Oklahoma Political News

After congratulating City Attorney Stephen Murdock for his decades of service Monday night, the Edmond City Council hired his successor and approved the fourth phase of the city center complex despite fears the project could tip over its $44 million budget.

Council members also approved a contract to renovate Edmond Mobile Meals’ kitchen and finalized an agreement with American Medical Response to take over emergency medical services owing to dissatisfaction with EMSA, the city’s longtime provider.

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A 5-4 majority ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court said three laws related to abortion should be put on hold pending legal challenges. It orders the Oklahoma County District Court to keep a temporary ban on the laws in place while a lawsuit works its way through the courts.

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An Oklahoma judge has rejected a request from a group of medical providers and families with transgender children to temporarily block the state from enforcing its felony ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, ruling that prohibiting such care is “rationally related to legitimate state interests.”

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On the first day of a special session to consider Stitt’s call for a tax cut, the Senate voted to adjourn with no plan to return after Stitt declined an invitation to explain his proposal to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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