This Week in Oklahoma Politics

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOCU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Any Moore and Legislative Advisor Jennifer Monies about concerns from a Democratic lawmaker over how Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mike Mazzei is funding his campaign, Oklahoma's race for governor is getting funds from national organizations and Oklahoma's two Republican senators are taking different sides regarding...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with former state Representative Chairman Mark McBride and Civic Leader Andy Moore about a Jewish charter school failing to get enough votes to pass the Statewide Charter School Board, the Ethics Commission releasing allegations against Seminole Republican State Representative Danny Williams and Attorney General Gentner Drummond raising co...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former Republican State Senator A.J. Griffin about the top two candidates for governor getting a chance to debate before next month's General Election, President Trump visits Oklahoma to show support for GOP candidates and the State Supreme Court calls an initiative petition to phase out some property taxes...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former Republican State Senator A.J. Griffin about the state Supreme Court saying there's no state law allowing people to change the gender on their birth certificate, a federal judge ruling in favor of an Oklahoma Jewish charter school and Department of Homeland Security Secretary opening a new immigration...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and Legislative Advisor Jennifer Monies about a public hearing for embattled State Representative Danny Williams, President Trump withdrawing the nomination of Oklahoma native Lance Schroyer to lead I.C.E. and the fight over an aluminum smelter in Inola heading to the courts. The trio also discusses concerns ra...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former Republican State Senator Rick Brinkley about the City of Inola extending a moratorium on an aluminum smelter as well as having citizens vote on the project in April, lawmakers plan to hold an open hearing for embattled State Representative Danny Williams and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former state Representative Chairman Mark McBride about Governor Stitt facing a lawsuit over his call for a vote on a constitutional convention, a bipartisan committee of lawmakers holding closed door meetings about State Representative Danny Williams and leaked audio from Congresswoman Stephanie Bice expre...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former Republican State Senator AJ Griffin about Attorney General Gentner Drummond saying Governor Stitt doesn't have the authority to call for a vote on a constitutional convention, a donor to Governor Stitt suing the state to avoid returning to prison for DUI charges and the Trump Administration pushing t...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and Legislative Advisor Jennifer Monies about Mike Mazzei winning the Republican runoff for governor, N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas winning the Democratic nod for U.S. Senate and the other GOP winners in statewide races. The trio also discusses the state questions which saw mixed results in Tuesday's elections and Gov...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former State Representative Chairman Mark McBride about the upcoming Republican gubernatorial election and other runoff races as well as the two State Questions on the ballot. The trio also discusses the State Ethics Commission investigating Seminole Republican Representative Danny Williams, Secretary of St...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Oklahoma AFL-CIO President Forrest Bennett and former state Representative Chairman Mark McBride about the Osage Nation principal chief declaring a budget emergency, Attorney General Gentner Drummond filing a motion to halt construction of an aluminum smelter in Inola and a new poll showing a statistical dead heat for the Republican n...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and Legislative Advisor Jennifer Monies about Attorney General Gentner Drummond calling on his office to investigate whether Dr. Anthony Fauci broke Oklahoma law during the COVID-19 pandemic, the final two Republican candidates for governor squaring off in the final debate before the primary runoff and a Republ...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former Republican State Senator AJ Griffin about the investigation of Seminole Republican Representative Danny Williams, a delay in reporting millions of dollars in stock trades by interim U.S. Senator Alan Armstrong and AG Gentner Drummond clashing with Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready about a delayed...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and Legislative Advisor Jennifer Monies about a report finding Oklahoma Insurance Commission candidate Marty Quinn might be living in Arkansas, President Trump releasing a video to reiterate his support of Mike Mazzei for governor against Attorney General Gentner Drummond in the August 25th runoff election and...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former state Representative Chairman Mark McBride about supporters of a ballot initiative to open primaries arguing their case before the state supreme court, Attorney General Gentner Drummond announcing a settlement in the 21-year-old lawsuit over chicken waste in the Illinois River and Oklahoma schools sc...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former Republican State Senator AJ Griffin about Governor Stitt endorsing Mike Mazzei in the gubernatorial runoff against Gentner Drummond, an increase in money and endorsements for Republican runoff elections in state legislative races and Oklahoma hospitals raising concerns about cuts to Medicaid. The tri...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former State Representative Chairman Mark McBride about the nomination of an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper to lead ICE, a new report adding details to alleged political influence by Gov. Kevin Stitt in regard to a friend and donor's drunk driving sentence and an Oklahoma City Democrat taking the Oath of O...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and Legislative Advisor Jennifer Monies about Attorney General Gentner Drummond filing a lawsuit against State Farm over fraudulently denied claims, Drummond announcing his campaign for governor raised more than $1 million in the first 48 hours after the primary election and Oklahoma's dismal voter turnout on J...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former Republican State Senator AJ Griffin about Tulsa pastor Jackson Lahmeyer suspending his campaign for Congress after a texting scandal, State Question 832 to raise Oklahoma's minimum wage fails to get enough votes to pass and the Republican race for governor is heading to a runoff between Attorney Gene...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former State Representative Chairman Mark McBride about June's primary election featuring State Question 832 to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2029, the governor's primary with nine Republicans and three Democrats and other statewide and local races of interest. The trio also discusses the Ethics...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics , KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and Legislative Advisor Jennifer Monies about Attorney General Gentner Drummond filing a petition to stop construction of an aluminum processing plant in Inola, a report showing gubernatorial candidate Mike Mazzei paid $75,000 to companies owned by close associates of President Donald Trump before Trump endors...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former Republican State Senator A.J. Griffin about Attorney General Gentner Drummond and Gov. Kevin Stitt's continuing spat, which includes Drummond suing Stitt and the political action committee Club for Growth over negative gubernatorial campaign ads, Stitt calling for an audit of Drummond's office and St...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and Legislative Advisor Jennifer Monies about the early, contentious end of the 2026 legislative session, the failure to get Medicaid expansion changes to the ballot and the failure to override a veto by Governor Stitt on a bill to extend the life of OETA. The trip also talks about an firm tapped to run the Inv...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former Representative Chairman Mark McBride about accusations of political favoritism from Governor Stitt when the wife of a friend and contributor gets released early after a DUI arrest, an Edmond educator files a lawsuit against former State Superintendent Ryan Walters and the State Department of Educatio...

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civic Leader Andy Moore and former State Representative Chairman Mark McBride about Attorney General Gentner Drummond refusing to approve a contract for an investment advisor with ties to Governor Stitt, Stitt and Drummond clashing over legislation to strengthen Oklahoma's Open Meeting Act and state lawmakers planning to end the 2026...