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After several scandals and turnover in agency leadership, some Oklahoma lawmakers are rethinking their efforts to give the governor direct appointment power over the largest state agencies.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond says the details of the petition contradict the Oklahoma Constitution, leaving "no discretion whatsoever to the state" after 2030.

After several scandals and turnover in agency leadership, some Oklahoma lawmakers are rethinking their efforts to give the governor direct appointment power over the largest state agencies.

And why the OK Turnpike Authority will do anything they can to keep building toll roads...

Oklahomans haven't seen a minimum wage increase in more than 14 years, but supporters of an increase hope to change that by taking it to the voters.

The state’s Progressive-era Constitution more than a century ago dispersed executive power across scores of agencies, boards and commissions.

And why the OK Turnpike Authority will do anything they can to keep building toll roads...

COMANCHE — Three and a half months removed from prison, Kara Chapman is striving to rebuild her life.

A ballot measure to raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2029 took a blow recently when a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study showed a similar federal proposal

According to records, State Question 832, a push to raise the Oklahoma minimum wage to $15 will have its day in court for a second time on January 31st.