OKLAHOMA CITY –The Governor’s Office would not say Tuesday whether Oklahoma’s secretary of state will remain on the job following an arrest for public intoxication. Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office did not respond to a request for comment regarding the Friday arrest of Secretary of State Benjamin M. Lepak, who Stitt appointed to the post in […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt’s latest effort targeting Muslim groups is “political theater” meant to tap into a broader undercurrent of Islamophobia and create unwarranted fears during an election year, experts said. They said Stitt’s demand that state resources be used to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, is similar to previous […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Rather than choosing a new education secretary for the final five months of his term, Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday he tapped Oklahoma’s state superintendent to serve as his top adviser on school policy. Lindel Fields will hold both positions, Stitt said, following Education Secretary Dan Hamlin’s recent departure. Oklahoma’s next governor, […]
I can’t decide which Oklahoman should win top prize for biggest disconnect with reality. Should it go to our former U.S. senator-turned-Homeland Security chief Markwayne Mullin, or to lame duck Gov. Kevin Stitt? In one corner of the ring, we have Mullin, a former MMA fighter, who had the gall to threaten to prosecute elections […]
