Oklahoma Voice

A new political party hopes to gather enough signatures to appear on this year’s ballot.

The agency’s governing board approved paying $491,700 to Built-Right Construction following an emergency declaration that allowed immediate repairs to be made to the six bridges over the Will Rogers Turnpike.

A dozen new laws take effect Jan. 1, including one designed to provide more consistency in sentencing of felony crimes.

A number of high-profile audits have yet to be released by the State Auditor and Inspectors office.

In an unusual move, Gov. Kevin Stitt wrote a letter leaning on a state ethics board ahead of a key vote to take action on the future of Oklahoma’s campaign finance system after it had been offline for months.

The measure, which was the first of its kind in the nation, would make it a state crime to be in Oklahoma without legal authorization.

Controversial academic standards for social studies are unenforceable because Oklahoma’s top school board violated state open meeting laws when approving them, the state Supreme Court decided Tuesday.

As a result, all party primary elections will be closed to the over 487,900 registered independent voters in the upcoming elections.

Oklahomans still lack a date for when public access to the state’s system that tracks election, lobbying and campaign finance will be restored, nearly three months after it was taken offline for updates.

Kaylee Rains-Saucedo is pictured here with her two children. The Oklahoma City business owner and her husband are evaluating their options as insurance premiums rise and subsidies are eliminated.