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Majority Floor Leader Jon Echols speaks during House consideration of legislation to reinstate a virtual meetings provision of the Open Meeting Act. The Oklahoma House finished on Monday fast-tracked passage of legislation reinstating virtual public meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The House approved Senate Bill 1031 on 88–5 vote, and the Senate sent it to Gov. Kevin Stitt. It will take effect immediately if signed. The virtual meetings provision of the state Open Meeting Act expired al...

WHYY By Demonstrators raise their arms and chant "Hands up, dont shoot" on Aug. 17, 2014, as they protest the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Ronell Foster was riding his bicycle through the hushed streets of Vallejo, Calif., one evening when a police officer noticed that the bike had no lights and that he was weaving in and out of traffic. The officer, Ryan McMahon, went after Foster with lights flashing, siren blaring and the car’s spotlight pointe...

Joe Raedle/Getty Images toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Demonstrators raise their arms and chant, "Hands up, dont shoot," in August 2014 as they protest the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Ronell Foster was riding his bicycle through the hushed streets of Vallejo, Calif., one evening when a police officer noticed that the bike had no lights and that he was weaving in and out of traffic. The officer, Ryan McM...

Listen • 5:46 Demonstrators raise their arms and chant, "Hands up, dont shoot" on Aug. 17, 2014, as they protest the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Ronell Foster was riding his bicycle through the hushed streets of Vallejo, Calif., one evening when a police officer noticed that the bike had no lights and that he was weaving in and out of traffic. The officer, Ryan McMahon, went after Foster with lights flashing, siren blaring and the cars spotlight pointe...

State Rep. Ryan Martinez, R-Edmond, has proposed legislation that he said would achieve more accountability and transparency in the movement of state assets.

Pae Named Vice Chair of Two House Committees th Legislature.  “I look forward to using the knowledge I’ve learned and relationships I’ve built over the last two years to work for the betterment of Oklahoma,” Pae said. “I appreciate the confidence the Speaker has in me to have appointed me to these positions.”  Every 10 years after the conclusion of the census, the Oklahoma Legislature is required to redraw legislative districts to reflect population changes. Last year, House Speak...

TRANSCRIPT: Dick Pryor: This is Capitol Insider, your weekly look inside Oklahoma politics, policy and government. Im Dick Pryor with eCapitol news director, Shawn Ashley. One of the biggest tasks facing the next legislature when it begins its work in February will be redistricting. Joining us again for Part Two of our discussion on how Oklahoma will draw legislative and congressional district lines in 2021 are House Redistricting Committee Chair, Representative Ryan Martinez, Republican from E...

TRANSCRIPT: Dick Pryor: This is Capitol Insider, your weekly look inside Oklahoma politics, policy and government. Im Dick Pryor with eCapitol news director, Shawn Ashley. One of the biggest tasks facing the next legislature when it begins its work in February will be redistricting. Our guests are House Redistricting Committee Chair, Representative Ryan Martinez, Republican from Edmond and Senate Select Committee on Redistricting Chair, Senator Lonnie Paxton, Republican from Tuttle. Welcome, ge...

Ryan martinez all of home -- whom are the gubernatorial candidates of their party. i think this is race politics pure and simple. i think t. is desperation. i find it interesting that maria was saying this because he was speaking to an hispanic audience. so apparently you say one thing when you are speaking to hispanics and you say another thing when you are speaking to non-hispanics or blacks or whites? that kind of racial division is very destructive. harry reid should be ashamed of himself. >...

Ryan martinez all of home -- whom are the gubernatorial candidates of their party. i think this is race politics pure and simple. i think t. is desperation. i find it interesting that maria was saying this because he was speaking to an hispanic audience. so apparently you say one thing when you are speaking to hispanics and you say another thing when you are speaking to non-hispanics or blacks or whites? that kind of racial division is very destructive. harry reid should be ashamed of himself. >...