Logan Layden
StateImpact Oklahoma - Managing EditorLogan Layden is a reporter and managing editor for StateImpact Oklahoma. He is a native of McAlester, Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2009. Logan spent three years as a state capitol reporter and local host of All Things Considered for NPR member station KGOU in Norman and six years as a reporter with StateImpact from 2011 to 2017. Most recently, he was news director for McAlester Radio before returning to public radio in 2020.
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Oklahoma's secrecy laws allow the state to obscure where it gets lethal injection drugs. Given the state's track record, the critics say, that shouldn't be the case.
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Inhofe, who was re-elected in 2020, is the fourth oldest member in the U.S Senate at 87 years old.
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Donald Anthony Grant was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 10:16 a.m. Thursday morning. He's the third death row inmate to be killed since the state resumed capital punishment in October after a six-year moratorium.
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The Oklahoma Legislature is back in session on Feb. 7. Managing editor Logan Layden led a discussion with the StateImpact Oklahoma reporters on what they’ll be covering, including how to deal with Medicaid expansion, new regulations on the marijuana industry, and the influence of state government on what’s taught and read in schools.
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StateImpact Oklahoma celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2021. Our reporters preview what listeners can expect as we begin the new year.
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First Lady Jill Biden and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland toured immersion program in Tahlequah to promote Native language preservation.
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Brent Venables rejoins the Sooners, OSU loses the Big 12 Championship Game and bowl game matchups are set.
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Lincoln Riley is out as OU’s head football coach.
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Less than 48 hours out from his scheduled execution, Julius Jones’ supporters still don’t know whether he’ll get clemency.
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KOSU and StateImpact Oklahoma won 29 awards from the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, Professional Chapter for stories that aired during 2020.