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The attorney general serves as the chief legal and law enforcement officer of the State of Oklahoma and head of the Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General. The attorney general is responsible for providing legal advice to the other departments and agencies of the executive branch , legislative branch and judicial branch of the state government.
The Governor appoints, with confirmation by the Oklahoma Senate, the Secretary of State to serve a four-year term that runs concurrently with the term of the Governor.As the office is not elective (the only appointive constitutional office in Oklahoma), a Secretary of State may succeed himself/herself in office as many times as the Governor-elect appoints and the state Senate confirms him or her.
Michael J. Hunter (born July 2, 1956) is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma.Hunter served as the Secretary of State of Oklahoma from 1999 to 2002, having been appointed by Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating.
The Attorney General's Office, as are most agencies of the State, is funded by yearly appropriations from the Oklahoma Legislature. 57% of the Office's $25 million annual budget comes from the States' yearly appropriations. 18% of the budget comes from the Attorney General's Revolving Fund, which is composed of fees the Attorney General charges ...
Saying the state had been plagued by "scandal," Gentner Drummond is likely Oklahoma's next attorney general after beating John O'Connor in the primary
The state agencies make up the machinery of government for the state. All agencies are within one of the three branches of the government of Oklahoma . Pursuant to the provisions of the Executive Branch Reform Act of 1986 , all executive branch agencies are organized under a Cabinet Secretary .
Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation's first religious public charter school after ...
Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Commissioner Tim Tipton, left, speaks during a March 11 meeting of the One Oklahoma Task Force, as Jack Thorp, District 27 district attorney, and Justin Wolf ...