Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department

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.

Gov. Kevin Stitt appointed the head of state parks as interim director of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department on Thursday.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discuss the State Supreme Court giving the go ahead for an investigation of Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett, State Superintendent Ryan Walters requesting $6 million to put Bibles in every public school classroom and more.

Shelley Zumwalt is stepping down as Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation Department after more than a decade of service in several state government positions.

Our panel discusses the governor signing a controversial Texas-style illegal immigration bill and more trouble for Tourism Director Shelley Zumwalt.

In a letter sent Friday to the leader of the state Senate, Gov. Kevin Stitt withdrew her nomination for the secretary role, removing her from the Senate confirmation process.

Nearly two years into a legal back-and-forth between the State of Oklahoma and Swadley’s Foggy Bottom Kitchen, the state says the barbecue chain owes millions of dollars in damages.

Hugo Lake in Southeast Oklahoma was one of seven parks transferred from state control to the hands of cities or tribal nations in 2013. A decade later, the Oklahoma Senate has passed a bill that says it’s time to make Hugo Lake a state park once again.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses Attorney General Gentner Drummond dropped a second lawsuit by Gov. Kevin Stitt over misspend COVID-19 education funds, a multicounty grand jury indicts three people with Swadley's Bar-B-Q in regard to controversial operations at state park restaurants and Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat using a report on food prices to push for a grocery sales tax.

The Senate Tourism and Wildlife Committee on Monday passed Senate Bill 1253 that would remove entrance and day-use fees for residents at state parks.