Kevin Stitt

The resignation of Oklahoma Commissioner of Health Dr. Lance Frye was announced on Friday afternoon. The resulting press release did not detail the reason for his departure.

In this episode, discussion about gubernatorial candidate Ervin Yen announcing he plans to leave the GOP to challenge Gov. Kevin Stitt as an independent and Stitt threatening to sue the Biden Administration over its vaccine mandate for private businesses.

Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor released a statement Thursday calling for employers to disregard the Biden administration’s upcoming vaccine and testing requirement for their employees.

This week in Oklahoma Politics discusses State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister switching her political affiliation to Democrat to challenge Gov. Kevin Stitt in next year's election and much more.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses an announcement that 6,200 people needlessly died this year because they chose not to get vaccinated, the Pardon and Parole Board setting the state up for its first execution since 2015 and Gov. Kevin Stitt trip to the U.S. border along with eleven other Republican governors.

In an interview with The Tulsa World published late Wednesday, State Schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister announced she will switch parties and become a Democrat to challenge Governor Kevin Stitt in the 2022 gubernatorial election.

In this episode, we discuss the governor's decision to wait until after a clemency hearing of death row inmate Julius Jones to decide on his commutation and lawmakers heading back to the State Capitol on November 15th to deal with redistricting.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is planning to wait on making a final decision in the case of death row prisoner Julius Jones.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, we discuss Governor Stitt's call for the State Auditor to do a comprehensive investigation of the Department of Education, the Cattlemen's Association calling on the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to put a moratorium on new medical marijuana licenses and Attorney General John O'Connor filing two petitions with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse last summer's decision on McGirt V. Oklahoma.

Santa Fe South Superintendent: "The very first day back where we had made the choice, 100% of our kids walked in the door with a mask on or willing to put one on with no argument."