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No More Common Core: This Week in Oklahoma Politics

  Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and ACLU Oklahoma Executive Director Ryan Kiesel talk with KOSU's Michael Cross about events This Week in Oklahoma Politics.

Late last week with just two days left till deaadline, Governor Fallin signed House Bill 3399 to repeal Common Core, a set of standards she herself championed as head of the National Governor's Association.

The federal government recently announced it is moving as many as 1,400 young people who appear to be in the country illegally without parents in the U.S. to Fort Sill just outside of Lawton.

And, on Tuesday, Congressman Eric Cantor, the 2nd most powerful Republican in the U.S. House suffered a major upset in the primary election against a Tea Party newcomer.

Michael Cross is the host of KOSU's Morning Edition.
Neva Hill has been a political commentator for KOSU since 1998.
Ryan Kiesel is a civil rights attorney and political consultant.
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