This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the Tourism Department canceling its contract with Swadley's Bar-B-Q to run restaurants in state parks, Governor Stitt signing a contract to remove nonbinary designations from birth certificates and Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman and Congressional candidate John Bennett calling for the execution of Anthony Fauci by firing squad. The trio also d...
Apr 28, 2022•27 min•Ep. 154
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about legislation to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to lure a major unnamed company to Oklahoma and Governor Stitt faces opposition in his reelection bid from Democrats, Libertarians, independents and from within his own party. The trio also discusses the race for U.S. Senate to fill the unexpired term of Jim Inhofe who plans to re...
Apr 21, 2022•28 min•Ep. 153
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Right Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the election season officially getting underway with hundreds of candidates filing for political office this week, a Republican candidate for State Superintendent criticizing Stillwater Public Schools for its bathroom policy and a new organization calling on candidates to sign an anti-corruption pledge. The trio also discusses the governor signing l...
Apr 14, 2022•27 min•Ep. 152
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Right Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the Republican state legislature passing a bill to criminalize abortions with a penalty of up to ten years in prison and a 100-thousand-dollar fine as well as the outcome of the election in Norman where Mayor Breea Clark lost to Larry Heikkila. The trio also discusses a new report from the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency attacking the Stat...
Apr 07, 2022•26 min•Ep. 151
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Right Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the state Supreme Court declining to hear a challenge to the special election for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jim Inhofe, the governor signing a bill to ban transgender athletes from female sports in Oklahoma and Congressman Markwayne Mullin filing a resolution to expunge the first impeachment of former President Trump. The trio also discu...
Mar 31, 2022•29 min•Ep. 150
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the Senate failing to pass a school voucher bill authored by the President Pro Tem and championed by Governor Stitt, deadline week for legislation to get out of its chamber of origin and a former Teacher of the Year entering the race as a Democrat for State Superintendent. The Trio also discusses new attack ads from a conservative group against Gov...
Mar 24, 2022•29 min•Ep. 149
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about a lawsuit on behalf of local transgender residents against the state's ban on changing the gender or providing a nonbinary option on birth certificates and a multi million dollar incentive package to an electric vehicle to do business in the state. The trio also discusses former Congresswoman Kendra Horn entering the race for the U.S. Senate seat g...
Mar 17, 2022•28 min•Ep. 148
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about a trial over Oklahoma's execution protocol coming to an end and a challenge against the special election to fill the seat getting vacated by US Senator Jim Inhofe. The trio also discusses the State Health Department ending its daily reporting on COVID-19 numbers and lawmakers considering legislation allowing for the research of psychedelic psilocyb...
Mar 10, 2022•28 min•Ep. 147
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the resignation of US Senator Jim Inhofe from the seat he has held since 1994 and the trial over Oklahoma's execution protocols. The trio also discusses a partial settlement in the injunction against the medical marijuana seed-to-sale program and a suicide threat from Congressional candidate Abby Broyles
Mar 04, 2022•26 min•Ep. 146
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU"s Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about bills in the state legislature to effectively ban abortions in Oklahoma, legislation to provide pay raises for teachers and Highway Patrol troopers and a measure to ban mandatory vaccinations for private businesses. The trio also discusses news from Attorney General John O'Connor that the state's top prosecutor is reviewing 54 books to see if they ...
Feb 24, 2022•30 min•Ep. 145
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about House Speaker Charles McCall announcing his chamber would not take up a controversial school voucher bill that had trouble getting out of a Senate committee, medical marijuana and tax cut bills as well as Governor Stitt's nomination of a former employee of his to the State Board of Education. The trio also discusses an ad in opposition to Governor ...
Feb 17, 2022•29 min•Ep. 144
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about a report released by the State Auditor criticizing state officials in how they handled issues in the pandemic and how the Attorney General held on to the report since last May as well as Governor Stitt's State of the State Address to kick off the 2022 legislative session. The trio also discusses election results beginning with Oklahoma City Mayor D...
Feb 10, 2022•30 min•Ep. 143
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the race for Oklahoma City mayor which has become the most expensive in city history and the Norman mayoral race which could be heading to a runoff in April. The trio also discusses news of Oklahoma's Congressional delegation asking for more than $300M for tribal governments to deal with the fallout of McGirt versus Oklahoma and the Oklahoma State ...
Feb 03, 2022•24 min•Ep. 142
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the Corporation Commission giving approval to Oklahoma Natural Gas to raise utility bills by nearly $8 a month for the next 25 years, the US Supreme Court dismissing 32 petitions from the state to overturn its McGirt versus Oklahoma decision and the governor threatens a lawsuit against tribal leaders over money he says is owed to the state over hun...
Jan 27, 2022•29 min•Ep. 141
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about an executive order from Governor Stitt allowing state employees to apply to work as substitute teacher as schools struggle with the current Omicron surge of COVID-19 and the toll the current wave is having on Oklahoma hospitals. The trio also discusses an increase in registered voters over the past two years and an initiative petition to put recrea...
