Oklahoma politics

In less than a year, Oklahomans will go to the polls to vote in a wide-open and monumental general election.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission deliberated Wednesday on Oklahoma Gas & Electric's case that would increase rates for customers before new projects are complete.

After three years of tumult in Oklahoma education, Gov. Kevin Stitt named Lindel Fields as the new state superintendent.

While Oklahoma politicians seek to punish educators critical of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk online, supporters from across the state gathered at Oklahoma State University to remember his faith and staunch defense of free speech.

Citing lack of standing for the legislator who brought a lawsuit against it, the Oklahoma Supreme Court allows Gov. Kevin Stitt's "return to work" executive order to stand.

Many Oklahoma figures are mourning conservative activist Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated in Utah yesterday.

Well before he canceled and skipped meetings with the state's top school board in recent weeks, state Superintendent Ryan Walters has been chronically absent from multiple state boards where he holds a seat, including one he's supposed to lead.

With just over a year to go before campaigning accelerates into high gear, KGOU's Capitol Insiders evaluate the 2026 elections in Oklahoma with James Davenport, professor of political science and director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Rose State College.

The Oklahoma Board of Education held a special meeting to hire new staff after its regular August meeting was abruptly canceled. State Superintendent Ryan Walters did not attend the special meeting, nor was he involved in putting together its agenda.

Gov. Kevin Stitt is suing the City of Tulsa, its mayor and its police chief in the Oklahoma Supreme Court over a recent agreement the city made to defer criminal jurisdiction to the Muscogee Nation.