Martinez-Keel
Reporter-
State Superintendent Ryan Walters will submit his resignation letter a day before joining a conservative nonprofit -
State Superintendent Ryan Walters will resign from office with more than a year left in his term for a new position leading a conservative teacher organization, he announced Wednesday night while speaking live on FOX News. -
The initiative attracted educators from at least 17 states and Japan, the Education Department reported. Seventy-nine Oklahoma districts are participating. -
Walters threatened to penalize and audit schools that don’t comply, calling cafeteria fees an extra tax unfairly imposed on Oklahoma families. -
HB 4156, enacted last year, created the state crime of “impermissible occupation,” threatening fines and jail time for immigrants living in Oklahoma without legal residency. -
The measure is headed to the state House after the full Senate approved it on Tuesday with a party-line vote of 36-8. -
The Oklahoma Ethics Commission has proposed a new policy to allow political candidates and elected officials to spend campaign funds on child care or other caregiving expenses. -
Rep. Kevin Wallace hopes to conclude the probe ‘as soon as possible’ before he exits office -
Some of the state’s largest districts are adding restrictions and bans on cellphones -
Oklahoma’s top education official has dared the state House to begin impeachment proceedings against him.
