Robby Korth
@robbykorth.bsky.social
News Director at KOSU in Oklahoma City
Bucket list items checked off today:
✅Attend world championship parade.
✅Get interviewed by Ari Shapiro.
✅Wear enough SPF50 to avoid sunburn on assignment.
✅Attend world championship parade.
✅Get interviewed by Ari Shapiro.
✅Wear enough SPF50 to avoid sunburn on assignment.
Dedicated fans. The Larry O'Brien trophy. Beloved basketball players.
Here's what KOSU reporters saw at the Oklahoma City Thunder's first-ever championship parade.
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Here's what KOSU reporters saw at the Oklahoma City Thunder's first-ever championship parade.
www.kosu.org/sports/2025-...
'Okies finally have a top dog': Oklahoma City comes out to celebrate Thunder champions parade
Reporters fanned out across the Oklahoma City Thunder championship parade. Here's what they saw.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Bucket list items checked off today:
✅Attend world championship parade.
✅Get interviewed by Ari Shapiro.
✅Wear enough SPF50 to avoid sunburn on assignment.
✅Attend world championship parade.
✅Get interviewed by Ari Shapiro.
✅Wear enough SPF50 to avoid sunburn on assignment.
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BREAKING: @okcthunder.bsky.social guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player.
The award, voted on by a mix of sports media members, was announced Wednesday night on TNT.
www.kosu.org/sports/2025-...
The award, voted on by a mix of sports media members, was announced Wednesday night on TNT.
www.kosu.org/sports/2025-...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander becomes Thunder franchise's third NBA MVP
Chants of "M-V-P" have continuously rained down upon SGA throughout postseason play, and now those chants will be more than just hopeful.
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May 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
BREAKING: @okcthunder.bsky.social guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player.
The award, voted on by a mix of sports media members, was announced Wednesday night on TNT.
www.kosu.org/sports/2025-...
The award, voted on by a mix of sports media members, was announced Wednesday night on TNT.
www.kosu.org/sports/2025-...
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Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is suing the state board of education on behalf of half a dozen plaintiffs. He says the board violated the law when it approved proposed social studies standards and sent them to the legislature.
www.kosu.org/politics/202...
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Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter sues state education deparment over academic standards
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is suing the state board of education on behalf of half a dozen plaintiffs. Hunter is questioning the department’s approval of the latest proposed academic...
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May 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is suing the state board of education on behalf of half a dozen plaintiffs. He says the board violated the law when it approved proposed social studies standards and sent them to the legislature.
www.kosu.org/politics/202...
www.kosu.org/politics/202...
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🧵The White House has issued an executive order commanding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to "cease federal funding for NPR and PBS.”
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about how losing federal funding would affect KOSU.
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about how losing federal funding would affect KOSU.
May 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🧵The White House has issued an executive order commanding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to "cease federal funding for NPR and PBS.”
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about how losing federal funding would affect KOSU.
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about how losing federal funding would affect KOSU.
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Families, survivors, first responders and others gathered in downtown Oklahoma City on Saturday to honor the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.
#okc #ok #okcnews #memorial #oklahoma #remembrance #oklahoma #oklahomanews
#okc #ok #okcnews #memorial #oklahoma #remembrance #oklahoma #oklahomanews
April 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Families, survivors, first responders and others gathered in downtown Oklahoma City on Saturday to honor the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.
#okc #ok #okcnews #memorial #oklahoma #remembrance #oklahoma #oklahomanews
#okc #ok #okcnews #memorial #oklahoma #remembrance #oklahoma #oklahomanews
As Oklahoma's Governor calls for a review of the state-coordinated response to March 14 wildfires, @graycen.bsky.social went into the heart of what he calls the "deep-seated bureaucracy" to see how the agency is responding. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
Facing Stitt’s calls to shut division down, Oklahoma Forestry Services pushes back
As Oklahoma recovers from a massive wildfire outbreak in March, the governor has criticized the state Forestry Services’ response, and even mused about disbanding the division. State officials at the ...
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April 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As Oklahoma's Governor calls for a review of the state-coordinated response to March 14 wildfires, @graycen.bsky.social went into the heart of what he calls the "deep-seated bureaucracy" to see how the agency is responding. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that State Forester Mark Goeller was out of a job after wildfires burned nearly 200,000 acres across Oklahoma. Many Oklahoma firefighters are unhappy with Stitt’s criticism and Goeller’s departure.