Jan 20, 2022•26 min•Ep. 140
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about Education Secretary Ryan Walters coming under fire for attacking schools as they are forced to close their doors as COVID numbers skyrocket, State Representative Terry O'Donnell resigning his post as House Speaker Pro Tem amid allegations of corruption and the US Supreme Court leaving in place a lower court decision ruling McGirt versus Oklahoma is...
Jan 13, 2022•29 min•Ep. 139
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the Tax Commission estimating the state will have more than $10B in the 2023 fiscal year budget, a grand jury indicting House Speaker Pro Tem Terry O'Donnell of writing a law to allow his wife to become a tag agent and a judge denying the state's challenge against vaccine mandates for the National Guard. The trio also discusses a speeding ticket by...
Jan 06, 2022•26 min•Ep. 138
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Dec 24, 2021•31 sec
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about Governor Stitt refusing to renew hunting and fishing licenses for Oklahoma tribes, the U.S. Supreme Court setting a date to consider an appeal based on its McGirt decision from summer of 2020 and a state lawmakers submitting a bill banning Oklahoma schools from teaching curriculum based off the New York Times' Pulitzer Prize winning "1619 Project" ...
Dec 16, 2021•27 min•Ep. 137
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the state of Oklahoma announcing its taking part in at least five lawsuits against the Biden Administration over vaccine mandates, the state's new public health lab in Stillwater comes under federal scrutiny and the Department of Education is starting an investigation of Epic Virtual Charter School after allegations from a resigning member of its g...
Dec 09, 2021•29 min•Ep. 136
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the Secretary of Defense denying a request from Governor Stitt of a COVID-19 vaccination waiver and a federal judge putting an injunction against vaccine mandates against health care workers in facilities receiving Medicaid and Medicare funding. The trio also discusses the approval of a new Oklahoma County jail by the Oklahoma County Jail Trust and...
Dec 02, 2021•26 min•Ep. 135
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the announcement from Epic Virtual Charter School of cuts to its workforce as the district has lost nearly three-fifths of its student population, the Republican plan for redistricting is moving through the state capitol and Julius Jones faces execution. The trio also discusses the Pentagon refuting the policy of the new leader of Oklahoma National...
Nov 18, 2021•27 min•Ep. 134
This week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the State Supreme Court overturning a $465M award against opioid manufacturers and the State of Oklahoma challenging the Biden Administrations order mandating vaccines or testing for private businesses with more than 100 employees, federal agencies and organizations with federal contracts including several Oklahoma universities. The trio also discu...
Nov 11, 2021•29 min•Ep. 133
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the new map released by legislative leaders for the special session to deal with redistricting, the Pardon and Parole Board recommending clemency for death row inmate Julius Jones and a judge stopping an anti-protest bill from taking effect. The trio also discusses the state preparing to get kids ages five to eleven vaccinated against COVID-19 and ...
Nov 04, 2021•27 min•Ep. 132
This week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel and former Republican Speaker of the State House Kris Steele sitting in for Neva Hill about the resignation of Health Commissioner Lance Frye a day after his agency settled a lawsuit allowing non binary Oklahomans to the gender on their birth certificates and an appellate court puts executions on hold again after granting stays for two death row inmates. The trio also discusses the state Supreme Cou...
Oct 28, 2021•26 min•Ep. 131
This week in Oklahoma politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about Republican gubernatorial candidate Ervin Yen announcing he plans to leave the GOP to challenge Governor Stitt as an independent and Stitt threatening to sue the Biden Administration over its vaccine mandate for private businesses. The trio also discusses a group filing a lawsuit against House Bill 1775 which bans the teaching of racial issues in Ok...
Oct 21, 2021•28 min•Ep. 130
This week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about State Superintendet Joy Hofmeister switching her political affiliation to Democrat to challenge Governor Stitt in next year's election, tribal leaders calling out the governor for his stance on the U.S. Supreme Court's McGirt versus Oklahoma decision and a new poll showing more Oklahomans don't agree with the governor that McGirt is the most pressi...
Oct 14, 2021•28 min•Ep. 129
This week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Oklahoma City Democratic Senator Julia Kirt, sitting in for Ryan Kiesel, about health officials' announcement that 6,200 people needlessly died this year because they chose not to get vaccinated, the Pardon and Parole Board sets the state up for its first execution since 2015 and Governor Stitt traveled to the U.S. border along with eleven other Republican governors. The trio also discus...
Oct 07, 2021•22 min•Ep. 128
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the governor's decision to wait until after the clemency hearing of death row inmate Julius Jones to decide on his commutation, lawmakers are heading back to the State Capitol n November 15th to deal with redistricting after a delay in getting the 2020 Census number and the first female Higher Education Chancellor in Oklahoma gets ready to start th...
Sep 30, 2021•30 min•Ep. 127
This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Reepublican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about Governor Stitt's call for the State Auditor to do a comprehensive investigation of the Department of Education, the Cattlemen's Association calling on the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to put a moratorium on new medical marijuana licenses and Attorney General John O'Connor filing two petitions with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse last sum...
Sep 23, 2021•30 min•Ep. 126
