Lionel Ramos
State Government ReporterLionel Ramos covers state government at KOSU. He joined the station in January 2024 after covering race and equity as a Report For America corps member at Oklahoma Watch, a nonprofit investigative newsroom in Oklahoma City.
Born into the circus, Ramos traveled across the country in an RV with his family for the first half of his life. He eventually landed in San Antonio, Texas, where he attended high school and community college before transferring to Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He holds a bachelor's degree in English with a focus on Creative Writing from Texas State, where he covered local and student government for the school's newspaper, The University Star.
At Oklahoma Watch, Ramos reported statewide on the rising political capital of Latinos in Oklahoma, the resettlement of Afghan refugees, the stakes for Indigenous Oklahomans in the Supreme Court's 2023 Brackeen v. Haaland decision, unemployment, housing, and veterans issues.
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Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond and his counterparts in 18 other Republican-led states have urged incoming President Trump to do something he’s already promised: crack down on immigration. -
KOSU's Lionel Ramos will travel to Washington for an in-person training session and attend online virtual sessions throughout the year. -
As the new year starts, so too does lawmaking. Leadership in both chambers established committees and their membership in December. They say the committees address the needs of Oklahomans early and thoroughly. -
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education laid out its Fiscal Year 2026 legislative budget request last month. They want almost $500 million more than last year. -
KOSU's return to the Oklahoma State House has meant hundreds of stories informing Oklahomans on how their election officials are representing them — or not. -
Under the proposed administrative rule, Oklahoma schools must ask students’ parents or legal guardians to provide proof of citizenship upon enrollment. -
Gov. Kevin Stitt is directing the Department of Public Safety to invest in mobile drone detection systems. The move follows a series of sightings of drones flying at night across the country and a Biden administration’s call for Congress to regulate them. -
Gov. Kevin Stitt vows staunch support for President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policies, promising 'day one' preparedness to implement them. -
House Speaker-elect Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow, wants input from Oklahomans on how their state government could be more efficient. The House launched an online portal this week in hopes of collecting that feedback. -
U.S. Senator James Lankford says boosting security at the southern border is a high priority under a second Trump administration. Lankford says he thinks his plan will get bipartisan and presidential approval.