Oklahoma firefighters unhappy with Gov. Stitt's criticism of State Forester
Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that State Forester Mark Goeller was out of a job after wildfires burned nearly 200,000 acres across Oklahoma. Many Oklahoma firefighters are unhappy with Stitt’s ...
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March 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that State Forester Mark Goeller was out of a job after wildfires burned nearly 200,000 acres across Oklahoma. Many Oklahoma firefighters are unhappy with Stitt’s criticism and Goeller’s departure.
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A report released this month states at least a third of the nation’s birds are in peril. Local community scientists are contributing information critical to understanding the decline.
Oklahoma birders see fewer migrating species as extreme weather, development expands
A report released this month states at least a third of the nation’s birds are in peril. Local community scientists are contributing information critical to understanding the decline.
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March 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A report released this month states at least a third of the nation’s birds are in peril. Local community scientists are contributing information critical to understanding the decline.
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Weeks after fires ravaged Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt revealed the man in charge of the state’s forest management is out of a job.
“We had a horrible, horrible wildfire in the State of Oklahoma, and I didn’t think they did a really good job,” Stitt said.
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“We had a horrible, horrible wildfire in the State of Oklahoma, and I didn’t think they did a really good job,” Stitt said.
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Governor reveals Oklahoma’s Chief Forester is out of job after wildfires sweep across state
Just weeks after devastating fires ravaged Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt revealed the man in charge of the state’s forest management is out of a job.
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March 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Weeks after fires ravaged Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt revealed the man in charge of the state’s forest management is out of a job.
“We had a horrible, horrible wildfire in the State of Oklahoma, and I didn’t think they did a really good job,” Stitt said.
www.kosu.org/energy-envir...
“We had a horrible, horrible wildfire in the State of Oklahoma, and I didn’t think they did a really good job,” Stitt said.
www.kosu.org/energy-envir...
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As questions swirl around the power and influence of DOGE, constituents are calling into one important Oklahoma congressman’s office.
KOSU spoke with Republican Tom Cole about his opinions on DOGE’s operations, creating government efficiency and more.
www.kosu.org/politics/202...
KOSU spoke with Republican Tom Cole about his opinions on DOGE’s operations, creating government efficiency and more.
www.kosu.org/politics/202...
6 takeaways about DOGE from KOSU's interview with Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole
As questions swirl around the power and influence of the federal Department of Government Efficiency and its efforts to slash government services, constituents are calling into one important Oklahoma ...
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March 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
As questions swirl around the power and influence of DOGE, constituents are calling into one important Oklahoma congressman’s office.
KOSU spoke with Republican Tom Cole about his opinions on DOGE’s operations, creating government efficiency and more.
www.kosu.org/politics/202...
KOSU spoke with Republican Tom Cole about his opinions on DOGE’s operations, creating government efficiency and more.
www.kosu.org/politics/202...
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Fires raced across Oklahoma on Friday. By Saturday morning, Oklahomans were left picking up the pieces across 170,000 acres of scorched earth.
KOSU’s @lionelramos.bsky.social went to Stillwater — where about 50 homes were lost — to speak with people affected.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
KOSU’s @lionelramos.bsky.social went to Stillwater — where about 50 homes were lost — to speak with people affected.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
People in the path of destruction of Stillwater wildfires survey the damage
High winds and low humidity caused dozens of fires to race across the Oklahoma plains Friday. By Saturday, the healing had begun.
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March 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Fires raced across Oklahoma on Friday. By Saturday morning, Oklahomans were left picking up the pieces across 170,000 acres of scorched earth.
KOSU’s @lionelramos.bsky.social went to Stillwater — where about 50 homes were lost — to speak with people affected.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
KOSU’s @lionelramos.bsky.social went to Stillwater — where about 50 homes were lost — to speak with people affected.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
Reported/edited this story today as an arborist takes out a massive tree that had split in half and fell on my home. So anyways, please give it a read!
There were an estimated 130 fires in 44 counties yesterday in Oklahoma. Almost 300 structures were destroyed, including 50 homes and structures in Stillwater.
KOSU’s news team has been reporting on the devastation. Here’s the latest: www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
KOSU’s news team has been reporting on the devastation. Here’s the latest: www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
Fires ravage Oklahoma leading to disaster declaration in 12 counties, hundreds of homes lost
Oklahomans were left picking up the pieces across 170,000 acres of scorched earth. Gov. Kevin Stitt said one person was killed in a car crash after driving into smoke while disaster officials said an ...
