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Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to reinstate a ban on using banks that support green energy for state business. A district court judge ruled earlier this year the so-called blacklist was unconstitutional.

The First National Bank and Trust Co. is closing a few locations in southwest Oklahoma as more customers switch to digital banking. Although the physical locations will not be there, bank officials said the institution will still serve the areas.

The law is on hold, multiple exemptions have been taken and lawmakers failed to make changes in the latest legislative session. But Oklahoma’s Republican lawmakers and elected officials remain bullish about the state’s anti-ESG law targeting banks perceived as hostile to the oil and gas industry

The federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced the closure of the First National Bank of Lindsay in South Central Oklahoma on Friday.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses three Republican lawmakers calling on the state Supreme Court to disqualify Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett from utility rate hike cases, investigation against State Superintendent Ryan Walters and the Department of Education and more.

An Oklahoma judge ruled the state cannot enforce its ban on using banks with pro-green energy policies for state business.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses ongoing budget talks, a halt to Oklahoma's bank blacklist and Congressman Tom Cole's election primary challenge from a well-financed Texas businessman.

A state judge has temporarily blocked Oklahoma from enforcing its ban on using so-called “woke banks” for state business.

A court will consider overturning Oklahoma’s Energy Discrimination Elimination Act, while the state legislature contemplates extending its scope.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discuss the governor's call for a special session to enact tax cuts, Republican lawmakers pushing changes to a law blacklisting banks who don't invest in the oil and gas industry and more.