Barbara Hoberock

5 days ago | duncanbanner.com | Barbara Hoberock

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5 days ago | kgou.org | Barbara Hoberock

A constitutionally created board charged with overseeing billions of taxpayer dollars plans to sue to block a new law that allows state leaders to alter its makeup at any time. The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust voted 5-0 Thursday to file a lawsuit challenging House Bill 2783. The measure, which became law Thursday without Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signature, requires the board appointees to serve at the will of the appointing entity and limits that service to seven years.

5 days ago | freepressokc.com | Barbara Hoberock

OKLAHOMA CITY – Lawmakers overnight Thursday voted to fire the state’s embattled mental health commissioner. Saying that they had “lost confidence” in Allie Friesen’s ability to lead the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, legislators voted overwhelmingly to remove her effective immediately. It marked the first time in recent history that lawmakers had taken such a step.

5 days ago | kosu.org | Barbara Hoberock

A constitutionally created board charged with overseeing billions of taxpayer dollars plans to sue to block a new law that allows state leaders to alter its makeup at any time. The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust voted 5-0 last Thursday to file a lawsuit challenging House Bill 2783. The measure, which became law Thursday without Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signature, requires the board appointees to serve at the will of the appointing entity and limits that service to seven years.

5 days ago | cnhinews.com | Barbara Hoberock

OKLAHOMA CITY – The legislative session, which ended Friday, was a mixed bag for Gov. Kevin Stitt. He got his income tax cut, business courts and ban on cellphones in schools, prompting him to say Wednesday it was probably the best session in his seven years in office. “Look. The governor should be very happy,” House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow, said early Friday. “He got everything he wanted this session.” But then came Thursday, effectively the final day of the legislative session.