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March 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reported/edited this story today as an arborist takes out a massive tree that had split in half and fell on my home. So anyways, please give it a read!
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Dozens of fires raged across Oklahoma Friday afternoon, fueled by high winds and dry conditions.
More than 50 houses were lost in Stillwater, the small Northeast Oklahoma town of Mannford was hit hard and popup fires devastated communities everywhere.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
More than 50 houses were lost in Stillwater, the small Northeast Oklahoma town of Mannford was hit hard and popup fires devastated communities everywhere.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
Fires ravage Oklahoma leading to disaster declaration in 12 counties, hundreds of homes lost
Oklahomans were left picking up the pieces across 170,000 acres of scorched earth. Gov. Kevin Stitt said one person was killed in a car crash after driving into smoke while disaster officials said an ...
www.kosu.org
March 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Dozens of fires raged across Oklahoma Friday afternoon, fueled by high winds and dry conditions.
More than 50 houses were lost in Stillwater, the small Northeast Oklahoma town of Mannford was hit hard and popup fires devastated communities everywhere.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
More than 50 houses were lost in Stillwater, the small Northeast Oklahoma town of Mannford was hit hard and popup fires devastated communities everywhere.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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19 Seminole, Cheyenne and Arapaho children who were subjected to assimilation at Carlisle Indian Boarding School will finally return to the earth on their homelands in the fall.
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Oklahoma tribes prepare to repatriate 19 relatives who walked on at Carlisle Indian Boarding School
19 Seminole, Cheyenne and Arapaho children who were subjected to assimilation at Carlisle Indian Boarding School will finally return to the earth on their homelands in the fall.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
19 Seminole, Cheyenne and Arapaho children who were subjected to assimilation at Carlisle Indian Boarding School will finally return to the earth on their homelands in the fall.
www.kosu.org/race-culture...
www.kosu.org/race-culture...
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BREAKING: The Trump Administration is considering shuttering the facility built to replace the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which Timothy McVeigh destroyed.
The news comes just one month before the 30th anniversary of the truck bombing.
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The news comes just one month before the 30th anniversary of the truck bombing.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
Trump Administration considers selling Oklahoma City Federal Building
Three decades after Timothy McVeigh destroyed Oklahoma City’s Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, the Trump Administration is considering shuttering the facility built to replace it.
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March 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
BREAKING: The Trump Administration is considering shuttering the facility built to replace the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which Timothy McVeigh destroyed.
The news comes just one month before the 30th anniversary of the truck bombing.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
The news comes just one month before the 30th anniversary of the truck bombing.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has been on death row for more than 25 years.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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This is a developing story and will be updated.
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Supreme Court throws out death sentence, murder conviction of Okla. death row inmate
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February 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has been on death row for more than 25 years.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
This is a developing story and will be updated.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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BREAKING: Oklahoma politician and lawyer David Boren died Thursday at 83 after an extended illness.
A lifelong Democrat, Boren served as a state legislator, a U.S. senator, the governor of Oklahoma and the president of the University of Oklahoma.
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A lifelong Democrat, Boren served as a state legislator, a U.S. senator, the governor of Oklahoma and the president of the University of Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma political, higher education icon David Boren dies
Throughout Boren’s political career, the lifelong Democrat served as a state legislator, a U.S. senator, the governor of Oklahoma and the president of the University of Oklahoma.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
BREAKING: Oklahoma politician and lawyer David Boren died Thursday at 83 after an extended illness.
A lifelong Democrat, Boren served as a state legislator, a U.S. senator, the governor of Oklahoma and the president of the University of Oklahoma.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
A lifelong Democrat, Boren served as a state legislator, a U.S. senator, the governor of Oklahoma and the president of the University of Oklahoma.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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A labor economist told KCUR's Up To Date that Kansas City does not have enough available jobs in the area to make up for all the local federal workers getting laid off by the Trump administration.
Kansas City doesn't have enough jobs available for all the federal workers getting laid off
Federal workers in Kansas City whose jobs were eliminated under the Trump administration's massive budget cuts will have a hard time finding comparable work in the area. Instability in the city's work...
