Oklahoma governor sets March election for marijuana question Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has set a special election for March 7 for voters to decide whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Oklahoma governor urges action on anti-transgender medicine Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill prohibiting federal funding for transgender medical treatment for young people and urged the Legislature to adopt a statewide ban when it returns next year The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022
Oklahoma court: Weed question won't make November ballot The Oklahoma Supreme Court says a proposed state question on whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana won't appear on the November ballot The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022
The death row inmate whose conviction looks so shaky even Oklahoma Republicans are fighting to save him Richard Glossip is set to be executed for a 1997 murder which a growing body of evidence suggests he didn’t commit, Josh Marcus reports The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022
Death row killer James Coddington's HUGE last meal and final words before execution James Coddington was put to death for the 1997 murder of Albert Hale. The two worked together and the victim had refused to give a drug-addled Coddington money to buy more cocaine Daily Mirror · Aug 26, 2022
Union Station: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt issues executive order on teachers’ union payroll deduction authorizations Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed an executive order on Aug. 19 on teachers’ union payroll deduction authorizations. Ballotpedia · Aug 26, 2022
Oklahoma executes James Coddington for 1997 hammer killing Oklahoma has executed a man for a 1997 killing despite a recommendation from the state’s Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022
Oklahoma governor rejects clemency for death row inmate Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has rejected clemency for a man facing execution for the 1997 hammer killing of a man The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022
Death row inmate set to be executed for killing co-worker over £42 cocaine James Coddington ended up on death row in Oklahoma after murdering Albert Hale in 1997 after Hale refused to fund his cocaine habit - and his only way of escape is if Governor Stitt grants clemency Daily Mirror · Aug 23, 2022
Oklahoma governor grants 60-day reprieve to Richard Glossip Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is granting death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day stay of execution while a state appeals court considers his claim of innocence The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022
Board recommends clemency for Oklahoma death row inmate The Oklahoma Board of Pardon and Parole is recommending clemency for death row inmate James Coddington The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022
U.S. anti-trans laws won't 'save women's sports' A tsunami of intolerance has engulfed the sporting world. Wave after wave of prejudice continues to make equitable sports participation difficult, and the most recent news heaves trans athletes of all ages overboard into a swirling current of exclusion and stigmatization. The Conversation · Jul 4, 2022
US Supreme Court rules Oklahoma can prosecute crimes on Native American land ‘The Court’s precedents establish that Indian country is part of a State’s territory,’ Kavanaugh writes as Gorsuch slams majority for ‘ahistorical and mistaken’ interpretation ‘of Indian law’ The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022
AP News Digest 3 a.m. Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org. The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022
The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022 Stitt, Hofmeister hold funding edge in Oklahoma governor bid Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt and Democratic challenger Joy Hofmeister have massive fundraising advantages over their opponents heading into Tuesday’s primary election
The Guardian - US · Jun 24, 2022 ‘Today, life won’: gleeful Republicans ‘praise the Lord’ after abortion ruling Lawmakers react with joy after Roe v Wade overturned, with Texas attorney general Ken Paxton declaring an ‘annual holiday’
Reason · Jun 14, 2022 Oklahoma Starts Planning Executions for 25 Death Row Inmates, Including Richard Glossip A federal judge rules against effort to stop use of three-drug cocktail.
Ballotpedia · Jun 3, 2022 New Oklahoma law governs bathroom use in public schools Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) on May 25, 2022, signed a bill into law requiring transgender students to use the restroom that matches their sex assigned at birth. Senate Bill 615 passed the House with a vote of 69-14 and the Senate by a vote of 38-7.
Reason · May 26, 2022 Oklahoma Governor Attacks School Choice With Trans Bathroom Panic Law Charter schools are included in the mandate that students use facilities of their birth sex, regardless of what students and families might want.
The Independent UK · May 26, 2022 Oklahoma governor signs transgender bathroom bill Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill requiring public school students to use only the bathroom of the sex listed on their birth certificate
Reason · May 26, 2022 Witnesses, Video Suggest Stunning Inaction From Uvalde Cops During School Shooting Plus: Oklahoma's new strict abortion ban, Biden's new order on federal policing, and more…
The Guardian - US · May 26, 2022 Oklahoma governor signs strictest abortion ban law in US Kevin Stitt approves legislation in effect outlawing all terminations with exceptions for rape and incest
The Independent UK · May 26, 2022 Oklahoma passes US’s strictest abortion law with Roe v Wade decision still in balance Law only provides exceptions to save mother’s life or in cases of rape or incest
Evening Standard · May 26, 2022 Oklahoma signs strictest abortion ban in United States into law Oklahoma’s governor Kevin Stitt signed the country’s strictest abortion ban on Wednesday, making the state the first in the US to effectively end availability of the procedure.
Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022 Oklahoma's near-total abortion ban to face challenge at state's highest court Abortion-rights advocates vowed to ask the Oklahoma Supreme Court to block the state’s near-total abortion ban within minutes of Gov. Kevin Stitt signing the measure into law.