Featured Story

Post Image

Former DHS Commissioners not happy with Ethics Commission ruling

Two members of the Oklahoma Human Services Commission who resigned this week to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest say the rules regarding who can serve on a board or commission need to be changed.  Former Commissioners Steven Dow and Anne Roberts say the public reprimand of Dow by the Ethics Commission will make it very ...
Read More>>
News & Headlines

Former DHS Commissioners not happy with Ethics Commission ruling

By Peter J. Rudy on June 1, 2012
Two members of the Oklahoma Human Services Commission who resigned this week to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest say the rules regarding who can serve on a board or commission need to be changed.  Former Commissioners Steven Dow and Anne Roberts say the public reprimand of Dow by the Ethics Commission will [...]Read More>>

Two DHS Commissioners resign following Ethics Commission reprimand

By Peter J. Rudy on May 30, 2012
Oklahoma Human Services Commissioners Steven Dow and Anne Roberts today tendered their resignations to Governor Mary Fallin.  The move comes a day after the Ethics Commission issued a public reprimand of Dow for a conflict of interest between his service on the commission overseeing the Department of Human Services and his job as head of [...]Read More>>

Session is over, but the work continues

By Peter J. Rudy on May 29, 2012
The legislative session is over and it will be eight months before the House and Senate Chambers see a lot of action.  That leaves plenty of time for work at Oklahoma Watchdog.  For starters, the dates for meetings of the four largest state agencies  (State Board of Education, Regents for Higher Education, Human Services Commission, [...]Read More>>

Governor Fallin and Legislative leaders reach budget deal

By Peter J. Rudy on May 21, 2012
The Governor’s press release can be read here. An agency by agency summary is here. Read More>>

Only one state with fewer people than Oklahoma has multiple medical schools

By Peter J. Rudy on May 17, 2012
Oklahoma lawmakers have passed several bills the past few years aimed at consolidating duplicative state agencies. One area that has not been discussed much is Oklahoma’s two medical schools: OU’s Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City which offers MD degrees and OSU’s Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa which offers DO degrees (OU also has [...]Read More>>

Read more News & Headlines here.

Blog & Analysis

Notes from House activity 5-24-12

By Peter J. Rudy on May 25, 2012
All of the notes taken from the meetings attended on Thursday, May 24, 2012, have been compiled into this one entry.  They are edited notes, not a complete transcript of everything that was said.  You can go to the House webpage and view the video for the House Floor session.   Links provided take you to more information [...]Read More>>

Notes from House activity 5-23-12

By Peter J. Rudy on May 24, 2012
All of the notes taken from the meetings attended on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, have been compiled into this one entry.  They are edited notes, not a complete transcript of everything that was said.  You can go to the House webpage and view the video for the House Floor session.   Links provided take you to more information [...]Read More>>

Notes from House activity 5-22-12

By Peter J. Rudy on May 22, 2012
All of the notes taken from the meetings attended on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, have been compiled into this one entry.  They are edited notes, not a complete transcript of everything that was said.  You can go to the House webpage and view the video for the House Floor session.   Links provided take you to more information [...]Read More>>

Notes from House activity 5-21-12

By Peter J. Rudy on May 22, 2012
All of the notes taken from the meetings attended on Monday, May 21, 2012, have been compiled into this one entry.  They are edited notes, not a complete transcript of everything that was said.  You can go to the House webpage and view the video for the House Floor session.   Links provided take you to more information [...]Read More>>

Notes from House activity on 5-18-12

By Peter J. Rudy on May 21, 2012
Since there weren’t a lot of notes to take from the meetings attended on Friday, May 18, 2012, they have all been compiled into this one entry.  They are edited notes, not a complete transcript of everything that was said.  You can go to the House webpage and view the video for the House Floor session.   Links [...]Read More>>

Read more Blog and Analysis here.

Powered by e1evation llc