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February 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A labor economist told KCUR's Up To Date that Kansas City does not have enough available jobs in the area to make up for all the local federal workers getting laid off by the Trump administration.
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'All we wanted to do was our jobs': Federal layoffs felt across Indigenous communities in Oklahoma
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'All we wanted to do was our jobs': Federal layoffs felt across Indigenous communities in Oklahoma
Federal offices crucial to Indigenous success — Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Department of the Interior and other federal agencies— are undergoing layoffs. The Trump administr...
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February 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
'All we wanted to do was our jobs': Federal layoffs felt across Indigenous communities in Oklahoma
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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The story of Aubrey Dameron lives on as people from across Oklahoma are taking the time to remember her. Dozens attended a memorial service for Dameron held over the weekend by the Indigenous non-profit Matriarch in Oklahoma City.
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Aubrey Dameron's legacy remembered at Matriarch memorial service
The story of Aubrey Dameron lives on as people from across Oklahoma are taking the time to remember her.
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February 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The story of Aubrey Dameron lives on as people from across Oklahoma are taking the time to remember her. Dozens attended a memorial service for Dameron held over the weekend by the Indigenous non-profit Matriarch in Oklahoma City.
www.kosu.org/race-culture...
www.kosu.org/race-culture...
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Federal offices designed to help Indigenous communities are undergoing layoffs. Here's how that is affecting Oklahomans.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
'All we wanted to do was our jobs': Federal layoffs felt across Indigenous communities in Oklahoma
Federal offices crucial to Indigenous success — Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Department of the Interior and others— are undergoing layoffs. The Trump administration’s decision...
www.kosu.org
February 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Federal offices designed to help Indigenous communities are undergoing layoffs. Here's how that is affecting Oklahomans.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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Over half of Oklahoma’s public school districts are rural, bringing them unique challenges like transportation concerns and stretched resources.
A new doctoral program at East Central University aims to equip rural administrators.
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A new doctoral program at East Central University aims to equip rural administrators.
www.kosu.org/show/stateim...
Rural administrators flock to East Central University's new rural education doctoral program
ECU debuted its first-ever doctoral program this January, which focuses on administrative issues in rural education.
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February 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Over half of Oklahoma’s public school districts are rural, bringing them unique challenges like transportation concerns and stretched resources.
A new doctoral program at East Central University aims to equip rural administrators.
www.kosu.org/show/stateim...
A new doctoral program at East Central University aims to equip rural administrators.
www.kosu.org/show/stateim...
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Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd announced a press conference Tuesday to release the findings of a special investigative audit into Tulsa Public Schools. But, Byrd says, the reveal of the audit results was delayed by TPS on short notice.
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Oklahoma state auditor blames Tulsa Public Schools for delay of special forensic audit reveal
State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd announced a press conference Tuesday afternoon to release the findings of a special investigative audit into Tulsa Public Schools. But, Byrd says, the reveal of ...
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February 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd announced a press conference Tuesday to release the findings of a special investigative audit into Tulsa Public Schools. But, Byrd says, the reveal of the audit results was delayed by TPS on short notice.
www.kosu.org/politics/202...
www.kosu.org/politics/202...
Here’s what happened in Oklahoma elections last night.
BREAKING: Oklahoma election results are in. Norman voters have chosen the longest-serving city council member as their new mayor, and state representative Jason Lowe advances to the next stage in the race for Oklahoma County Commissioner in District 1.
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Norman picks new mayor, Lowe advances in Oklahoma County primary and more election results
Voters in 49 Oklahoma counties went to the polls Tuesday to consider a wide array of issues and candidates.
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February 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Here’s what happened in Oklahoma elections last night.
Inbox:
@GovStitt
says he's overhauling Oklahoma's State Board of Education because "it's clear that our education infrastructure has fallen prey to needless political drama."
Quite the statement from the governor's office.
@GovStitt
says he's overhauling Oklahoma's State Board of Education because "it's clear that our education infrastructure has fallen prey to needless political drama."
Quite the statement from the governor's office.
February 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Inbox:
@GovStitt
says he's overhauling Oklahoma's State Board of Education because "it's clear that our education infrastructure has fallen prey to needless political drama."
Quite the statement from the governor's office.
@GovStitt
says he's overhauling Oklahoma's State Board of Education because "it's clear that our education infrastructure has fallen prey to needless political drama."
Quite the statement from the governor's office.