This Week in Oklahoma Politics
Fridays at 5:44 a.m., 7:44 a.m., 9:44 a.m., 3:44 p.m. and 5:44 p.m.
This Week In Oklahoma Politics is KOSU's weekly political news segment.
Each week, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with civil rights attorney Ryan Kiesel and Republican political consultant Neva Hill about bills making their way through the legislative process and the latest news affecting Oklahoma citizens.
Latest Episodes
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses an announcement from State Superintendent Ryan Walters about his intention to cut ties with organizations which provide resources and training to schools, Oklahoma's Five Civilized Tribes uniting in a boycott against Gov. Kevin's Stitt's task force on McGirt and an end to tribal license tag citations issued by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss Gov. Kevin Stitt hiring as his new top aide an oil executive who was the deciding vote on a controversial Catholic charter school and Stitt rejecting a new federal summer food program for low-income children.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses Oklahoma City voters overwhelmingly supporting a measure to use a penny sales tax to build a new downtown arena for the Thunder, State Rep. Mark McBride fighting with Superintendent Ryan Walters' aide over what McBride calls immaturity and a lack of transparency and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss opening statements starting on a legal challenge to HB1775, the so-called critical race theory ban, the state Tax Commission starting to collect applications for a controversial private school tax credit and the State Board of Education taking aim once again at Tulsa Public Schools.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss a challenge to an initiative petition to raise the state's minimum wage, Attorney General Gentner Drummond's formal opinion saying women could not be prosecuted for having abortions and the head of the State Republican Party opposing the nomination of former Cherokee Attorney General Sara Hill for a federal judgeship.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses the Oklahoma Highway Patrol abandoning decades of precedent and ticketing drivers with tribal tags who live outside the nation's boundaries and the State Supreme Court temporarily suspending three measures related to abortion in Oklahoma.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses Gov. Kevin Stitt's plan to have sports betting in the State of Oklahoma and Stitt's former Secretary of Education, who says she left after concerns over financial issues with the Department of Education.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discuss Gov. Kevin Stitt and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott traveling to Israel, State Superintendent Ryan Walters' endorsement of former President Trump and the resignation of a State Department of Education employee getting the attention of a legislative leader.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses Attorney General Gentner Drummond suing the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board over a Catholic charter school, Gov. Stitt's replacements for the State Board of Education and an investigation of the Oklahoma's partnership with conservative media nonprofit PragerU.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss the chairman of the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board refusing to sign a contract to create a Catholic charter school, an announcement by State Superintendent Ryan Walters that he has paid $7.5M in signing bonuses to teachers and another resignation from the State Board of Education.