KGOU Radio (Oklahoma City, OK)

1 week ago | kgou.org | Lionel Ramos

Lawmakers filed 3,273 bills this session, 499 of which would eventually become law for a 15 percent success rate. Big picture, it's a relatively normal outcome in terms of the ratio of measures filed to those passed. However, the details of the bills that Gov. Kevin Stitt ensured were signed into law, the ones he vetoed, and the ones the legislature overrode his authority on help paint a picture of what Oklahomans can expect in updates to state law.

1 week ago | kgou.org | Sierra Pfeifer

Federal appellate judges are reconsidering what will happen next for Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma's death row. They met at a federal courthouse in downtown Oklahoma City on Wednesday morning to take another look at Andrew's trial record, after the U.S. Supreme Court sent her case back to the circuit court in January. The judges could uphold Andrew's conviction, her death sentence, or both, or they could ask the state to retry her case.

1 week ago | kgou.org | Sierra Pfeifer

An Oklahoma County judge has yet to decide if Richard Glossip will be released on bail while he waits to be retried for murder. In a court hearing on Tuesday, Oklahoma County Judge Heather Coyle said she needs more time to review transcripts from Glossip's previous trials before she can make a decision about his release. She said she expects to issue a written order by July 23.

1 week ago | kgou.org | Beth Wallis

The suit, filed by former Attorney General Mike Hunter, alleged the State Board of Education violated the law with last-minute additions instructing students to “identify discrepancies” in 2020 election results. The lawsuit alleged the standards harm plaintiffs, some of whom are teachers, because they “represent a distorted view of social studies” and “do not align with best practices.”But Oklahoma County Judge Brent Dishman found no law had been broken and the plaintiffs lacked standing.

1 week ago | kgou.org | Keaton Ross

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections will spend about $74 million over two years to outsource its food service operations to the Trinity Services Group, a Florida-based company that feeds more than 300,000 prisoners and pretrial detainees daily. The contract, which includes an initial two-year term and three one-year options to renew, allots Trinity just over $5 per prisoner, per day to cover food costs, staff wages and administrative support from a field office in Oklahoma City.