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An OU student walks down Asp Ave., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (Kyle Phillips / The Transcript)
OKLAHOMA CITY â Citizen advocates Wednesday said theyâre alarmed that a legislative plan that proposes securitizing nearly $4.5 billion in debt from Februaryâs winter storm comes without a thorough, transparent investigation into why the stateâs energy supply system failed.
Leaders with VOICE, a coalition of religious congregations, worker associations, schools and non-profit groups, said taxpayers deserve to know who profited from Februaryâs winter weather. They called for Attorney General Mike Hunter to hold profiteers accountable, and they questioned what measures could be put in place to prevent future rate spikes.
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Oklahoma City Public Schools on Monday called on State Auditor Cindy Byrd to audit Santa Fe South Charter Schools.
In a unanimous vote, the district’s Board of Education made the request following an hourlong executive session. State law says the state auditor “shall” fulfill the request and a spokesman for the state auditor’s office said Byrd had received the letter Tuesday.
“The purpose of the special audit requested is to determine compliance with statutes, rules, policies and internal control procedures,” an OKCPS statement said. “In light of comments shared at the OSDE Board of Education meeting on Friday, April 9, the Board felt this was an important step to take as an authorizer of Santa Fe South.”
Oklahoma attorney general sues company for not delivering ventilators to state Share Updated: 6:43 PM CDT Apr 13, 2021 KOCO Staff Share Updated: 6:43 PM CDT Apr 13, 2021
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Show Transcript ATTORNEY. GENERAL TELLS ME THAT THEY HAD NO OTHER CHOICE OTHER THAN TO TAKE THIS TO COURT TO GET BACK THAT 890,000 THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SPENT TO BUY THOSE VENTILATORS LAST APRIL. HE SAYS AS OF JUNE OF 2020 THEY HAD ONLY RECEIVED TWO OF THEM. ALWAYS TRY TO AVOID LITIGATION WHENEVER WE CAN. IN THIS CASE, WE WERE KIND OF AT A POINT WHERE WE WEREN’T GETTING ANYWHERE WITH THE COMPANY ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE HUNTER FILING A LAWSU TUESDAY AGAINST A&K DISTRIBUTORS, DARA A WHOLESALE PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY COMPANY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PURCHAS. 40 VENTILATORS FROM LAST APRIL, BUT HUNTER SAYS THE STATE ONLY RECEIVED TWO OF THEM BY JUNE IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE A CONTRACTOR FOR THE STATE. AND YOU’RE GOING TO YOU’RE GOING TO DO