Five of Oklahoma’s largest tribes will publicly endorse Democrat Joy Hofmeister for governor at a press conference in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, a source with knowledge of the plans confirmed to The Frontier. | via @reesejgorman
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- Oklahoma gave a Florida company a no-bid contract to distribute $18 million in pandemic relief money as a test-run for school vouchers. Now federal investigators are eyeing the deal. | via @jpalmerOKC @cliftonhowze and @reesejgorman
- Oklahoma City Public Schools will announce mandatory face coverings for students and staff.
- A bill blocked by Gov. Kevin Stitt would have shown Secretary of Education Ryan Walters makes at least $120,000 a year as executive director of a nonprofit organization that keeps its donors secret. | via @cliftonhowze @jpalmerOKC @reesejgorman
- Audit finds special interest groups gave Oklahoma private schools first-dibs on federal relief money while rejecting poor kids
- State Superintendent Ryan Walters, then the head of a school reform group, guided shadowy efforts to distribute pandemic funds, leading to millions in questionable spending. | via @cliftonhowze
- The governor says Oklahoma is flush with cash and can afford to cut taxes without putting core services at risk. We found some false and misleading claims about the state’s finances
- A federal audit provides new insight into how Oklahoma failed to properly oversee $39.9 millions in federal relief funds meant to support education amid school closures during the coronavirus pandemic. | via @jpalmerOKC and @reesejgorman
- Oklahoma paid for Ryan Walters’ travel for speaking engagements, media appearances and a horror movie premiere. | via @briOKC @cliftonhowze and @DGoforth918
- The Frontier found some of Walters’ answers to questions about the role he played in a flawed pandemic relief program and how his office has processed open records requests to be less than truthful.
- Reese Gorman is joining our team to strengthen The Frontier’s reporting on Oklahoma politics.
- State of embarrassment, by Bruce Plante.
