Ryan Martinez

Close to a dozen candidates have jumped into a special election to fill a vacant Edmond House seat.

Rep. Ryan Martinez’s status as a lawmaker had come up in filings by former lawmaker Michael Reynolds in the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office had even filed a brief in support of Martinez vacating his seat.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters addressed a packed room of lawmakers for two and half hours Monday about his policy proposals and rhetoric — and things got heated.

Lawmakers are planning to invest $3-9 million more in the facility to up its biosafety rating.

House Speaker Charles McCall said the differences between the treatment of felony-indicted Republicans and Turner are a matter of time and place. Turner’s Democratic colleagues see a double standard.

Starting Jan. 1, a law lowering taxes for employers will take effect. But critics say it comes at the expense of unemployed Oklahomans.

Lawmakers fired back at the governor over statements he made, both with legislative action and words of their own.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s sudden announcement last week that the state’s public health laboratory will move to Stillwater quickly garnered…