Rick Maranon
Weekend Evening Anchor at KOKI-TV (Tulsa, OK)
FOX23 News Tulsa 6:30 Evening In-Depth Anchor. Capitol, courts, and aviation reporter. Opinions about football, WWE, Pokemon, and playing craps are my own.
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6 days ago |
mix965tulsa.com | Rick Maranon
OKLAHOMA — All sports betting legislation died on the floor of the Oklahoma State Senate on Thursday. Two bills dealing with ways to legalize sports betting in the state failed to get a vote from the full Senate chamber before a critical deadline on Thursday. Both bills were one vote away from reaching their final destinations. One destination was the governor’s desk, where Governor Kevin Stitt had already threatened to veto it, saying it was a cash giveaway to the state’s tribes.
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6 days ago |
fox23.com | Rick Maranon
OKLAHOMA — All sports betting legislation died on the floor of the Oklahoma State Senate on Thursday. Two bills dealing with ways to legalize sports betting in the state failed to get a vote from the full Senate chamber before a critical deadline on Thursday. Both bills were one vote away from reaching their final destinations. One destination was the governor's desk, where Governor Kevin Stitt had already threatened to veto it, saying it was a cash giveaway to the state's tribes.
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1 week ago |
fox23.com | Rick Maranon
OKLAHOMA CITY — Clemency was denied for Oklahoma death row inmate John Fitzgerald Hanson, also known as George John Hanson, who was convicted of the 1999 murder of 77-year-old Mary Bowles. Hanson, the man responsible for a death that former Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris calls one of the most egregious in his career as a prosecutor, asked for mercy but did not receive it from the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday.
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1 week ago |
mix965tulsa.com | Rick Maranon
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — On Monday, instead of giving answers about their finances, the Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) told state lawmakers they don’t know how bad things are, they need help and there was even talk of possible fraud and corruption within the agency. Monday’s hearing showed things aren’t just bad, they’re downright terrible. Frustration now boiled over into downright anger.
State Senate committee to hold vote on State Supt. Walters' plan to collect student immigration data
1 week ago |
fox23.com | Rick Maranon
OKLAHOMA CITY — FOX23 is going In Depth on State Superintendent Ryan Walters' plans to collect immigration and citizenship information from everyone trying to enroll their children in an Oklahoma public school. It has received bipartisan criticism. On Wednesday, the first of many votes on whether it will be allowed to happen will take place. It was a controversial proposal from the start. “Our rule around illegal immigration accounting is simply that.
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BREAKING .@FOX23 -- All sports betting bills moving through the state capitol are now dead. https://t.co/8zEVVkvALO
ONLY ON @FOX23 -- Join me and State Senator Mike Mazzei as he launches his campaign to be the next governor of the State of Oklahoma. Tonight at 6:30PM. https://t.co/hmHV6MAPWN
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