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1 week ago | nondoc.com | Sasha Ndisabiye |Tres Savage

Frustrated with Gov. Kevin Stitt’s February removal of her friend, Kendra Wesson, from the State Board of Education, Sen. Lisa Standridge says she has decided not to support the nomination of Wesson’s successor, Michael Tinney, which means his tenure on the board could end later this month despite already having attended two board meetings. “I don’t mean this as a smear to [Tinney] at all, not at all,” Standridge (R-Norman) said Thursday. “It’s not anything to whether I think he’s qualified or not.

1 month ago | nondoc.com | Sasha Ndisabiye |Tres Savage

With lawmakers halfway through Oklahoma’s 2025 legislative session, it’s a good time to review what proposals remain alive and where they stand along the pathway to final passage. In terms of education bills being considered by the Oklahoma Legislature, efforts exist to improve the state’s teacher shortage, move local school board elections on the calendar and implement statewide cell phone restrictions in public schools.

2 months ago | nondoc.com | Tres Savage |Sasha Ndisabiye

STILLWATER — A member of the Oklahoma State University governing board with 25 years of legal experience in corporate and nonprofit governance pushed back today against by recently resigned OSU executives that an audit alleging improper uses of state funding was “not accurate.”“The audit explicitly states that funds were not spent as appropriated by the Legislature, nor were they spent as agreed to by the board,” said Jennifer Callahan, the newest member of the OSU governing board.

2 months ago | nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless |Bennett Brinkman |Sasha Ndisabiye

Amid the legislative hustle and bustle at the State Capitol, multiple Oklahoma legal cases have seen developments with implications for state agencies, tribes and religious organizations. In this legal roundup, find updates on cases involving municipal jurisdiction over tribal citizens, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, the Corporation Commission, the Judicial Nominating Commission and more. More than four years after a Tulsa police officer pulled over Keith Stitt, Gov.

Jan 8, 2025 | nondoc.com | Sasha Ndisabiye

The three candidates running to be chairperson of the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education have agreed to a public debate scheduled as part of NonDoc’s political debate series. Hosted in partnership between NonDoc and News 9, the OKCPS Board Battle is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, in the Metro Tech District Center auditorium, 1900 Springlake Drive in northeast Oklahoma City. Attendance is free and open to the public.