Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS)

A lawsuit settlement that’s been a point of contention between Oklahoma’s governor and attorney general appears to be on its way to a resolution.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond removed attorneys hired by the governor to intervene in a mental health competency lawsuit on Friday.

Vending machines once used by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health for naloxone and fentanyl test strips are up for sale.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss the latest on bids for 55,000 Bibles for Oklahoma classrooms, Attorney General Gentner Drummond's scathing letter to Superintendent Ryan Walters over a delay in getting inhalers to schools and more.

Department of Mental Health Commissioner Allie Friesen said dramatic change is needed during a press conference she held Thursday.

A board charged with overseeing Oklahoma’s legal settlements rejected a landmark settlement to address systemic mental health issues in the state’s county jails.

A consent decree requiring the ODMHSAS to provide quicker, community-based restorative treatment to jail inmates received preliminary approval from a federal judge late last week.

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.

Vending machines with free Narcan and fentanyl test strips supplied by the Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health are being taken down, effective immediately.

A consent decree drafted to improve mental health services in Oklahoma county jails would violate state law, a federal judge ruled late Friday. Judge Frizzell wrote the decree’s plan to implement a pilot restoration treatment program needs to be amended.