Oklahoma Politics

The Oklahoma Supreme Court found the new law affects TSET’s independence by making tenures on the board dependent on the goodwill of the appointing authority.

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

Coweta city councilors decided they don’t need to have guns in their meetings, at least not yet.

The state has one of the quickest processes in the country, churning out nearly a quarter of a million eviction filings over the past five years.

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

Shaw committed up to $100,000 to help grassroots groups promote the Save Oklahoma Plan. The money is to boost message advocacy, not to support or oppose any particular candidate.

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 Oklahoma Ethics Commission voted unanimously on Friday to restore public access to the state’s online campaign finance database and seek legal action against a software developer that failed to deliver on a revamped system.

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.