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Charged with 6 counts of sexual battery, Ron Perry resigns from Choctaw Nation Tribal Council

6 days ago | nondoc.com | Matt Patterson

Facing allegations of serial sexual misconduct against women who work for the tribe, former Choctaw Nation Tribal Council member Ron Perry was charged April 1 with six counts of sexual battery in Choctaw Nation District Court. Perry, 73, was reelected to the District 5 seat on the Choctaw Nation Tribal Council seat in 2023 after first being elected in 2011.
Roundup: Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office criticized, OFS scrutinized, OK County land swap jeopardized

1 week ago | nondoc.com | Andrea Hancock |Matt Patterson |Bennett Brinkman

The state has had no shortage of rainy days over the past few weeks, but a new report from State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd shows the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office has not saved up for one. On the contrary, Byrd’s audit highlights poor financial practices within the agency — no surprise after her office released Part One of the review in June 2024, the same month Cleveland County Sheriff Chris Amason was reelected with 53.4 percent of the vote in a three-way race.
DOC asking Legislature to buy private Lawton prison

1 week ago | nondoc.com | Tres Savage

After last year’s contentious contract negotiations narrowly avoided a public safety problem, Oklahoma appears poised to allocate $312 million of cash reserves to purchase a Lawton prison owned by the GEO Group, which currently receives a per diem rate to house about 2,300 state inmates.
ODMHSAS faces payroll default to start Mental Health Awareness Month

1 week ago | nondoc.com | Tres Savage

The confusing crisis within Oklahoma’s Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has left the agency unable to make payroll in the first week of Mental Health Awareness Month, Speaker Kyle Hilbert told House members Thursday evening.
Sen. Lisa Standridge blocking Michael Tinney appointment to State Board of Education

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.
Ethics Commission approves second Ryan Walters settlement, dismisses Hiett cases and other complaints

1 week ago | nondoc.com | Tres Savage

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission today voted to settle a case alleging “serious campaign finance rule violations” by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, who is set to pay $18,300 in fines and legal fees after paying to the state a 2022 contribution of $2,100 from a local school board election committee called “Cross for Jenks.”“The Commission seeks to resolve all cases amicably when circumstances permit.
OKC homeless population increases slightly, 'moving toward' stability

2 weeks ago | nondoc.com | Matt Patterson

Oklahoma City’s homeless population grew by 2.4 percent over the past year. Still, that total represents a double-digit decrease in growth following the end of COVID-19 aid, according to new numbers released by the City of OKC at its State of Homelessness address Tuesday at the Oklahoma History Center. Each January, the city conducts a point-in-time count to gauge OKC’s homeless population. The most recent count earlier this year found 1,882 homeless people.
Electricity bills creating current gridlock in Legislature

2 weeks ago | nondoc.com | Tres Savage

Amid tax cut talk tension, drama with forestry services and investigations into financial fiascos at the state mental health department, several contentious electricity policy questions have short-circuited the Oklahoma Legislature’s annual negotiations — to little public fanfare. Behind the scenes, however, the combined bluster from competing parties has blown the year’s biggest policy bubble that has yet to burst.
'Void and unenforceable:' Muscogee Supreme Court declares special judge law unconstitutional

2 weeks ago | nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless

In a case stemming from the ongoing battle over whether Freedmen descendants can be citizens of the tribal nation, the Muscogee Nation Supreme Court declared a special judge law unconstitutional April 22, blocking the legislative and executive branches from appointing temporary special justices to sit for one specific case when a justice recuses. The court said the law, passed by the Muscogee National Council, violated the nation’s separation of powers protections.
Aletia Timmons, JeKia Harrison file for special HD 97 Democratic primary

3 weeks ago | nondoc.com | Matt Patterson

JeKia Harrison and Aletia Timmons have filed to run in the June 10 Democratic primary election for House District 97, which was vacated by former Rep. Jason Lowe (D-OKC). Lowe resigned this month after being elected to the Oklahoma County Board of Commissioners in February. No GOP candidates filed for the HD 97 primary, meaning the winner of the Democratic primary will win the seat. House District 97 includes Forest Park, Jones, Lake Aluma, Midwest City, Spencer, and parts of Oklahoma City.