Oklahoma Legislature

Despite bipartisan calls for a resolution to reject controversial proposed social studies standards, the legislature let Tuesday's deadline pass without a floor hearing.

As lawmakers dig deeper, persistent financial mismanagement at Oklahoma's mental health agency is coming into focus.

New state social studies standards are being reviewed by members of the Oklahoma legislature, many of whom are critical of the process and the content.

Lawmakers advanced two bills this week designed to tighten the state's hunting regulations on Oklahoma public lands by instituting new requirements for guides and nonresidents.

A bill headed to the House floor that limits the governor's ability to close businesses during a pandemic is "irresponsible" and puts Oklahomans' safety at risk, one lawmaker said.

Lawmakers are aiming to bolster their influence over proposed state agency administrative rules. The efforts come amidst public uproar about the education department's most recent slate of proposed rule changes.

Critics of a proposed constitutional amendment that could open the state's primary elections have asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to toss it out.

The Senate Energy Committee passed the proposed legislation in a Thursday meeting.

A new group hopes to educate Oklahomans on the continued impacts of the state's near-total abortion ban.

Gov. Kevin Stitt anticipates the U.S. Supreme Court will accommodate state-sponsored religious education in its upcoming hearing of oral arguments in the St. Isidore Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond case. A recent study published in the state's Bar Association Journal suggests he's right.