The Oklahoma State Legislature succeeded in overriding Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto of a bill that extends the tobacco compact with tribal nations, but Stitt said he is filing a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to continue his fight against the compact as it exists in its current form.
The Oklahoma State Legislature has successfully overridden Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto of a tribal compact extension, and the State Senate voted to override a second tribal compact extension veto.
Gov. Kevin Stitt announced that he is appointing Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell to serve as his secretary of workforce development, saying that Pinnell will put a high level of excitement and energy into recruiting new business to Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) awarded Rep. Suzanne Schreiber a high honor for her work in creating a law that will help make childcare more available across the state.
Sen. John Michael Montgomery said his upcoming position as the president and CEO of the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce will give him the opportunity to fulfill his personal passion of advocating for businesses.
The president and CEO of an Oklahoma-based cosmetics manufacturing company recently announced that she is running for the Oklahoma State Senate, seeking to fill Sen. John Michael Montgomery's soon-to-be vacated seat.
Elgin Mayor JJ Francais, who also keeps busy as a newspaper publisher and high-level executive for Hilliary Communications, will run to fill the Oklahoma State Senate seat soon to be vacated by Sen. John Michael Montgomery.
Sen. John Michael Montgomery, a prominent Oklahoma state senator, is resigning from his elected office to become the president and CEO of the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce.
An attempt to override Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto of legislation that would have extended the states tobacco compacts with Native American tribes failed.
Sen. Adam Pugh's desire to address Oklahoma business' growing need for skilled workers led to a landmark law that sets out to build the state's workforce for generations to come.
