Robby Korth

Oklahoma City

News Director at KOSU-FM (Stillwater, Oklahoma)

Arkie-Husker-Okie @KOSURadio news director. Alum @Unl_CoJMC MPA @OUPoliSci. I like dogs, sports, holding those in power accountable and long walks on the beach.

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Oklahoma lawmakers override string of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes

1 week ago | kosu.org | Graycen Wheeler |Robby Korth |Lionel Ramos

The House of Representatives and Senate overrode dozens of vetoes in rapid succession after several starts and stops. The Senate stalled out in the late afternoon while lawmakers in favor of overriding Stitt’s veto on HB 2769 worked to get enough votes. After hours at a standstill, the bill became law.
Supreme Court blocks Oklahoma’s first-in-the-nation public, Catholic school

2 weeks ago | kosu.org | Beth Wallis |Robby Korth

The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed that Oklahoma’s contract for what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious school is unconstitutional. The high court was tied 4 to 4, which means the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s original decision stands. The state’s justices found the contract with the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Charter School was unconstitutional. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the case.
Brad Carson announces departure from University of Tulsa

1 month ago | kosu.org | Robby Korth

The University of Tulsa’s President Brad Carson is stepping down from his role at the school. A former U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma and an Obama administration appointee at the U.S. Department of Defense, Carson became TU’s President in 2021. The university’s governing board is expected to name an interim replacement in the coming weeks.
Walters to pay $18,300 to settle with ethics complaint

1 month ago | enidnews.com | Robby Korth |Abigail Siatkowski

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Walters will pay $18,300 to settle with Oklahoma Ethics Commission

1 month ago | hppr.org | Robby Korth |Abigail Siatkowski

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission is settling another campaign finance issue with State Superintendent Ryan Walters. The Republican will pay $18,300 for an improper transfer of funds from his campaign war chest to a local school board election committee in Jenks. The payment was $2,100 to the local campaign committee, "Cross for Jenks," which backed candidate Ashley Cross for school board in the district. She expressed concern about "oversexualization" in schools during her 2022 election bid.
Walters will pay $18,300 to settle with Oklahoma Ethics Commission

1 month ago | kgou.org | Robby Korth |Abigail Siatkowski

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission is settling another campaign finance issue with State Superintendent Ryan Walters. The Republican will pay $18,300 for an improper transfer of funds from his campaign war chest to a local school board election committee in Jenks. The payment was $2,100 to the local campaign committee, "Cross for Jenks," which backed candidate Ashley Cross for school board in the district. She expressed concern about "oversexualization" in schools during her 2022 election bid.
Walters will pay $18,000 to settle with Oklahoma Ethics Commission

1 month ago | kosu.org | Robby Korth |Abigail Siatkowski

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission is settling another campaign finance issue with State Superintendent Ryan Walters. The Republican will pay $18,300 for an improper transfer of funds from his campaign war chest to a local school board election committee in Jenks. The payment was $2,100 to the local campaign committee, “Cross for Jenks,” which backed candidate Ashley Cross for school board in the district. She expressed concern about “oversexualization” in schools during her 2022 election bid.
There are 2 new Oklahoma sites on the National Register of Historic Places

1 month ago | kgou.org | Robby Korth

A public housing development in Tulsa and an old railroad office turned local politician's home in McIntosh County are the newest additions to the National Register of Historic Places from Oklahoma. Robert J. LaFortune Tower in Tulsa receives the historic distinction due to its reflection on policy changes in the area for low-income senior housing.
There are 2 new Oklahoma sites on the National Register of Historic Places

1 month ago | kosu.org | Robby Korth

Robert J. LaFortune Tower in Tulsa receives the historic distinction due to its reflection on policy changes in the area for low-income senior housing. Completed in 1975, it was the last publicly funded and developed building of its kind in Tulsa before the city’s Housing Authority shifted its focus to rent subsidies for future public housing needs. An application for addition to the historic register touts its innovative development and modern conveniences near downtown Tulsa.
Stitt acknowledges Oklahoma Forestry deployed resources for wildfires, sets up task force to question methods

1 month ago | kgou.org | Graycen Wheeler |Robby Korth

In a statement sent to reporters Tuesday, the governor accused the agency of obfuscation. He did seem to tacitly acknowledge that numbers his office turned over the day before were incorrect by virtue of providing different numbers in Tuesday's statement. Oklahoma's Forestry Services did, in fact, deploy its resources during the March 14 fire event. But Stitt says forestry officials did not deploy them correctly.